{"id":9285,"date":"2016-02-01T04:30:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=9285"},"modified":"2016-01-28T09:15:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T15:15:45","slug":"nsr-football-director-working-round-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/nsr-football-director-working-round-the-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"NSR football director working round the clock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larry Perrin hasn\u2019t slept much in recent weeks. In fact, he hasn\u2019t had much shuteye in months.<\/p>\n

He has too much on his mind.<\/p>\n

With National Signing Day just two days away, National Scouting Report\u2019s Director of Football Scouting has been working almost round the clock trying to uncover scholarship opportunities for 2016 prospects.<\/p>\n

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Larry Perrin, National Director of Football for NSR, won’t sleep much until after National Signing Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI work 20-hour days this time of year,\u201d said Perrin, a resident of Blytheville, Ark. \u201cI can\u2019t sleep. My mind doesn\u2019t shut off. I\u2019m constantly thinking of options and opportunities for our [NSR prospects] and trying to get them placed. I\u2019m always looking to open a door for one of our athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday marks the first day of the NCAA signing period for football, soccer and men\u2019s water polo. High school seniors in those sports can begin signing National Letters of Intent, binding them to a university for one academic year.<\/p>\n

NSR works year round to promote qualified prospects in all high school sports to college coaches. More than 95 percent of those high school student-athletes receive scholarship offers.<\/p>\n

Dozens of NSR football prospects are expected to sign on National Signing Day. Most of the others will be signing in the next couple months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I don\u2019t get 100 percent [of our prospects] some kind of offer, then we\u2019ve failed,\u201d Perrin said. \u201cThat is our goal — nothing less.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perrin has spent the last few months speaking to hundreds of college coaches. He recently attended the American Football Coaches Association Convention in San Antonio, where he met face-to-face with many of them. He also has visited numerous college campuses to meet with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m working directly with college staffs, trying to fill holes and needs that they have,\u201d Perrin said. \u201cI will find players who meet their needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

NSR prides itself on qualifying each athlete individually \u2013 scouting them, interviewing them and enrolling them — and working only with those whom its on-the-ground scouts think can compete at the college level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t determine what level an athlete will play at,\u201d Perrin said. \u201cWe leave that up to the college coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enrolling only qualified prospects is key, Perrin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollege coaches know our prospects are qualified,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what separates NSR from other recruiting organizations. All of our [prospects] might not sign or play college football, but if we get them offers, we\u2019ve done our job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then Perrin finally can get some sleep.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll get my sleep later on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Larry Perrin hasn\u2019t slept much in recent weeks. In fact, he hasn\u2019t had much shuteye in months. He has too much on his mind. With National Signing Day just two days away, National Scouting Report\u2019s Director of Football Scouting has been working almost round the clock trying to uncover scholarship opportunities for 2016 prospects. \u201cI … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[405,240,222,482],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9285"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9289,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9285\/revisions\/9289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}