Short YouTube commentary by Trenton Luera addressing the ‘D1 or bust’ mentality in college football recruiting. Luera explains why people criticize the mindset, shares his perspective as someone who attended an FCS (NI) program, and previews advice on who should adopt that mentality and what matters more than merely aiming for Division I.
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If you're going through the recruiting process and hearing all this stuff that D1 bust is a dumb mentality, I'm about to shed some light on it and share with you why. Maybe you should actually believe that and start thinking D1 or bust before we dive into this. I drop recruiting content daily just like this from a high level, so be sure to follow for more content like this. So first I'm going to talk about why people think it's an issue and the second piece I'm going to talk about who should be having it and what's actually more important than thinking D1 or bust. So the thing is, most people have an issue with it because they feel like by saying I'm D1 or bust or having D1 bust mentality, then you're poo pooing on all these smaller schools. NIA's, D3s, D2s. And here's the thing. I'm an NI guy. That's what I went to. I had offers from D2s and FCs. So I definitely get it. Like NI is no joke. Like there's good programs out there you get your school paid for. It's definitely worth it. But the thing is, it's also not for everyone. I mean, a lot of guys at smaller schools drop out before they even get to their four years. I mean, like our freshman class would get cut in half by the end of the season just because it's not what everybody's looking for. It's not not that same college football that you're hoping for when you grew up. Now if you.