College Athletic Recruiting at NCSA
April 24th, 2009 - byNCSA’s efforts to Simplify the College Athletic Recruiting Process were profiled by Taylor Bell in today’s Chicago Sun Times.
The May evaluation period for college football coaches is just around the corner. But the timetable for the recruiting process has been squeezed, and coaches, faced with new NCAA restrictions, are looking for more efficient ways to see as many prospects as they can in a shorter period of time.
Chris Krause, the founder and director of the Chicago-based National Collegiate Scouting Association, and his co-workers, former college recruiting coordinators Randy Taylor and Bob Chmiel, have established a state-of-the-art film library to feed the appetite of every college coach.
For the first time since the 1980s, coaches from coast to coast will be able to view highlight tapes of all the leading prospects in an area at one time and in one place, then have an opportunity to visit the schools and personally eyeball the players who fit their needs.
”A lot of kids are flying under the radar right now,” recruiting analyst Tom Lemming said. ”Coaches are looking for diamonds in the rough. We’re going to see schools coming into Chicago that haven’t been here in a long time or are coming for the first time: Clemson, West Virginia, Syracuse, BYU, Nebraska, Colorado, California, UCLA and Washington.”
Describing the May evaluation period as ”a new dawning in Chicago,” Lemming predicted the Class of 2010 could receive more full scholarships than any class in recent years because of the increased exposure.
”The bulk of recruiters are looking at seniors-to-be,” Lemming said. ”A lot of offers come in May and June. By July 1, if you don’t have an offer from a Division I school, you’d better run for help to a Division II or III program.”
Some fantastic advice from Tom. If you are really interested in jump starting your recruiting process contact our scouts at NCSA.
