Would LOVE to see him stay local!

 

Obviously there will be other offers. However, with the instability at UL and with the excitement at UC it would seem to be an easy choice for me unless I simply didn't like the coach.

Congrats to Austin Collinsworth who received a full offer from Louisville and UC.

 

Did some asking around and he does not have an offer from UC yet. I'd expect Collinsworth and Simpson to both get one in the near future, but they haven't yet...

Did some asking around and he does not have an offer from UC yet. I'd expect Collinsworth and Simpson to both get one in the near future, but they haven't yet...

 

Thats correct, he has the verbal and the package is on the way, I've been told.

There is a good deal of misinformation in this thread that I think stems for a general lack of knowledge about the college recruting process. I hope all of the kids mentioned here get to play football after high school. I really do.

 

I sat in a room with a DI coach as he addressed recruits, my son being one of them, and he said the following:

 

"There are over 300,000 high school seniors playing football this season and there will only be about 2,000 DI scholarships given out. You are probably the best player on your team, or in your conference or in your area but you aren't competing just against those guys for spots, you are competing against kids all over the county."

 

It takes more than size, speed and stats to get a college scholarship. It takes having the right skills for the right team at the right time. A lot of very good football players never play in college at all. There are many who are deemed by everyone watching them to be a DI prospect but they get no interest and no offers.

 

College recruiting is a very odd and unnatural process. It has been described to me as two awkward teenager-like entities (the player and the team recruting him) who are ready to move on at the first sign that the other one doesn't like them.

 

It is tough. Do you take the solid NAIA offer that guarantees playing time and scholarship money at a program that is less popular and less successful than you high school team or do you "play up" and take a Preferred Walk-On spot at a school that will challenge you athletically and academically with no guarantee other than getting to be one of the 105 kids on the team?

 

For the record, kids are routinely recruited as "Preferred Walk-Ons" and are guaranteed a spot on the team. Many of them work themselves into scholarship positions. The other type of walk-on is the "Rudy" type that shows up at a tryout. Those rarely work out from my understanding.

 

I am not going to speculate about any kid having DI talent because that, in and of itself, may not lead to a Division I football opportunity.

 

Good luck to everyone going through the process. It is confusing, stressful and emotional. If playing football is important to you, then you have tough decisions to make about where and how you will make that happen.

There is a good deal of misinformation in this thread that I think stems for a general lack of knowledge about the college recruting process. I hope all of the kids mentioned here get to play football after high school. I really do.

 

I sat in a room with a DI coach as he addressed recruits, my son being one of them, and he said the following:

 

"There are over 300,000 high school seniors playing football this season and there will only be about 2,000 DI scholarships given out. You are probably the best player on your team, or in your conference or in your area but you aren't competing just against those guys for spots, you are competing against kids all over the county."

 

It takes more than size, speed and stats to get a college scholarship. It takes having the right skills for the right team at the right time. A lot of very good football players never play in college at all. There are many who are deemed by everyone watching them to be a DI prospect but they get no interest and no offers.

 

College recruiting is a very odd and unnatural process. It has been described to me as two awkward teenager-like entities (the player and the team recruting him) who are ready to move on at the first sign that the other one doesn't like them.

 

It is tough. Do you take the solid NAIA offer that guarantees playing time and scholarship money at a program that is less popular and less successful than you high school team or do you "play up" and take a Preferred Walk-On spot at a school that will challenge you athletically and academically with no guarantee other than getting to be one of the 105 kids on the team?

 

For the record, kids are routinely recruited as "Preferred Walk-Ons" and are guaranteed a spot on the team. Many of them work themselves into scholarship positions. The other type of walk-on is the "Rudy" type that shows up at a tryout. Those rarely work out from my understanding.

 

I am not going to speculate about any kid having DI talent because that, in and of itself, may not lead to a Division I football opportunity.

 

Good luck to everyone going through the process. It is confusing, stressful and emotional. If playing football is important to you, then you have tough decisions to make about where and how you will make that happen.

 

Amen brother!!!!

There is a good deal of misinformation in this thread that I think stems for a general lack of knowledge about the college recruting process. I hope all of the kids mentioned here get to play football after high school. I really do.

 

I sat in a room with a DI coach as he addressed recruits, my son being one of them, and he said the following:

 

"There are over 300,000 high school seniors playing football this season and there will only be about 2,000 DI scholarships given out. You are probably the best player on your team, or in your conference or in your area but you aren't competing just against those guys for spots, you are competing against kids all over the county."

 

It takes more than size, speed and stats to get a college scholarship. It takes having the right skills for the right team at the right time. A lot of very good football players never play in college at all. There are many who are deemed by everyone watching them to be a DI prospect but they get no interest and no offers.

