Why High School Football Recruiting Is So Important

By Linda Maynard


There are a lot of kids out there who dream of playing football in the National Football League. For many of those kids their dream may never come true. Not because they do not want it bad enough but because they just do not have what it takes. These choices, believe it or not, start with high school football recruiting.

Many people think that an athletic career has its roots in college, and for some kids that might be true. But for the majority of people who do make it all the way, it is high school that most kids get their starts. This is an age that kids turn into men and that they learn a great deal about who they are as an individual.

These are the times that kids have their first real relationships and have to deal with adversity. They have to find a way to handle large academic loads as well as dealing with long hours of practice and the toll it takes on their body and their mind. If kids can show that they can make it through this stage and still shine, this is what colleges want to see.

When they start to put more time and effort into getting where they want to go they slowly start to see some of the rewards for their efforts. As they start to get a bit older they will find that they are making the teams that only the elite players get the chance to play on. This is when they start to get noticed by the scouts that really have a say in what happens.

Once they get into high school they start to have a more difficult time with things. Everything becomes a lot harder for them than it used to be because life gets harder. They will have a lot more work to do academically and they will also be putting more time in on the field as well. They will be working harder than ever.

In many ways this is done like this on purpose so that they can see which players do not have the drive to push forward. They want to see which kids are going to take themselves out of the running for spots. During the first year of high school a lot of the kids who played when they were younger decide that it is no longer what they want.

When they are halfway through their schooling they will be able to start applying for colleges. All of this started when they were in middle school and it was a long road to the pros but they still have to do a lot of work to get there. When they are on the field too they need to make sure the play their best because no college will want them if they do not.

There jobs are not easy, not by a long shot. But high school football recruiting definitely has a place in the whole scheme of things. If it was not for them the colleges would make many more mistakes on who they give scholarships to and the National Football League would have many more failed draft picks.




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