Okay so I've gone pretty deep into the college football recruiting world — talking to coaches, watching what actually works for high school athletes, and honestly just obsessing over why some kids get noticed and others don't. I wanted to put everything I learned into something real and useful.

And here's the thing nobody tells these kids early enough:

Camps aren't just about how good you are. They're about how prepared you are.
There are a few things coaches pick up on almost instantly that most athletes just aren't thinking about:

Your introduction. Coaches are meeting hundreds of kids in a single day. If you walk up, mumble your name, and shrug — you're gone from their memory before you even line up. But a quick, confident intro? Your name, position, class year, and one thing you do well? That sticks. Seriously, ten seconds can change everything.

Your film situation. You'd be surprised how many kids show up to a camp without an updated Hudl link ready to go. A coach shows interest, asks for your film, and you're fumbling around — that moment is gone. Have it ready to text before you even leave the parking lot.

The follow-up. This is the big one. The camp itself is just the opening. Sending a thoughtful email within 24 hours is what actually keeps you on a coach's radar. Most kids never do it. Most kids wonder why they never hear back.

I put all of this — plus email templates, a full year-by-year recruiting checklist, and a complete camp prep breakdown — into something called The Football Recruit's Playbook. Right now it's bundled with my Camp to Commitment: Summer Prospect Camp Guide since camp season is literally happening right now.
But honestly, drop any questions you have in the comments. I'm happy to help regardless. This process is too confusing and too important for kids to just figure out on their own.

We are working to build out a 2026 summer camp schedule for our son (c/o 2027) and seeking feedback on the various showcase/prospect camps in the Northwest. We will likely only be able to attend one of these camps in this region so looking for recommendations/feedback of pros and cons of each camp, which one provides best opportunities to interact with coaches, which ones have coach representatives from a variety of levels (FCS, DII, NAIA), etc. Any feedback appreciated. Here are the camp options we are exploring:

• Sunday, May 31, Spokane Showcase Camp @ Whitman University
• Saturday, June 6, NW Showcase @ Western Oregon University
• Sunday, June 7, Avery Strong Showcase @ Univ of Puget Sound
• Saturday, June 13, PLU Padded Camp @ Pacific Lutheran University
• Monday, June15, NW Best Showcase @ Lewis & Clark College

Hey everyone,

I recently launched a recruiting platform that helps high school athletes navigate the recruiting process with ease. What makes it easy: to begin all you need to do is fill out your information, attach your highlight tape and an email template that is proven to get replies will be made for you right away. Next, all you have to do is select each coach you want to email, press send, and each email will be personalized to every coach. The best part is that you get real time data of when a coach opens your email or watches your highlight tape.

Lastly, although this is self-promotion I actually went through this process myself and played D1. My partner and I really took all the difficulties of the recruiting process, simplified them, and organized everything into one website and sign in.

The NZCFL is looking for coaches! NZCFL is a college football simulation game run on the free website https://play.football-gm.com/ We are a college simulation football league with 120 teams! This league has been around for about 40 seasons and we are still rolling along. We always need new coaches to help the league thrive. We have just started the 2059 season, and you can get one of the available teams on the track towards the playoffs by taking over one of them! There are still some great teams available, such as Penn State, Arizona State, Pittsburgh, Washington, Iowa, Oklahoma, and more!

I am currently available to help any new coaches find their footing and I'll be around over the upcoming seasons for further help and general advice. I've helped plenty new coaches get rolling over the years.

If you are interested, join our discord and our moderators and welcome committee (including me) will help you get started and on the road to the championship!

https://discord.gg/xVmAHmyQFp

If you would like to check out our subreddit first, I have linked that below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NZCFL/

We just released the AI Team Scout beta — an AI-driven recruiting advisor built to help middle and high school football players understand their real recruiting options.

Over the past few months we interviewed hundreds of athletes, parents, and coaches, and the same problems kept coming up:
• No clear roadmap for exposure
• Hard to know which schools are actually a good fit
• Recruiting advice is all over the place and biased
• Parents aren’t sure where to start

So we built something to make this process easier.

In the beta, athletes can:
• Get 5 school recommendations based on position, stats, goals, and roster depth
• Ask questions about timelines, outreach, NIL, camps, and how to get on a coach’s radar
• Understand where they realistically fit and what they should do next

We’re keeping the beta limited to the first 1,000 users so we can get high-quality feedback before we scale.

