Short YouTube video by Trent Lower (former college QB and recruiting coach) that lists common misconceptions about college football recruiting and gives practical advice to increase exposure to college coaches. In the first misconception he rejects the idea "play well and they will find you" for all but elite prospects and recommends active steps (reach out to coaches, post film on Twitter, attend camps) to get noticed. The clip begins to introduce a second misconception ("it's not what you know, it's who you know").
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The three misconceptions about the recruiting process that you need to get out of your head. Now, the thing is, if you think one of these things I'm about to tell you, then you're going to completely misunderstand the recruiting process. It's going to make it tougher, it's going to make it frustrating, and you just make it a lot easier and simpler if you just. If you just change your mind about these things. If you don't know who I am, I'm Trent Lower. I'm a former college QB and currently I help kids get recruited to play college football. So the number one misconception is play well and they will find you. The only time this is true is if you're an absolute 0.001 stud. You just have amazing highlights, you blow up, you get stars, you get rankings. Yeah, they'll find you at that point. Outside of that, you have to get known by college coaches. Now, this can be done by someone else as far as your high school coach, but ultimately someone needs to tell college coaches about you. Otherwise you're just going to get lost in the sea of recruits. So you need to increase your exposure by doing things like reaching out to coaches directly, posting your film on Twitter, going to camps. Misconception number two is it's not what you know, it's who you know. Now think of it like this again. If you're a stud, you're a star ranked player, whatever. Like, yeah, connection.