Parents of high school football players need to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center, create a realistic target school list based on their athlete's size and skill, and complete the NCAA's 16 core academic courses. A free tool predicts which division level suits your player and suggests fifteen schools to contact.
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What I wish more sports parents knew. First, register your athlete for an NCAA eligibility account. Go to ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter and register for an account to get your NCAA ID. Without this, you cannot accept an offer. Second, create a list of preferred schools that match your athlete's actual size and skill level. Not everyone can play D1. Look at real rosters at every level and see what schools might actually make sense for your son. Luckily, I already did the hard work for you and put together a free tool where you enter your height, weight, position, and I'll give you your projected division level and 15 schools to look at. Comment tool and I'll send it to you for free. Third, make sure your student is taking the correct NCAA core classes. You can have a 4.0 but still be ineligible to get an offer. You need to take 16 NCAA core classes by the time you graduate. Here's just some of those core classes like English, science, and math. This stuff isn't common knowledge, so make sure you save this for later.