I've followed Mark Porter (scoutingohio.com) on twitter for a while and he seems to be very knowledgeable, experienced, and have the best interests of kids in mind.

 

Here's a good, succinct article that parents of HS football players who might want to play in college at any level should probably read.

 

Youngstown News, ScoutingOhio.com’s Porter shares 10 tips on scholarships

Good read!

Very good info. Coaches want big players that run fast and have good grades. It's hard to get into that 1.6%. Very hard to get offers. You must fit the mold or be a freak athlete. If you fit that mold. Big fast or under size but realy fast. Then you have to get out to camps!! Your JR year is the biggest year in HS football. Most D1 schools offer before or early in the senior year. Jr year tape and camps are the key to getting offers.

Every dad on this board should print that article and keep it close. Most ringing words are to truly assess your kid from a non biased lens and get them places where they have a shot. Everybody's heart tells them their kid is the next JJ Watt or Marshawn Lynch, and that is a tough pill to swallow but it's a good pill. If you are a HS rising senior and the big boys haven't offered, there is a reason why and an almost certainty it's not coming. Those guys have moved on the 2017 and even 18. Find out what that reason is. Then spend your summer at camps that are right fit for the talent. D1s line EKU and smaller, as well as D2 money, spends just as well as Ohio State or UK money.

If you are a HS rising senior and the big boys haven't offered, there is a reason why and an almost certainty it's not coming. Those guys have moved on the 2017 and even 18. ...spend your summer at camps that are right fit for the talent.

 

Amen and amen.

 

This is exactly why we moved our small college exposure camp to late June (the 22nd). We want kids to exhaust opportunities at D1/1AA schools to see if there's an offer out there for them. Then, if at the end of June an offer has not been made, it's certainly time to be honest with yourself and get exposed to many colleges at the lower levels. The goal would be that one or more of them will eventually make a "combination offer" (academic $ + athletic $ + financial aid) that will work out to what is essentially a 'full ride.'

 

This past year we've had kids get that kind of offer from Ky. Wesleyan, Mt. St. Joe (two kids), and Thomas More. Last year got two paying very little to attend Ky. Wesleyan and another got a great deal at Lindsey-Wilson.

 

Those schools all cost a lot -- but if they think you could be a 'special' player at their level, there's money at the institutions they can often 'creatively' find. The key is getting them to SEE you in person -- everyone today can put together a good highlight film.

Exposure exposure exposure. Get to as many camps (as suggested in the article at least 6)

and combines as you can.

Big big and fast or live in a talent rich area.