Former D1 Coach Reveals 6 Things He Looks For Before Offering a Player - College Recruiting Tips

As a former D1 coach, these are the six things that I look for before I offered a player. Number one is physicality. It's the first thing that we see. Are you taking care of your body? Are you in the weight room? Are you doing the things that you need to do to get to the next level? Look at the athletes at the next level. Hey, they are physical, all right? And this is on a position by position basis. Some positions are more physical than others. Number two is athleticism. How well do you move? How are your actions? This helps our projectability that you're going to continue to get better and that you are working on your athleticism. Number three is metrics. All right, these are important as far as we need to have athletic standards that the athletes need to meet to check off. Now, the beautiful thing is there's all different levels of D1, D2, D3, NAI, juco, and there's different athletic standards at these divisions. Know where you stand and know what goals you want to get to. All right, number four, gain performance. How well do you compete in your competition into your sport? That's arguably the most important thing. I wasn't going to wow you with my metrics, but I was really good in the game. I was a gamer per se. And number five, academics. We got to make sure that we have the grades. The higher the grades, the better. There's no doubt about it. And six, the last but definitely not least is character. How are you as a teammate? Are you coachable? Are you a leader? Good luck.