A short YouTube clip by Trenton Luera (former college quarterback) warning recruits not to accept scholarship offers sent via text or email without first speaking with the coach. Luera explains that legitimate programs at most levels usually contact recruits directly to evaluate character and communication, and he labels unsolicited written offers as a red flag.
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If this happens to you in the recruiting process is a major red flag and you should run right away. If you're new here and don't know who I am, I'm Trenlor. I'm a former college quarterback. So be sure to follow for more content like this. And what I'm talking about is if you get a scholarship offer without ever talking to the coach, like if you're receiving it via text or email and you've never even talked to a coach from the school or the coach that sends you that scholarship offer, you should immediately run away. And I say this because you're going to be ecstatic when that happens. You're going to be like, oh my gosh, they offered me a scholarship offer. Especially you don't have any. And you may think that this is a sign that they finally recognize you're a good player, but honestly, most of the times it's kind of a speak to the program. Most legit programs, even at like, every single level juco na all the way up to D1, they're going to want to talk to you first. They're going to want to get a test of, like, how you speak, what your character's like. They're not just going to offer you via text or through email without actually ever talking to you. And it's happened to me a few times where I just get a random text out of nowhere. They say, hey, we're offering you. And it's very obvious that.