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How much interest can a sophomore football player receive in the recruiting process?
One of the questions that came to mind on one of the comment threads is how much interest a sophomore (Or even a freshman for that matter) football player can receive. Basically there are two answers to the question but there are also “other ways” that allow college coaches to communicate with sophomores.
College coaches are legally only able to send freshman or sophomore football players two things. These include a questionnaire and a camp brochure. Per NCAA rules, these college coaches cannot send anything else before September 1st of the prospect’s junior year.
When receiving a questionnaire, the college coaches are trying to find out more information about your athletic accomplishments as well as more contact information. The majority of these questionnaires are sent to the high school and will likely be forwarded on by your high school coach.
Make sure to fill out this information as honestly as possible. If you decide to inflate your stats or your accomplishments, the college coaches will not be happy when they find out about it. If you can’t play, I promise you that the coach will eventually find that out. Don’t waste your time or their time during this process.
If you have received postseason honors that early in your career, there is a good chance that you will receive attention from college coaches. Even if you have Division I eyes (Click here for that article), it is very important that if you want to continue your playing career to consider all of your options (Click here for that article as well). Fill out everything you receive because you never know what level you can play at this early in your prep career.
The other piece of information that you could receive is a camp invite. The thing that parents and even athletes really need to realize is that camp invites do not mean much at all (Click here for that article). While the coaches are evaluating players, they invite a great deal because they get paid more with a bigger number of attendance. So don’t just jump at a chance because the big State University invited you to a camp. Look into it and see if the school is serious about you.
For the top recruits in the country, many receive their first written offers in the mail on September 1st. As mentioned, that is the date when the college coaches can send real mail by the NCAA. These coaches can send personalized letters, written scholarships, and a variety of other things. But if you follow recruiting through Rivals.com, how do these coaches extend a scholarship offer if they cannot legally do it younger athletes?
What the college coaches have to do is be creative. While they are not breaking the NCAA rules, they will be working with the high school coach to send messages back and fourth. The college coach may tell the high school coach that they have an offer for their younger player. The high school coach can also tell the player to call the college coach and they can do it that way.
Basically if you are a freshman or a sophomore football player who has earned All State or All Conference honors, the contact you have with college coaches will be limited. But if you get your name in print, coaches from your area will send early recruiting letters. This is just to have your contact information on file as well as learn more about you early on.
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So I should go to the camp that the college sent me a brochure for? or am i wasting my time??
College coaches will send legit camp invites to players they think may have a chance to play at their level (Especially since you are a sophomore). Would this be a place you think you have a chance to play at? Another factor that also helps is that at most big school camps (Think BCS schools), there will be area coaches from the I-AA and Division II schools in the area. That also helps get more exposure than the big State school. You have to personally balance out if the cost ($300 to $400 probably) is worth it if you are not going to get a scholarship. There are some camps out there that will help you become a better player and others just exposure related. I would try talking to anyone you know or posting on a state message board to see what the camp was like. I wouldn’t say getting a camp invite is a waste of time, but I would be wary because college coaches need to keep the numbers high.
Good question and I think my attitude on camps should be more positive than it is.
Hello I was a sophomore this year and played my first organized year of Pop Warner football, I was pretty much the best player on my team and feel I could play college ball at some point. I’m not very knowledgeable about the recruiting process but is there a way that I could get in a camp like that or would I have to wait another year until I make a name for myself as a Junior in highschool?
You can do camps at an early age. Is Pop Warner football the same as high school football?
Pop Warner is a nation wide association for football where you don’t have to try out or sign up. Its not even close to something like highschool as far as competition. But so how would I be able to go to a collegiate camp such as North Carolina or NC State that is near me? Would I have to call them and ask if there are open spots or do I have to have been playing and already being looked at by college recruits?
Erik,
Not trying to burst your bubble but you need to be successful at the high school level before worrying about recruiting, especially with the likes of North Carolina or North Carolina State. If you are going to go to the camp to improve, then it would be worth it. But if you are saying that Pop Warner is a much lower level than high school, recruiting should not be a focus. Getting better should be. Camps are always open so I am sure you can send back the information form and the money. The door will be open if that is the case.
Pop Warner is football is a joke. You should try to play on a legit high school football team. If you want any chance of playing in college.
Bryan,
Nothing wrong with Pop Warner. It may be harder to play college from but at least he is still playing.
I made our high school football team as a freshman, so im kinda between a rock and a hard place, i want to start sending tapes out but is it too early?
hey, right now i’m a high school junior, i am not playing football, i did not play as a sophmore either.If i come out hard my senior year, can i get a football scholarship.
how can i get the scouts to look at me.Is this gonna hurt me?
Chris,
First off, not going out for varsity football two straight years is going to hurt your skills. When you finally go out, you will still be rusty. Also, trying to not play two years and then go out as a senior and get a scholarship is going to be very, very hard (If not impossible). If I were you, I would try to find a way to get on the team this year and go from there. If you want a scholarship, it is almost needed that you go out every year. The chances of you missing years and getting a scholarship is very slim, regardless of what type of senior season you have.
I am a sophomore and I have been making some waves at some of the premier combines. I have attended the Schuman’s national underclassmen combine and made the showcase and hopefully an invite to the rival’s ultimate 100 camp. The VTO elite 100 showcase and the under armour combine in Baltimore where I made the ESPN write-up as a promising cb prospect in the class of 2011. How do you know if the colleges are taking notice since you can’t receive mail until sept. 1, 2009?
I have two sons that are interested in playing college football. We are keeping our expectations realistic and part of the realism is matching not only athletic ability but “measurables” with the level of play. I think that a good topic for you to write on (If you haven’t already)is the general height, weight, speed, and strength of athletes at each level, by position.
For example: (Relative average measureables)
D-IA Offensive Tackle
HT: 6-4
WT: 290
SPD: 5.0/40 yd
Bench: 350
D-IAA
HT: 6-3
WT: 280
SPD: 5.2
Bench: 325
D-II
HT: 6-3
WT: 270
SPD: 5.4
Bench: 300
NAIA/D-III
HT: 6-2
WT: 260
SPD: 5.4
Bench: 300
Of course there are exceptions to every position.
Doug Flutie, Sam Mills, Maurice Jones-Drew, for example.
I simply think that knowing the most common and frequent measurables for an expected level and position would aid recruits to know where they may best fit.
Thanks