Tracking the former NSR prospect and Heisman candidate through the 2010 season. Week 6: The Sooners had an open date this week. Week 7: OU plays Iowa State in Norman this Saturday. Former NSR prospect and Oklahoma QB Landry Jones is one of the top NCAA Division I quarterbacks in the nation. With recent letdowns by … Read more
Recruiting Will Continue to Evolve with These Key Changes Prospects and parents should anticipate changes in recruiting. The ever-changing world of recruiting is poised for major reforms. With unruly college student-athletes and coaches skirting the rules constantly creating negative headlines, we are likely to see an upheaval from college sports’ largest and most powerful governing body, … Read more
You May Be Out There, but So is Everybody Else Anybody will tell you that club and travel sports are where recruiting happens these days. But, that’s only a small part of the story because it’s only partly true. There are truths about club/travel sports (CTS) that you should know but probably don’t. Check out the … Read more
San Diego Native First to Earn Honor at Amherst This Season Former NSR prospect Callie Neilson, a 5’8″ setter from Francis W. Parker High in Escondido, CA, has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Volleyball Co-Athlete of the Week for the week of October 4-10. The Amherst College sophomore averaged 12.0 assists … Read more
Gamecock Nation Shines During a Wild Week of Bewildering Wins Last week no sooner had we honored the seven big football upsets by FCS schools over FBS schools this fall when a whole passel of underdogs rose up to get theirs. Were they jealous? Makes sense to us. Who wouldn’t want to be named to the T*W*I*S growing … Read more
Sixteen Years Ago, Rule Change Finally Offering the Have-nots a Chance to Compete The changes actually began to take shape thirty-two years ago in 1978. That’s when the NCAA decided that bullying in big-time football would no longer be allowed. Bullying might be a bit harsh, but it is true that smaller DI programs were being left … Read more
NSR Scouts Determined to Find the Best Prospects for College Coaches NSR scouts evaluate talent every day. When we enroll a prospect, it’s true that we have an idea about where he or she might fit in as a college recruit, but because every college coach sees different attributes and faults in each candidate, the accuracy of predicting where … Read more
Smaller Football Programs Coming Away with Key Wins A high-five to the NCAA Football Championship Series division for continuing to come away with big-time upsets against their larger counterparts in the FBS. The list of unexpected wins grows larger each year and the apple cart may be flipped another time or two before the season ends. … Read more
Florida Guard Already Has Received Six Verbal Offers Veteran NSR scout Dave Johnson has covered nearly a fourth of Florida in his eight years with National Scouting Report. Over that time Dalton Barnes may be the best basketball prospect he has evaluated. Last March a former NSR client approached Dave about a local prospect he … Read more
QB Leads Team Back from 18-0 Deficit Former NSR prospect Cody Kirby had yet another solid day last Saturday as the Missouri State Bears QB was 24-for-39 for 298 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in a 35-25 come-from-behind wiin against perrennial power Youngstown State. It was his 14th career 200-yard passing game. In the … Read more
