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BearWolf

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  1. I have coached at the college level and the high school level.  I can tell you that parents are so misinformed and have such ludicrous expectations that I could talk about this for days.  Here is the break down:

     

    D1 FBS-  95 scholarships in football.  CANNOT break them up.  If you get a football scholarship to one of these schools, IT IS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP.  I would say 99% of the schools honor it for 4/5 years but will pull the scholarships of athletes that have continuous problems.

     

    D1- FCS- 65 sholarships in football.  CAN break them up.  Most of their scholarships go to kickback players from FBS schools.  They will sign a few HS seniors each year but very few are awarded full $$$$.  They usually offer enough $ to cover what financial aid does not.  Most FCS kids are FBS talent but may be an inch too short or 5 lbs too light.  I can tell you, that FCS wants to sign FBS players as much as possible.

              SIDE BAR-  Not sure what schools you are looking at but Pell $ does not cover the cost to go to school.  Not even close.

     

    D2-      35 Scholarships.  CAN break them up.  These schools many times are more talented than the FCS schools.  Their rosters are loaded with  kickbacks from FBS players that ran into troubles.  These schools pick up the JuCo kids that didn't take care of their business to qualify for D1 schools.  Most if not all these schools spend their money on transfers and do not offer any football money to HS seniors.  Many times, they offer $500 but that is not a football scholarship.  That is school money any student can get.  Be very careful about sending your athlete to play at these schools.  Quote form a D2 head coach- "The cesspool of academics that is D2 athletics."

     

    D3-  ZERO football scholarships.  This is where most of the high school players fall.  If you ever get a chance to go to watch a D3 game, you need to go.  There are some very talented kids on the field and all of them (in general) were one of the best players on their high school team.  if a kid truly wants to play college football, there is opportunity at this level.  What most D3 coaches find is that kids do not want to play football, they want a scholarship.  Very sad that this is where our society is but a scholarship is seen as a badge of honor now and if an athlete does not get one, then the coaches didn't work hard enough for him.

     

    JuCo- Various #'s of scholarships.  This is where the non-qualifiers are.  If your athlete isn't FBS or FCS, they won't play here either.

     

    NAIA-  Another great option for most HS seniors.  This is a dying level of competition.  If your athlete is offered a scholarship to an NAIA school, look at the costs to see how much is out of pocket.  Usually it is cheaper to go to a D3 school then to go NAIA.  Also, there are not many NAIA close to TX.

     

    Hope this helps and again, this is just tip of the iceberg stuff.

    Great Post

  2. i know this....but saw a tulane as well as some Southland coaches.  I know they come to show support for the verbally commited, but they may also be looking at the up and coming talent.

     

    I saw a u of h coach at girls stafford vs hf game....

     

    I gather from what others have said that HS ball is really pointless sense AAU is now full throttle.

    I gather that also...Lol

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