How to get noticed by college football coaches

Getting the attention of college coaches is not easy, but it is very possible. Its going to take a little time and effort from you and you will be very happy you took the time to do it.

First, lets face the facts. If you are not a top 100 prospect in the country, a four or five star athlete, or from a big high school program, then chances are coaches will not be contacting you.

In a previous article I wrote called “6 keys to a successful recruiting process” , I mentioned that coaches just do not have the time or budgets to recruit every football player out there. They do however rely on word of mouth and confident prospects that take matters into their own hands to make first contact.

You are going to need to be that confident prospect.

Find the colleges that you are interested in playing for. Try to get an evaluation to find out which division you are best suited in playing for. Believe me, this will save so much time and frustration and the response rates from coaches are much better after you do this.

Get the contact information for the coaches from these colleges and file it somewhere. Begin to email these coaches to express your interest in playing for them and request some recruiting information. You can also fill out recruiting questionnaires on each teams home page.

When you fill these out, your information goes to the recruiting coordinator and is stored in their recruiting files. I used to do that kind of stuff when I worked for a college football team.

Attend football camps and combines. Usually when you request recruiting information from coaches, they will send you information about their upcoming camps. About 60% of a college football roster is made up of prospects that have attended that teams football spring camp.

Create a recruiting profile and highlight film. Both of these are very important when marketing yourself to coaches. The more of these you send out to coaches, the more coaches will see the type of athlete and student you are and put you on their recruiting lists.

Highlight films tell coaches all they need to know about you and they will make their decision on going after you or not.

So start getting to work. Establish where you want to go, find contact information, make the first contact, show off your skills at camps and combines, and send out your information. College coaches will know you exist and then, and only then, will they start to want you on their roster.