Get Recruited for College Football

Dear future college football player,

If you are interested in learning how to get recruited for college football, then this may be the most important website you ever visit! My name is Josh Rice, I played college football for the University of Hawaii, and I have a passion for helping young athletes get recruited to play college football by the school of their choice. Over the past several years, I have helped my friends navigate the process for getting recruited for football by the college of their choice. Because so many young football players have asked me to help them get recruited, I’ve finally decided to compile all of the information I’ve gained into one, comprehensive, yet easy to follow system.

In addition to my own knowledge, this course will contain information from college football coaches and players, and possibly even players in the NFL. Knowing exactly what the college football coaches are looking for during the recruitment process will be invaluable on its own, and will give you an incredibly unfair advantage against the other players.

To get you started, I’d like to give you 3 quick-start videos completely free! These videos will show you how to get started in the college football recruiting process the RIGHT way, how to impress any coach, and some of the common mistakes that most athletes make and how to avoid them.  Having this information will instantly put you in the top 10% of your competition, so if you’re serious about your college football career you NEED to watch these videos!

When you enter your email to the right, I will immediately send you the first video of the series, which will give you some tips that you can put into action, to instantly give you a head-start over your competition. You should also know that I hate spam as much as you do, and will never give your email address to anyone. And you’ll be able to unsubscribe from my list at any time if you decide it’s not right for you.

So if you’re ready to take your football career to the next level, and get recruited by the college of your choice, then I encourage you to enter your email in the box to the right while this offer still lasts.

I’ll talk to you soon
Josh Rice

“You don’t have to wait until your senior season to start the college football recruiting process and get in contact with coaches.

It will definitely help a college football player to be more vocal.  If you have any questions or concerns about anything you should ask a coach.  A lot of times there are players that have questions about “how to do this” or “how can I do that’ and I think that coaches – at least most of them – are very willing, and want to help in any way they can with the college football recruiting process.  And a lot of times they can’t help you unless you ask.  And most of the time they will be more than willing to help you.  Whether it’s with college or with football, or any other sport, or just working out, or how you can better yourself in the sport that you’re playing, just have the courage to ask.

I know for me, growing up, it was difficult to talk to the coaches.  It wasn’t the coaches fault, it’s just myself and my personality – I was afraid to ask too many questions.  But it’s definitely better to ask a lot of questions than to ask no questions and trying to figure out everything on your own.  It’s a totally different world out there, and you need other people to help you through the college football recruiting process.

Not everyone has someone that has been through the experience before that can help ‘coach them up’ – so if you’re one of those people, don’t be afraid to ask questions. It will really help you out.  Ask and you shall receive.” -Inoke Funaki (Quarterback for the University of Hawaii)

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“The high school football recruiting process may start sooner than you think, and today I would like to talk to you about a big question that a lot of high school athletes have, and that is, “When does the high school or college recruiting process start?” Now, a lot of people may think that it’s when you get your first letter from a coach, or you send in film, something like that. I certainly thought, back when I was in high school, that the recruiting process started my senior year – after the season was done – that’s when I made my film, sent it out, and tried to get in contact with coaches.  But actually, the football recruiting process can start as soon as you want – as soon as possible.

There are a lot of coaches who are looking younger and younger for athletes to recruit – 7th and 8th grade even.  And so anything you can do right now would be helpful.  One big thing in the college or high school football recruiting process is calling coaches, trying to make a contact with them, talking to a coach, and trying to get them to know you.  Another way to get to know coaches is going to camps and talking to them.  And also, sending out film.  Even if you don’t have the greatest highlight film or the greatest numbers in a combine, it’s still worth it to talk to coaches and make that contact so they know who you are and hopefully you’ll get on their recruiting list.” -Joshua Rice (former football player for the University of Hawaii)

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“During the high school football scouting process, you might start to notice some differences between high school and college football. One thing that I notice that is different for me from high school to college football is the speed of the game is faster.  Everyone is faster, even the big guys.  Your ‘O’ line, your ‘D’ line, your linebackers, your tight-end – everyone’s bigger.  They’re all bigger and they’re all faster.  Wide-receivers are a lot quicker.  That’s one thing that I noticed in high school football scouting.

Because of that one fact that everyone’s bigger faster and stronger than they were in high school, you have to become a student of the game.  What that means is that you’re going to spend just as much time watching film, learning plays, and running through plays as you do in school – because that’s how you get the edge.  It’s a whole new level of play – after high school scouting – once you get to the college football level, especially if it’s a D1 level.

