NCSA College Athletic Scholarships Blog

Each year I have the pleasure of working with NFL prospects, getting them ready to perform at the NFL combine and or Pro-Day workouts. This year reminded me of something my son said a few years ago. My son, who is enrolled with NCSA once told me that he would need to play Division 1A to have a better chance to play in the National Football League. This is one of the big misconceptions.

There are many past and current NFL players who attended small schools. This past Monday I had athletes who participated in both University of Utah and Weber State University Pro-Days. Everyone knows about Utah but how many have heard of Weber State? Utah had 16 prospects and every NFL team was represented at the Pro-Day. Some of the athletes didn’t even get the opportunity to run routes, catch footballs or do board drills for the scouts.

The next day we traveled to Weber State. Guess what? The same NFL scouts were there with their stop watches and clip boards. Weber State had 7 athletes participating and every one of them received one on one attention and participated in work outs with the scouts. I would say all in all, the smaller school received more attention and opportunities including invites to work out with NFL teams prior to the NFL draft. Here are two pictures, one with one of my athletes from Utah and another from Weber State. The only difference is the facility and athlete but the NFL scouts are the same.

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