We may be in for an ugly spring and summer as the underbelly of NCAA football’s highest level begins to reveal itself in front of us on the Internet and sports outlets nationwide. With the Fiesta Bowl scandal, ex-Auburn football players telling all about alleged pay-for-play schemes and Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel finding … Read more
DI Colleges Flock to Top NSR-sponsored Event At National Scouting Report, we love to debunk myths pertaining to high school scouting and college recruiting, and believe us, there are a bunch of them. Proving that naysayers, pseudo scouts, and wannabe talking heads wrong, especially when their advice is intended to discredit our industry, or more specifically our company, … Read more
Your Best Future Could Rest within Smaller School Options The excitement over Butler and VCU advancing to the Final Four in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is well-founded. We’ve seen the changes coming with previous underdogs George Mason (2006) and Butler (2010) advancing to the pinnacle of college basketball. But this year is different. These DI stepchildren … Read more
Putting the shot. Now, that’s an interesting phrase and one you don’t often hear. But, for former National Scouting Report track and field prospect, Rachel Aliotta, putting the shot it is something which has allowed her to secure a college athletic scholarship to one of the top academic institutions on the East Coast. The Monmouth University freshman … Read more
Scholarship Offers Always Start with Recognition Lot’s of seniors and juniors are looking over their shoulders. They are wondering where all those college coaches are which their parents and coaches told them would be knocking down their doors if they would only do this and that. Desperately wanting to compete at the next level, they’ve … Read more
If we’ve learned anything from this year’s NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, it is that the term Mid-major Program is a thing of the past. Up and down the March Madness bracket spectrum, “smaller” schools have run roughshod over their bigger brothers. The Richmond’s, VCU’s, George Mason’s, Butler’s, Gonzaga’s and the like are consistently … Read more
Young Athletes Should Be Willing to Play at the Level They Are Recruited The number of high school athletes who believe they should play at the premier level of college sports is too large to contemplate, much less calculate. The available high-level spots for incoming freshmen are extremely limited and the big time programs have … Read more
Former North Florida Star Is Living Her Lifelong Dream National Scouting Report 2003 alum, Lisa Taylor, didn’t have far to go to hook up with NSR as a high school soccer player at Spruce Creek High in Daytona, Fla. As it turns out, she was a good friend of the oldest daughter of NSR veteran … Read more
Assume Nothing and Make Certain the Company and Its People Are Really Serving You When you elect to use a scouting service, do your homework. There are several basic things any recruiting service worth its salt should be capable of doing for you as a client. Before signing a contract or assuming that these items … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit is arguably the nation’s top college football analyst as well as one of the sport’s best color commentators. He’s also an Ohio State alum who has never been bashful about his allegiance to the Buckeyes and the state of Ohio. Having played football and served as the Buckeye’s team captain as a senior … Read more
