College Recruitment
Playing College Football is an honor that only 6.8% of all high school football players in the country are able to accomplish. If you are interested in playing college football, a conversation with Varsity Coach Bacalles is the first step in the recruitment process. Many people have large aspirations, though college coaches will tell players whether they are or are not talented or academically able to play at that level.
Steps
1) Arrange a meeting with Coach Bacalles to discuss your intentions, major, and steps to move forward with.
2) Research - look into schools who would have your majors and the strength of the major/program at that school and compared to other schools with the same major/program.
3) Create a resume', this should be created in order to turn it into any school who is interested. If you need help with this, ask Coach Bacalles or talk with your Language A teacher.
4) Hudl Highlight Film - all coaches want to see highlight film on hudl, this should be less than 5 minutes per season and should be marked (arrows pointing to the player) to help them see where the player is located on the field. These should be against different opponents, especially quality teams we face off against.
5) Email address: Player should have a professional email address, no nicknames. This should be first initial and last name, first and last name combined, and if numbers are needed, they should be at a minimum and not 000000. Ex: jdoe12@gmail.com
6) Guidance Office: Seek the guidance office to find out your overall unweighted GPA and your class rank.
7) SAT's - plan on taking the SAT's multiple times. The higher the score, the more college doors will typically open up for you. You can also ask your guidance counselor for a .pdf of your transcript as many colleges in the junior year will want to see this. See your guidance counselor to sign up and for information about the NCAA Clearing House rules and regulations.
8) College Program Website: College football programs from JUCO - Division I all have an athlete interest form to fill out. This is used to make their mailing list to send individual camp opportunities.
9) Online Recruitment - NCSA, Field Level, Collegeiant Sports Data. All these are web based programs to organize your profile to send to colleges. Some have a fee to pay for your information and sending it to college coaches throughout the country.
10) Prospect Camps - colleges often have prospect camps which usually come with a fee. The college usually has information on their website on this, if not see Coach Bacalles and he will get the information for you.
11) Camps - Camps that have a variety of coaches who attend are another avenue to get your name out there.
Calendar and Rules for Division I College Football
Calendar and Rules for Division II College Football
JUCO and Division III - players can be contacting and can talk with players once they are in high school.
Steps
1) Arrange a meeting with Coach Bacalles to discuss your intentions, major, and steps to move forward with.
2) Research - look into schools who would have your majors and the strength of the major/program at that school and compared to other schools with the same major/program.
3) Create a resume', this should be created in order to turn it into any school who is interested. If you need help with this, ask Coach Bacalles or talk with your Language A teacher.
4) Hudl Highlight Film - all coaches want to see highlight film on hudl, this should be less than 5 minutes per season and should be marked (arrows pointing to the player) to help them see where the player is located on the field. These should be against different opponents, especially quality teams we face off against.
5) Email address: Player should have a professional email address, no nicknames. This should be first initial and last name, first and last name combined, and if numbers are needed, they should be at a minimum and not 000000. Ex: jdoe12@gmail.com
6) Guidance Office: Seek the guidance office to find out your overall unweighted GPA and your class rank.
7) SAT's - plan on taking the SAT's multiple times. The higher the score, the more college doors will typically open up for you. You can also ask your guidance counselor for a .pdf of your transcript as many colleges in the junior year will want to see this. See your guidance counselor to sign up and for information about the NCAA Clearing House rules and regulations.
8) College Program Website: College football programs from JUCO - Division I all have an athlete interest form to fill out. This is used to make their mailing list to send individual camp opportunities.
9) Online Recruitment - NCSA, Field Level, Collegeiant Sports Data. All these are web based programs to organize your profile to send to colleges. Some have a fee to pay for your information and sending it to college coaches throughout the country.
10) Prospect Camps - colleges often have prospect camps which usually come with a fee. The college usually has information on their website on this, if not see Coach Bacalles and he will get the information for you.
11) Camps - Camps that have a variety of coaches who attend are another avenue to get your name out there.
Calendar and Rules for Division I College Football
Calendar and Rules for Division II College Football
JUCO and Division III - players can be contacting and can talk with players once they are in high school.