Did you know that there are course work requirements in order to be eligible to play NCAA athletics? According to the NCAA, student athletes who would like to play Division I sports must complete 16 core classes during high school in order to be considered eligible. We can’t stress it enough that you need to get to know your academic advisor to make sure you are on track so you don’t run into trouble when it comes to time to receive a scholarship offer from a school.

Even though you may not have received any athletic scholarship right out of high school, you can still play sports in college...even at your dream school.  

Many players ask us if its possible for them to play their sport of choice in college without a scholarship.  The short answer is YES YOU CAN.  Most college teams allow athletes to "walk-on" to their teams.  Walking-on means you are a non-scholarship player who wants to try out for the team.🚶

Have you ever wondered how to get in contact with a college coach at the school of your choice? What if there was a service that allowed for you to simply select your sport and state, and then it gave you a list of college coaches with their contact information? That would be a pretty awesome recruiting tool right? ⛏

Well we recently learned about Iconnect2colleges and and we are here to tell you that it does exactly that! Any student-athlete can 1) log in and select their sport and state then 2) instantly receive access to a database of college coaches of whom they can directly contact. Coaches emails…..That’s right…you can pull up any college coach, and send them your highlights right there on the spot…and wait gleefully for a response. 😵

Usually when social media and sports cross paths, the articles typically focus on negativity because from poor social media choices. However, when social media is used properly, it can be a GREAT recruiting tool. Student athletes can use the power of social media to contact coaches, display to coaches what type of student athlete they are, and most importantly, gain the attention of coaches who weren’t previously recruiting them.

While your first instinct maybe to set your accounts to private, if you are trying to get recruited your (Instagram) account should be public. You may want to make it easy for coaches to find you and eliminate any uncertainty or lack of information.

Here is a 13-step guide to help you with your college football recruiting process. The landscape for college football recruiting is becoming much more competitive and much more complex, so it is very important to know how you or your student-athlete should approach this often-crazy process.