One way that faith and your beliefs will play into college football:  You have to have a strong belief in yourself and you have to have faith that things are going to work out the way that they’re supposed to, even when the don’t.  You have to be ready for the worst, but you have to hope for the best.  Believe in yourself, know that you can do whatever you want to do, no matter what anybody tells you.  If somebody tells you that you can’t do something that should give you more of a drive to do it and to make yourself better.” -Jayson Rego (Running back for the University of Hawaii)

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My Three Keys to Success

I’ve been playing football for a long time, about fifteen years exactly. I’ve played on undefeated championship teams and winless teams. I’ve played O-line, D-line, Linebacker, Tight End Fullback and Special Teams Ace. I was an all star, and all conference linebacker in high school, and was part of the greatest team in the University of Hawaii’s history. There are three keys to success that I have always lived by and even though maybe I didn’t realize it at the time, they are the three reasons why my football career was as long and exciting as it was.

1.      Make sure you are the player in the best physical shape on the field. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you are the fastest or the strongest, but you have the physical stamina to perform at the highest level, play after play.  I was young for my grade and a “late bloomer” in high school and college so if you are like me, you won’t be the fastest or strongest player on the field. But as the game goes on if you’re in better shape than your opponent then this levels the playing field and allows you to make the play when your opponents are too tired.

2.     Know your plays and assignments better than anyone else. If you don’t know how to execute the play the coach called then “YOU CAN’T PLAY”. This goes further than just knowing your individual assignment, but knowing what the job of every other teammate on the field means you will have a better understanding of the entire play. Every play has its strengths and weaknesses and when you know everyone else’s assignment as well as your own you can defend your weak spots and exploit the opponents. In college or coaches would give us a written test before every game on all the plays that we were going to run. If we didn’t pass that test you could say goodbye to seeing any playing time the next day at the game.

3.     Probably the most important of these three is something you probably have heard of and is kind of cliché but, it’s Toughness. And I’m not just talking about being tough physically. You have to be mentally tough. The world around you is weak minded. Just think about it, every day you probably hear someone complaining and it’s always the same. “I don’t feel like working out, I’m tired, I have too much homework, I don’t have time, and my legs hurt”. If playing football was easy then everyone would be doing it. When I would step onto the field I knew that I was the toughest guy out there not because I was exceptionally big or strong but because I knew my mind and heart was stronger than anyone else and nothing could stop me.

“The junior college football recruiting process isn’t much different from that of the bigger schools.  You shouldn’t feel bad looking into junior college football recruiting.  I started out looking into junior colleges and later on, towards the end of my senior season I was fortunate enough to be recruited by the University of Hawaii as well as Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

There are a lot of high school athletes that aspire to play at the Division 1 level and currently aren’t getting looks from the Division I schools. Some of them are only getting looks from junior colleges, and some aren’t getting any looks at all.  My biggest piece of advise would be: don’t be discouraged.  I know a lot of athletes who took the long route, or developed later, or were just overlooked by coaches that didn’t see their talent – and they went to play at junior colleges and persevered through it all – and now they’re playing professionally.

If it’s something that you really want to do it can be done.  Whether you’re interested in a bigger school or the junior college football recruiting process, you have to work hard.  Hard work beats out talent when talent doesn’t work hard.  There is no substitution for hard work.” -Inoke Funaki (Quarterback for the University of Hawaii)

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“I want to talk to you a little bit about what to expect on an official or unofficial visit with college football recruiters or coaches. More specifically – I know it sounds silly, but – what to wear. You want to be able to make a good first impression on the coach – you don’t want to look sloppy or look bad. So what I recommend is wearing a nice shirt (maybe a polo shirt) and khaki pants – something comfortable, but also something you’ll look nice in. Because you want to be confident when you’re talking to college football recruiters or coaches, and if you look confident you’ll feel confident and then you’ll come off as confident. First impressions is a big part of making connections with people, especially if you’re talking to someone like a coach who you want to make a good impression on.

So, I know if sounds silly, but dressing nice on a visit where you’re talking to a coach is definitely very important. It’s a little bit flexible, depending on where you go. For instance – I went to Hawaii, and because of the culture and the climate I wore khaki shorts and a polo shirt with slippers, which was perfectly acceptable, but I still looked presentable. That’s one thing you want to keep in mind when you’re talking to college football recruiters or coaches and making your visits to different colleges.” -Joshua Rice (former football player for the University of Hawaii)

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“College football recruiting services can help you get recruited, but one piece of advice I would give any high school athlete going into college, education wise, is to go into a degree that will be good for you – something that you like, something that you enjoy, but also something that you could see yourself doing in the future.  A lot of college athletes go into school thinking ‘Oh, I’m just going to play football’ and they don’t have a backup plan.  So when their football career is done they’re stuck with nothing.  They don’t have a degree, they haven’t finished, or they’re going into something that they can’t do anything with.  So my advice would be – coming out of high school, going into college – make sure your degree is applicable, and is something that you want to do, and make sure it’s a good backup plan for you.  Talk to a college football recruiting service, so that if you finish with football at the end of your career you know that it’s something that will work out for you and be good for your future.

