The recruiting process has many faces and many agendas. The more empowered you are in the process the more likely it is that you will feel satisfied after making a decision. Remember, schools are choosing students AND students are choosing schools. This page is designed to stimulate interest and promote critical questions of coaches, schools, parents, athletes and invested others in the future of our student athletes.
College Recruiting Guide PDF
NCAA Eligibility Center website
College Recruiting Guide PDF
NCAA Eligibility Center website
Top Questions Recruiters ask us, the coaches...1. What other sports does he play? This question is more about your internal drive and competitive spirit than it is about your ability to play two high school sports (this is a given if you are a college football athlete). To be competitive at the next level requires far more than physical size and in our programs history this has been proven multiple times. What do the EXPERTS say... visit LINK. Ohio State University (@ohiovarsity) shared a graphic representing the recruiting class of the football team. 2. How does he lead? Do his peers follow him? This question is absolutely genuine because colleges need athletes to govern and motivate themselves first and then pour that out to their peers to inspire further competition, growth and leadership. There are a variety of ways a player can lead. In this program's history we have have vocal leaders, quiet leaders, influential leaders, and lack of leadership. This is an intangible that we can support and help flourish. 3. How does he compete? What is his competitive spirit? Offensive Line coach Brian Ferentz shared a story of the guy he recruited out of IOWA to play center. The player was just under 6ft tall and if you look at the IOWA OL that is small. He watched this player wrestle for a state championship the fourth time against a stud that he had never beaten. His recruit went for a very risky move in the first 40 secs of the round, a move that wound up getting him pinned. This choice proved the recruit wanted to win rather than play it safe and 'handle' a loss without humiliation. Competitors do not get humiliated because every competitor understands that in each competition there is a winner and a loser... it is fact. How you win and how you lose will determine your level of humiliation. 4. Does he love the game? What is the evidence of his passion to play? Football is a grind. In college it is a year long sport that, at times, will feel like a job rather than a game. How does a student-athlete succeed at this game for 4-5 years? Passion to play fuels game time competition and full speed drills. Love of the game fuels the player through the grind. Loving the game is an understanding that requires discipline to the small things because they will reward the athlete from the inside out. Men with a core fueled with purpose cannot be broken by the grind... they rise from it. College coaches NEED these players. |