Trent Loire (former college quarterback) gives recruiting advice aimed at eighth-grade athletes. He cautions that many early offers are to exceptional physical outliers and may not be legitimate, and recommends attending high-profile showcases (e.g., UA Next) and building a social media presence to get noticed, referencing the 'Baby Gronk' playbook as an example.
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As an eighth grader, what's the best way to get noticed? So I'll show you if I was in eighth grade and trying to get noticed, what I would do, but also give you the reason why. Maybe you shouldn't worry about that. If you don't know who I am, I'm Trent Loire. I'm a former college quarterback, and I hope recruits just like you do the same. So first, let's talk about, like, how to even get noticed as an eighth grade in the first place, because you probably see eighth graders getting offers left, and right now there's not a lot of them getting offers out there. So first off, you shouldn't really be too concerned about it. These aren't legitimate offers. They're going out to, like, crazy, crazy athletes that are probably going to turn into studs when they're seniors just because they're freak athletes that already grew super early and seem to project very high. So I want to get too caught up in that kind of game. But if you do want to get noticed, probably the best way is to start going to some of those big showcases, like if you can get invited to the UA next game. I know that's a big one. And just start getting picked up on social media. I mean, that's kind of the game I would play if I was a younger athlete trying to get noticed by college coaches. I mean, honestly, try to play the Baby Gronk playbook. I hate even saying that, but it worked for him because you can't directly talk to college coaches, so you have to do it.