Short video by Trent Loire discussing the five hardest high-school football positions to earn college scholarships; this clip explains why wide receiver ranks #5 — large supply of athletes, prototypical measurables favor Power-5 selection, and competitiveness in major markets (TX, CA, FL). The creator positions himself as a former recruit with experience across D1/D2/D3/NAIA/JUCO and now advising recruits.
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The five hardest positions to get scholarships for. As a high school football player, I'm not saying it's impossible to get scholarships at these positions, but if you play these positions, just know it's a very competitive process and it's hard to get scholarships for them. Also, if you're new here, I'm Trent Loire. I went through the college football recruiting process, have a bunch of friends that have done the same as far as every single level. D1, D2, D3, NIA, JUCO, and now I'm helping people just like you do the same. So let's dive in. Number five is wide receiver. Everybody and their mom wants to be a wide receiver. They want to be the guy catching all the touchdowns, getting all the girls. There's just a ton of wide receivers out there. So with it being really competitive, you have to stand out amongst everyone because if you aren't that prototypical dude who's like 6 3, runs a 42 and just Mosses everyone, then realistically, you're probably not going to go Power 5. That's why a lot of coaches say, hey, like, if you're a receiver, you might as well just play DB. Because there's way less competition, there's way less good DBs, though this is fifth for a reason. It's definitely not impossible to get a scholarship. It's just a lot harder because there's a lot of talent out there. Especially in major markets like Texas, California, Florida. Every good athlete is playing receivers.