Former NFL Pro to Talk Recruiting to High School Students
The program is a recruiting seminar — College Recruiting Simplified — put on by the National Collegiate Scouting Association. The speaker will be Levon Kirkland, a former standout linebacker for Clemson and Pittsburgh Steelers. Kirkland will discuss the five things athletes need to know and the five things they must do to get recruited. [
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Helping Students, Parents a 'Passion'
Sports guy, tour master and motivational speaker Charlie Adams now has another title. He was recently named the senior national speaker for National Collegiate Scouting Association. Charlie educates athletes and parents about getting athletic scholarships. “It is my No. 1 passion. It is life changing” to help the students and their parents, Charlie said. He gives them 10 points to ponder. [
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Smith at EHS for College Recruiting Talk
Je'mon Smith, an National Football League veteran, will talk about college recruiting Wednesday at Enterprise High School. Smith, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, will speak on Recruiting Realities at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the little theater on the Enterprise campus. [
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Athletic Scholarships Available if you do Homework
This fall, visions of playing college sports will be planted in pint-sized athletes and their parents -- who have their own dreams about scholarships. Of course, in the college recruiting game, dreams run smack into reality. Consider this: Fewer than 6 percent of high school football players will go on to play college football at an NCAA institution, according to NCAA estimates. And overall, most college athletes compete outside of the Division I level, including more than 160,000 at the Division III level, where athletic scholarships aren't offered. [
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Making an Impact
Randy Taylor made an impact in college recruiting for 30 years, as a recruiter and recruiting coordinator at UCLA, Illinois, Minnesota and Nevada-Las Vegas. As the chief organizer of UCLA's recruiting in 1999, he helped to sign the No. 1 class in the nation. Now Taylor is the recruiting coordinator for Chicago-based National Collegiate Scouting Association. [
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What Football Recruiters Look For
When it comes to evaluating football prospects, Randy Taylor has good credentials. Over the last 30 years, he has experienced recruiting as a high school player and a college coach and has been on the cutting edge of technological and administrative changes that have impacted on the process. [
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Coaches Gearing up for May Evaluations
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 [
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