But First, Know Where You Stand and How to Reverse Course Oops! What they said would happen just hasn’t come true, right? “Wait, the coaches will find you.” “Don’t worry, I know somebody in the athletic department.” “As part of our club team, we’ll get your name out to colleges.” Sound familiar? Well, old habits die hard, but these are … Read more
Your Will to Succeed Faces a Daily Battle with the Gravitational Pull of Being Average The prep prospects that excel in college are those who create an uncompromising environment of success while still in high school. They establish a pattern which carries them through the dog days of being a college freshman and into a solid college … Read more
Getting Through the Maze Is a True Challenge College athletic recruiting is a complex, intertwining maze of people and decisions which flows in no predictable way. With prospects, parents, coaches, advisors, peers and onlookers participating in varying degrees of influence, a recruit’s world is in constant flux. Call it “prospect interrupted.” We know that it all … Read more
“The” Talk? Sooner Than Later is Better While there is a growing urban legend that earning a college degree is less valuable today than in previous decades, the facts attest to a far different story, flipping the idea on its proverbial head. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, workers 18 year of age and over … Read more
Prospects Can Help Themselves by Opening Up About Their Dreams What do you say to college coaches when you meet them? For college prospects that have a deep-seeded desire to play their sport at the next level, normal pleasantries aren’t enough to sway a coach. We’ve learned over the years as college scouts, that is, … Read more
Georgia Bulldog Builds Lifetime of Impressive Stats and Honors Go through the litany of former NSR prospects and perhaps no other individual is as tied to excellence as former University of Georgia and current Pittsburgh Steeler standout Hines Ward. As one of the NFL’s most prolific pass catchers since entering the league in 1998, Hines has … Read more
Sooner Captain Putting Up Heisman-like Stats While much of the attention this football season has been focused on Stanford signal caller Andrew Luck, former NSR prospect Landry Jones, a two-year starter for the Oklahoma Sooners, has once again been posting impressive stats. With a 164.87 passing efficiency rating, Landry has completed 111 of his 155 passing attempts for a … Read more
