Alex Swenson breaks down three recruiting killers: players who don't make highlight videos coaches can find, those who trust travel orgs to do the work without vetting results, and athletes who ignore D2, D3, JUCO, and NAIA programs while chasing Power Five offers.
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Here are the top three mistakes killing your college recruiting dreams. Avoid these. Number one, you're not getting exposure. College coaches can't recruit players that they don't know about. So how are you getting exposure? How are you being seen? How do college coaches know your name? Have you started a good highlight video showcasing your best qualities as a player? Start there because that can really get the ball rolling. Number two, you're relying on your travel organization. They've probably over promised and they have hundreds of other players and they're going to these big tournaments and you're not seeing any college scouts there because they're not there and there's other 400 other teams, okay? Do not rely on other people or other organizations going through this. Number three, you're looking in the wrong places. If you're only looking at the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, it's a very good likelihood you're going to get missed. Look at D2. Look at D3. Look at, look at JUCO, look at NAI, look at D1 min matrix. There's a lot of good options. Avoid these mistakes.