If it's not the case, Ever see a 6'5" 275 walking the street that did not play D1?

 

I know a guy in his 20s that is over 7 foot tall never played basketball.

Because you don't have the physical skills to play at that level.

 

No different than 6'3-6'4 post player in HS. He can dominate at that level but not at the D1 level

 

100% spot on! A 6'5 center in HS bball that scores 20 a game. Will never get a d1 bball offer. He's to short. But a 6'9 kid scores 8 a game will.

I know a guy in his 20s that is over 7 foot tall never played basketball.

That's a crime. Lol.

My question is. Is a D1 full schorlship played born or made with hard work? Are the phyiscal skill needed to play at that level. God given or made on the feild and in the weight room? I believe it's God given. Can not teach big/fast.

You can't teach desire either!

Lots of 6'0 guys running a 4.9 that have great heart, extreme desire and an unimaginable knowledge of the game. At the BCS college level, they're often on the depth chart behind the guy that's 6'3 and runs a 4.5 40 and doesn't have the same heart, desire or knowledge.

 

Coaches have to win games to keep their job. Odds are the bigger/faster guy will make more plays than the other guy, although he's also more likely to make more mental errors. The physical tools are too good to overlook.

I believe it is a combination of size and hardwork . A kid has to have potential, can not have 2 left feet , or lack of athleticism, or dedicated. These days there are far too many athletes for these colleges to choose from . They can't make it in on size alone . As for a big Framed kid , yes that is a God given Gift !!

You can't teach desire either!

All the desire in the wold won't make up for small size to slow!! That's a fact at that level.

Most FCS full ride guys could have walked on at FBS schools. If not all of them.

I believe it is a combination of size and hardwork . A kid has to have potential, can not have 2 left feet , or lack of athleticism, or dedicated. These days there are far too many athletes for these colleges to choose from . They can't make it in on size alone . As for a big Framed kid , yes that is a God given Gift !!

The thing is. Do you offer a kid full of desire or a kid full of size/speed? I think the rosters show. First if you don't have size/speed. Don't matter on how good you are or desire.

In fact I. Think it's harder to get a full ride FCS than walk on at a FBS school. Walking on at an FCS schools is even less than.

You have to have the resources more than anything the majority of time. What I mean by that is, you need to have money. You need money to get the kid to as many showcases and combines as you can to get him noticed. Of course you need size and talent, but without the resources to travel where you need to and get seen all the talent in the world may not matter a lot of the time.

 

The answer to the question of course is both.

You have to have the resources more than anything the majority of time. What I mean by that is, you need to have money. You need money to get the kid to as many showcases and combines as you can to get him noticed. Of course you need size and talent, but without the resources to travel where you need to and get seen all the talent in the world may not matter a lot of the time.

 

The answer to the question of course is both.

But all the camps in the world won't get a slow RB or 6'0 OL an offer.

HS number just don't mean that much. a WR can have 100 rec 1000 yard 15 TD and still not get D1 offers if he is slow and short. how does the kid with half the number but 2xs the speed and height go D1?

But all the camps in the world won't get a slow RB or 6'0 OL an offer.

That is why I said both. Of course the size etc plays a part in it, but what I'm saying is there are plenty with the size and speed to play DI but are never even on DI recruiters and coaches radars because they dont get seen.

HS number just don't mean that much. a WR can have 100 rec 1000 yard 15 TD and still not get D1 offers if he is slow and short. how does the kid with half the number but 2xs the speed and height go D1?

It's not always because he is slow, he can have decent speed and better hands but just isn't seen period.

 

Put it this way, unless you are breaking records all over the place how do you even get noticed? It's not from playing in Friday Nights. Because recruiters don't come and watch games unless they already have an interest in you and 90% of the time they first learn of you is from outside of a Friday night football game.

 

I will use this player as an example, a very very good friend of my sons and his family is great friends with my family. Lex Sowards got a DI scholarship and is playing at Indiana State, he is 6'2" OL. He was getting looks from many DI schools before he even started for Ryle. He was getting looks his sophmore year even before the season started. He got noticed at camps and got his name out there through that. I could give a long list of players who were getting looks long before they even started a varsity game. I'm sure Hoge was on several DI schools radar long before he even started his first game as QB for HHs last year. For as many players who get their name out there without the need for a Friday night game there are even more who are as good as many that get full rides that never get noticed because of the lack of exposure.

Edited April 27, 201511 yr by Hellbird