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re: should it matter how big of a high school a recruit goes to
Posted on 4/25/16 at 4:49 pm to thunderbird1100
Posted on 4/25/16 at 4:49 pm to thunderbird1100
The way a kid is taught the game growing up is all coaching. You don't think these huge high schools don't have the best high school coaches? Not only do the big schools have better competition Tham small ones but better coaching, so although the college coaches may not care who coaches that it does play a part in how good they are. Like someone else said just because they have great measurable doesn't make them a great player necessarily. Technique is coached and the farther along they are developmentally, the quicker they will contribute in the college game.
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Posted on 4/25/16 at 5:12 pm to cincyykid
There are defitnitely examples of 1A kids who made it. However your saying "if u can play, u can play" is definitely not true. Have seen many examples of kids dominating nobodies then get shut down against highest classification. As others have said, go to the camps to prove you can truly play. Kids at the bigger classifications have to prove they can play against all comers as well. However, if u have a 5A kid throwing other 5A kids in New Orleans around like rag dolls, you don't need to see much more.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 9:08 am to cincyykid
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Like someone else said just because they have great measurable doesn't make them a great player necessarily.
But generally speaking that's what college coaches look for.
Chidi Okeke at LSU just started playing football as a junior in high school. He had bad technique and even worse no knowledge of the game. Yet he still piled up scholarship offers from just about everyone, why? Because he had the size and talent you want in an elite LT, he can get great coaching on how to play in college.
Certainly coaching at high school could mask a player's talent, but that player still has every opportunity to hit up camps to get noticed. If you have the size and talent and dont look lost against other talented players, chances are you'll get noticed and get an offer.
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