If there’s one thing that I would have done differently in high school while being recruited it’s:  I wouldn’t have given a verbal commitment so early, because when you do that some teams tend to back off.  Some schools tend to pull out – if they’re giving you and offer, they won’t anymore, and they’ll look at someone else instead.  So that’s one thing that I would have done differently: not commit so early. College football recruiting services can help with that process” -Jayson Rego (Running back for the University of Hawaii)

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“Football’s pretty big in the community where I grew up, and so I always focused on how to get recruited for college football.  I didn’t think that I would be able to play at a division I.  I guess I always saw myself – because I saw my brothers playing at a smaller college – that I would also play at a smaller college.  But, fortunately for me, the University of Hawaii and some other schools came around toward the end of my senior season.

School is definitely very important to focus on.  If you don’t have the academics, if you’re not taking care of school right now (at the high-school level) – as much as any coach would want to recruit you, or bring you to their college, they won’t be able to if you don’t have the grades to be eligible.  So that’s always been a big priority of mine.

Something that my parents have always emphasized to me is ‘School first’. Also continue to work on your skill – whatever sport it may be – as an athlete.  You can be the greatest athlete in the world, but if you don’t have the grades to get you into college then it’s going to be an unfortunate circumstance. School is a very important part of how to get recruited for college football. Definitely take care of school as you continue to develop yourself in your sport.” -Inoke Funaki (Quarterback for the University of Hawaii)

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Because usually they can’t.  There are very strict rules on when a coach can call you, when can you receive recruiting materials, and when you can take an official visit and meet with the coaches. I’ve written how and when a coach is able to contact you during what stage of your high school career. More detailed information can be found at http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/CB11.pdf

As well as ncaa.org.

Freshman and Sophmore

• You can receive football camp brochures and questionnaires only.
• You can call a coach as much as you want at your own expense but the coach cannot contact you.
• You are not allowed any off campus contact or official visits although you can make as many unofficial visits as you like

Junior

• After September 1^st of your Junior year you can start receiving recruiting letters.
• You can call the coach as much as you want at your own expense, and you can receive one call from April 15^th to May 31^st of your junior year
• You are not allowed any off campus contact or official visits although you can make as many unofficial visits as you like

Senior

• You can receive recruiting material
• You can call a coach as much as you want at your own expense but the coach can only call you once per week beginning September 1^st
• Off-campus contact is allowed on the Sunday following the last Saturday in November
• Official visits are allowed after the first day of classes your senior year. You can have only one visit to a college and only five visits total including Div II schools
• You can make as many unofficial visits as you like
• You can have up to six evaluations and contacts your senior year
• Off of the college campus a coach may contact you or your parents up to six times. You can have one evaluation in September, October and November and then two evaluations April 15^th – May 31^st.

I know it sounds complicated but if you noticed, you can make as many unofficial visits as you want, and you can call the coach as many times as you want. So if you really want to get in touch with a coach then in all boils down to you picking up the phone and doing the dialing.

“Hi, my name is Joshua Rice, and I want to talk to you today about football recruiting videos (highlight videos). Coaches use football recruiting highlight videos as one of their main tools for recognizing players and evaluating them. There are some misconceptions about highlight videos – a lot of people think that you have to have fancy music or cool effects. Really, your highlight video should have – first of all – it should have all of your best plays in the beginning, because most coaches will only look at your highlight video for about 15 or 30 seconds and make a decision about you after that. It sounds unfair, but you want to make sure that you put your best plays in the beginning so that the coaches get to see what your potential is.

Also, one thing that helps is editing your videos. If you just have raw footage, a lot of times it’s hard for coaches to follow you – they won’t know where you are on a play. You want to make it as easy as possible for the coach to see you, recognize you, and notice your good plays. Therefore, editing is very helpful – just show them where you are before the play by freeze-framing for a second and highlighting where you are, and then letting the play run. A good football recruiting highlights videos can definitely help you get noticed by college coaches.” -Joshua Rice (former football player for the University of Hawaii)

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