A short YouTube video by Trenton Luera (former college quarterback) explaining that talent alone isn't sufficient for college football recruiting. He urges recruits to develop playing ability while acknowledging systemic unfairness and advising that being a good player yields the largest return on time and effort.
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Here's the truth about recruiting that not everyone's going to tell you talent isn't everything. Now, if you don't know who I am, I'm Tren Lohre. I'm a former college quarterback. And I hope recruits just like you get college football scholarships. I'm saying this because most people will just tell you, hey, focus on playing. You just have to be a really good player, and then people will notice you. And that's definitely not wrong. You know, there's some cases where, hey, a person is an insane athlete. They play really well, and it just makes it really easy for them. But we're Talking about top 1% of the top 1% of players out there. And I find it almost hypocritical that people say this because. Because these same people will say, hey, just focus on playing really well. You know, you just need to be really good. And at the same time, when someone who's really good doesn't get recruited or doesn't go to the right place, they'll instead say, oh, it's not fair. The process, it's broken the system. They need to fix it. Which is funny because I definitely agree with that. It's not fair. And that's why you can't just worry about talent alone. I agree. If you want, like, the biggest return on time and energy and everything, make sure that you're actually good at the sport that you're getting recruited for. Because if you're not a good player, then there's no point in trying to get recruited for.