Short YouTube video by Trenton Luera advising recruits and families about Division I football expectations. He urges viewers who believe they can play D1 to compare their high-school highlights with those of current D1 players (including bench players at Power 5/Group of 5 schools) to gain realistic perspective on the level of film that typically earns D1 recruitment.
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If you think you're D1, do this first. I hop on calls with so many recruits, so many families, so many parents, and they always tell me, hey, the goal is to go D1. I know I can play D1 this and that. I'm definitely not denying that. If you think you can play D1, if you have proof behind that. But the issue is, it's just like, so many people have that D1 or bust mentality. And again, there's nothing wrong with that. Like, if your goal is to play D1, if you only want to play D1, then go do it by any means. But I recommend that at least you take a look at some of the highlights from these D1 players. Like, go look at a bench player at a Power 5 or even a Group of 5 conference, look at their high school highlight. What was their senior film like? What was their junior film look like? And I bet you'll be like, oh, that's a little bit better than mine. Because that's the case is, like, most of these guys have insane high school film. Definitely not always the case, but I'd say most of the time these guys got recruited for a reason. And just there's often lack of expectations of what that actually looks like. So when you have some time, take a look, Take a look at a few players, see what the top players.