Trenton Luera (former college quarterback) argues that attending camps and junior days is mandatory for college football recruiting—not because they usually produce immediate scholarship offers, but because in-person facetime with coaches matters. He cautions that the critical decision is which camps/junior days to attend, warning some families waste time and money attending events for schools that aren't genuinely interested.
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So I saw the other day a post saying that it's you don't need to go to camps and you don't need to go junior days. And they're all waste of time, essentially. And I'm gonna tell you that's not true. This stuff is mandatory. That's not the stuff. That's not what you should be worrying about. But before we dive into this, if you don't know who I am, I'm Trent Lore. I'm a former college quarterback. So be sure to follow for more content like this. Also, if you want a free spreadsheet, 6,000 plus college coaches emails to save you hundreds of hours, then just click the link in my bio and get it for free. So the thing is, camps and junior days, they are great things to go to. Are you going to get a scholarship offer out of them? Probably not. But the more facetime you get with a coach, the better. The key isn't realizing, like, should you go to junior days? Should you not? Should you go to camps? Should you not? It's which junior days and which camps you go to. Because that's the issue that most families fall into. They think that they have interest from one school, so they go to their camp, they go to their junior day, they spend a bunch of money, they fly across the country and. And then they end up realizing that it was all just a waste of time, that the coaches were stringing them along or weren't even interested in the first place. And that's the training.