Coaches are looking ahead when it comes to recruiting. Many are looking four or five years ahead and evaluating athletes, from afar, before they can contact them. There is a nearly unrecoverable mistake most families make in recruiting. They wait too late to start the process. They think they are already in, but they aren’t. … Read more
Two of the best teams in college football will compete tonight for the title of national champion and three of those athletes were once National Scouting Report recruits. Alabama football players, O.J. Howard, Bradley Bozeman and Matt Womack will be playing in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship at 8:00 p.m. (ET) against No. … Read more
Prospects and parents are ill-prepared for the realities of college recruiting. They enter excited about all the attention they will get from coaches. They can’t wait to see their athlete’s website go live. They are itching to tell their friends that they are being represented by NSR, the number one scouting organization in the world. … Read more
Know this: When an NSR scout enrolls your athlete, we swarm. No kidding. When your student-athlete’s profile, images and video hit our home office, a group of experienced pros gets busy. It is a coordinated, highly-organized effort that generates results. What we do is, in fact, called the NSR Gameplan. Your Gameplan is our game … Read more
NSR scouts are noticing an unhealthy trend in college recruiting. Far too many prospects and parents are failing to respect their recruiting rivals, the other kids in the same graduating class also vying for scholarships. When this happens, they miss the fact that there are literally hundreds of athletes out there as good, if not … Read more
NSR scouts from across the U.S. have hit the AVCA Convention. Held this year in Columbus, Ohio, site of the NCAA semis and finals, the American Volleyball Coaches Association annual conclave brings together the top college, high school and club coaches together under one roof. It is an amazing sight to see. Robert Cagle is … Read more
Waiting is no longer a sensible option in recruiting. It’s a train of thought that has long since passed. Why? At National Scouting Report we see the same story repeated year after year after year. Families choosing to wait to get recruiting help usually are scrambling the last 12 to 18 months and that’s not good. … Read more
More National Scouting Report prospects than ever are signing with NCAA D-I schools. This is not an anomaly. It is happening over and again, coast to coast. NSR scouts in every region of America are reporting that kids they work with are being recruited by and committing to D-I programs, and then signing Division I letters … Read more
Are you kidding me? NSR scouts hear that in every prospect interview. It is the reaction we get upon telling families that there are very few full athletic scholarships in college. Parents are aghast at the revelation. Prospects are stunned. But it is real. It is true. Nearly all college athletes are on scholarship packages … Read more
NSR scout Tanya Richardson (Washington) knew she had found the real deal in Kennedy-Sue Robillard. See, NSR scouts all across the United States are constantly on the ground scouting games, matches and meets, combines, showcases and tournaments for high school student-athletes who have all the tools to advance to the college level. When Richardson first … Read more
