So You Want To Get Recruited
An example of the Recruiting Funnel in Football The goal of many youth and high school athletes is to earn that full-ride college scholarship to play college sports, but according to NCAA.org , of the nearly 8 million students currently participating in high school athletics in the United States, only 480,000 of them will compete at NCAA schools. There are more opportunities to play in college outside of the NCAA, including playing for other 4 year institutions including NAIA and NCCAA , and including 2 year junior college institutions ( NJCAA ), but in reality, only a small percentage of high school athletes will earn a full scholarship. But, it is possible to play in college with talent and through hard-work and determination, the right exposure, and a little luck. I played college basketball at Seminole State College , an NJCAA junior college program in Oklahoma and I finished my college career at ...