Hscp: Questions & Anwsers

HSCP : QUESTIONS & ANWSERS

With a ton of questions coming in week after week, we decided it was a great time to put together another mailbag for all our recruiters. (If you would like to shae with a prospect a questiona & answer that you think is appropriate, please do so.)

These are real question by families trying to navigate through the athletic recruiting process. Onto the questions:

I understand the need to point out a player in a highlight film but what about the full game tapes coaches later request? Do these full game films also need to be edited; marking the player on each play? -Brent

I have heard parents allude to it but never really come out and ask. I have always pushed having the athlete on the highlight film circled in order to have the coaches know where they are. The highlight video, in 90% of situations, is going to be the first thing that the coaches will watch.

If they like the abilities of the athlete and want to do further evaluation, they will watch the full game. My feeling is that if they are going to spend thirty minutes watching your full game, then they will get a feel for you on the field and know where you are at. Because of this, don’t worry about marking the player on the full game. That would take a lot of time!

I was just invited to an Elite Lineman’s Challenge for the top O-Line/D-Line prospects in the nation. If I don’t attend this, will this hurt my chances of staying on the radar of the colleges that have been sending me mail? -Kurt

It doesn’t matter what camp you attend. Unless the combine is free and close to home, it is a waste of time. College coaches are not longer legally able to go to any combine/camp. So save your money and go to college camps during the summer. These will help you a lot more than any camp that has the words elite, national, or super duper in the headlines.

What if I never played in high school but I’m very good? -Deejay

I hate to rain on your parade but if you didn’t play the sport in high school, chances are slim you can play in college. Well I am a bit confused about all these statements about D 3 schools not offering scholarships. If anybody wants to check the school websites for the D 3 schools, you will find that many offer scholarships. There are also a lot of NAIA schools that do as well. So again, why does everybody keep saying D 3 can’t offer scholarships. I think it is a school preference from the way it looks. -Jamie

Division III schools can offer academic scholarships. They cannot offer you a cent for athletics. Basically the tuition package they give you at a Division III school is the same regardless if you play sports or not. The same cannot be said if you get a scholarship at a Division I, II, or NAIA school.

I know that there has been some debate about this but I have heard multiple situations where Division III schools can find more academic money and more scholarships for their top recruits in order to help them compete for them. I have seen it over and over so while it may be illegal, it happens all the time. That is why shopping around offers is important.

We thought the D-3, NAIA stuff would really get rolling after NCAA signing day, but it seems to be closing out. What is the situation? -Karyn

All college football programs are doing everything that they can to end the recruiting process as soon as possible. The earlier they get it done, the better for them so they can focus on their current teams. Obviously Division III athletes cannot sign but once they submit a deposit, that is almost like a signed Letter of Intent according to the coaches.

NAIA schools have scholarships so once they get a feel for who is going above them, they are going to really start pushing the offers and do what they can to get information. I know one NAIA school that had multiple kids signed before Signing Day because they want to get things completed as early as possible.

The Division III schools have to wait a little longer because of financial information but the earlier they finish, the better. With the Division I timetable being sped up, expect that to drip down into Division II, III, NAIA, and Junior College programs