I have seen far too many instances where players start their own recruitment process after their senior football season is over. This is far too late. A major trend in the recruiting industry is verbal commitments. Most verbal commitments occur before the junior football season ends for most recruits. If you delay taking initiative in your recruitment process until the end of your senior year, there will be no more games for scouts to see you in action.
You need to start your recruitment process early in your high school career. With an early start to this process, you will open up many opportunities that others let slip away. Some of these opportunities include:
1. Becoming smarter in the recruiting process
2. Researching all of the colleges you would like to apply to
3. Building relationships with college coaches
4. Meeting academic requirements set by the NCAA
5. Creating scholarship opportunities
The earlier you start this process, the more likely you will develop as the football player and student coaches admire. Starting early makes it easy to meet all of the necessary requirements to get in to a good college and become a student athlete.
This is the road many high school athletes should take. If you do not play at a preparatory school or have an all-star at your games, scouts may never see you play unless you take this proactive approach. Commit to the process and you will have a huge advantage.