 

College recruiting is a very odd and unnatural process. It has been described to me as two awkward teenager-like entities (the player and the team recruting him) who are ready to move on at the first sign that the other one doesn't like them.

 

It is tough. Do you take the solid NAIA offer that guarantees playing time and scholarship money at a program that is less popular and less successful than you high school team or do you "play up" and take a Preferred Walk-On spot at a school that will challenge you athletically and academically with no guarantee other than getting to be one of the 105 kids on the team?

 

For the record, kids are routinely recruited as "Preferred Walk-Ons" and are guaranteed a spot on the team. Many of them work themselves into scholarship positions. The other type of walk-on is the "Rudy" type that shows up at a tryout. Those rarely work out from my understanding.

 

I am not going to speculate about any kid having DI talent because that, in and of itself, may not lead to a Division I football opportunity.

 

Good luck to everyone going through the process. It is confusing, stressful and emotional. If playing football is important to you, then you have tough decisions to make about where and how you will make that happen.

 

Great post! I think many people underestimate what really goes in to football recruiting. Ignoring "lesser" known colleges that will pay for your education is a mistake in my opinion. Education should be first and foremost because even in a D-1 situation you are only one injury away from never playing again. Your education will get you through life. :thumb:

There is a good deal of misinformation in this thread that I think stems for a general lack of knowledge about the college recruting process. I hope all of the kids mentioned here get to play football after high school. I really do.

 

I sat in a room with a DI coach as he addressed recruits, my son being one of them, and he said the following:

 

"There are over 300,000 high school seniors playing football this season and there will only be about 2,000 DI scholarships given out. You are probably the best player on your team, or in your conference or in your area but you aren't competing just against those guys for spots, you are competing against kids all over the county."

 

It takes more than size, speed and stats to get a college scholarship. It takes having the right skills for the right team at the right time. A lot of very good football players never play in college at all. There are many who are deemed by everyone watching them to be a DI prospect but they get no interest and no offers.

 

College recruiting is a very odd and unnatural process. It has been described to me as two awkward teenager-like entities (the player and the team recruting him) who are ready to move on at the first sign that the other one doesn't like them.

 

It is tough. Do you take the solid NAIA offer that guarantees playing time and scholarship money at a program that is less popular and less successful than you high school team or do you "play up" and take a Preferred Walk-On spot at a school that will challenge you athletically and academically with no guarantee other than getting to be one of the 105 kids on the team?

 

For the record, kids are routinely recruited as "Preferred Walk-Ons" and are guaranteed a spot on the team. Many of them work themselves into scholarship positions. The other type of walk-on is the "Rudy" type that shows up at a tryout. Those rarely work out from my understanding.

 

I am not going to speculate about any kid having DI talent because that, in and of itself, may not lead to a Division I football opportunity.

 

Good luck to everyone going through the process. It is confusing, stressful and emotional. If playing football is important to you, then you have tough decisions to make about where and how you will make that happen.

 

:thumb: This post makes more sense than most any I have read on BGP, this recruiting process is part of other D1 sports (basketball, baseball, etc.) as well. Confusing, stressful, and emotional are good words to use.

Collinsworth got his official offer while attending UCs practice yesterday...

College prospects, yes. D1? That might be a stretch for all of them when you consider where the seniors from the 2007 state championship team went to play.

:thumb:

 

I agree, are we talking "getting a college scholarship" to play football? or getting recruited, selected, and signed to a Division 1 school?

Conner QB Nick West.

 

At least one SEC school has gone beyond the "letter writing" stage and visited Hebron.

Congrats to Austin Collinsworth who received a full offer from Louisville and UC.

 

I expect more offers to come in especially after the US Army Jr. National Combine in a couple weeks down in San Antonio, TX. If he can get good marks down there he will certainly increase his chances of getting more offers.

So far we have 9 Highlands players listed. Any more we need to add to this list?

No wonder Trinity won't play them!:laugh:

At least one SEC school has gone beyond the "letter writing" stage and visited Hebron.

 

:thumb:

James Ball (6'1 275lb. OL/DL). Ball plays for Harlan Co. He has good strength, feet, and ran a 4.9 forty this season @ a combine. I look for him to have an ALL-STATE type year next season.

From this morning's KY Enquirer, here are D1 prospects in N. Ky.:

 

Miles Simpson (offer received from UL); Ryle TE Tate Nichols (offer received from UL); Austin Collinsworth and Brandon Roller; Conner QB Nick West; and CovCath OL Kevin Connaughton.