A speaker (Trenton Luera) explains that high school size (IMG academies, mid-sized, small) has less impact on college football recruiting than an athlete's proactive marketing and exposure plan. While elite IMG programs naturally draw college coaches, players from small schools can still earn Division I offers by marketing themselves to coaches; the speaker references a full guide describing how he secured over $500,000 in scholarships despite limited playing time.
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The truth about your high school's impact on recruiting. Lots of parents ask if they need to transfer their kid to a bigger school. So let me break this down. There are three types of high schools in recruiting. You have the blue bloods. These are the IMG academies. You have mid sized, which is most schools. And then you have small schools which have limited exposure in small towns. Now here's the truth. Your school size doesn't matter as much as what you do. We've worked with players from tiny schools that get Division one offers. The secret is you need a marketing plan. Because no matter what school you're at, if coaches don't know how well you're performing, none of it matters. Obviously, at the IMGs of the world, you're getting coaches stopping by your school all the time, so it becomes a lot easier. But ultimately, if you're not at one of these schools, that's considered a automatic pipeline to Division 1 schools. You have to make sure that you're doing stuff on your own because your exposure to Division 1 coaches is not guaranteed. Now, if you're looking to learn more about how to market yourself to college coaches and ultimately get scholarships, I made a full guide going over how I earned over half a million dollars in scholarship money despite being a backup throughout most the of.