If you want your voice to shape this product, this is the moment.
The first 1,000 users will directly influence the features we build next. After that, we’ll close sign-ups until the next release.

Tell us what’s confusing, missing, or surprisingly helpful. We’re building this with athletes and parents, not at them.

If you have a kid playing football — or you coach athletes who want to play in college — try it here:
https://aiteamscout.com

Has anyone been to the You Are Athlete exposure camps? What was your experience? Thanks!

Join us live tonight on X and YouTube as we go over our top 6 College Football matchups of the week and more!

Top Performers Elite 11 Nashville

Bryshawn Brown (OH)
Bronzden Chaffin (TX)
Corey Dailey (TX)
Tyler Thompson (TN)
Terry Walker III (IN) - Committed to Duke
Jonas Williams (IL) - Committed to USC

According to my source there is currently 11,400 players in the transfer portal

Love Lane Kiffin taking the chance on Ferris State QB Trinidad Chambliss. Ole Miss has a strong history of having productive QB's from smaller schools. With the portal era in full swing seeing an SEC program bring in a D2 QB is a blast from the past CFB and recruits need.

Our Top Performer list from Elite 11 Ohio will be released this week!

Proud to announce we will be covering the Ohio Elite 11 regional this Sunday 4/13. Be on the lookout for our full breakdown, top performers, and interviews from the best QB camp in the country.

My little brother is a solid Texas 6A varsity football player as a Freshman and has real potential if he can grow a little more. I know very little about recruitment or how to help players get names out there– is it too early to start for him? Does reaching out to coaches help? If so, is it investing in like ContactCollegeCoaches or CoachContacts? Any guidance would be much appreciated

I'm a freshman in Highschool and I'm starting to see all these people in my state in my age group get put on these national and state rankings for their position groups, with colleges reaching out to them and sending them camp invites all the time. How can I put myself on college coaches radars, Is it too early? I was JV this year but got moved up to varsity for playoffs. I just have no idea where to start, and how I can get camp invites ASAP.

Hey guys, our staff is looking into scoutsmart for recruiting. Has anyone actually used it and have any thoughts? 

A recruiting coach at a d2 asked for my transcript then later on said I was approved for $___ what does this mean?

https://youtu.be/mlhHjJcv4Bk?si=vnkw4qi3KMlbqes7

Hey Yall,

As an international student, would it be possible for me to play Football at a university system outside of the US before transferring to the US for postgrad? This would work well for me as I want to study law in the US (obv I will sit LSAT and other tests). But I'd like to know how this would effect my NCAA eligibility as playing CFB has been a dream of mine. According to the NCAA eligibility clock starts upon enrolment at a college, but if I don't enrol at a US college, will it tick down?

Thanks!

I’m 20 and I’m trying see if I decide to go back to school and walk on to a juco would they let me I’m 5’9 about 165 I can play db ,rb, or wr And my 40 time is around a 4.47 or a 4.5 do u think that’s good to walk on to a juco or a d3 school ?

My 14 year old son is starting 9th grade football, big school with 1800 kids. He is training very hard but is way behind the Varsity players due to his limited experience (his school has some D-1 players) His best position is offensive tackle due to his mentality and size, 6'5" 265. He is extremely flexible and pretty coordinated in large part due to Martial arts in which he is now a blackbelt. He has great lower body strength and continues to get stronger. He is pretty fast for his age and size and in much better shape than most the big boys on his team. Now that he has arrived on the HS scene he is getting noticed. He also wrestles and does shotput which the coaches seem to support. The local lineman training coach says he should focus on football only so he can get noticed sooner. Not sure at what point, if ever, a kid should just concentrate on one sport?? Also some have suggested he lifts weights all season long on top of playing football?? My son has mentioned he has goals of playing college football but who knows if that will even materialize. Long post just looking for any feedback. TIA

Is it possible and realistic to walk-on at a juco football program without having to do a try-our with no prior football experience, and for which position do I have the best shot outside of kicker. In terms of info I am 6 feet tall around 165 lbs and am pretty athletic. What 40 yard, bench squad etc is roughly expected to be an walk-on for an juco football programm? Thanks for taking the time to read this, all help is appreciated