<p>My son is interested in playing football in college, his academic record in all accelerated classes/2 APs with scores of 4 so far, GPA is 97 unweighted average. Took ACT early as a sophomore and received a 29. </p>
<p>His HS is a smaller school does reasonably well always make conference playoffs final 4, he was moved up to varsity as sophomore towards end of season, but got little playing time. His position is skill player.</p>
<p>He played 7 v7 travel team this spring/summer, has gone up against recruited 2014 D1 players and 2015/16 future D1 kids that are top recruits and has held his own. The speed of 7 v7 has really sharpened his skills. </p>
<p>He has gotten interest from academic D3 schools, and Ivies. All are requesting film which we do not have yet. We do have access to JV film, but don't think we should send JV film.</p>
<p>Since thy have requested film, and we don't have it, how do we go about continuing the contact which these schools have initiated? Don't want to ignore the requests, yet don;t want to say we don't have any quality varsity film. The site which has his information is how they contacted him. I would assume they searched academic qualifications, and/or his speed numbers. </p>
<p>Do we allow access to his academic information via this site they contacted him from- minus the film, or fill out the individual questionnaires on schools website and leave the film part empty?I</p>
<p>Also is this information he should share with his HS coach, who does tend to play kids who are seniors over juniors?
My son also likes to keep his business private, does not want teammates to know his plans. Why I don't know might be the flack that comes along with it. </p>
<p>For what it is worth, I would send a short highlight of JV film, noting that it was JV competition, and that there is not significant varsity film at this time given his age. Not sure that it will show much at this stage, but my guess it is better than ignoring the request. </p>
<p>Concerning questionnaires, I really wonder how much that information is used, at least for football. My kid (rising senior) filled out a dozen questionnaires last winter. Several of the schools also sent coaches into his high school at least once this spring (his school is a usual stop for college coaches during the spring evaluation period). As far as I recall, none of the coaches who spoke with him in the spring or are recruiting him now were aware he had already sent his information to the school via the questionnaire. Most asked for the pertinent information to be sent to them (the recruiting coach) directly. I do not believe he has heard a thing from any of the schools where he filled out a questionnaire but the recruiting coach did not see him in the spring. Not sure that this is a normal experience, but from what he tells me it doesn’t seem like the information from the questionnaires is regularly sent out to the recruiting coach. </p>
<p>As far as the coach, he is going to be involved in any serious recruiting. I can’t imagine that a recruiting coach would not want to speak with the recruit’s high school coach to get a sense of practice habits, etc. </p>
<p>My son is also a rising junior, who plays/starts varsity football and Lacrosse in Florida but wants to play football in college. He filled out a number of recruiting forms with various colleges and also met a number of coaches during spring football, which resulted in a bunch of generic camp invites. He attended one NESCAC camp and an Ivy camp this summer, which resulted in some positive feed back. Several posters here appear to be most knowledgeable and provide helpful guidance regarding the process.</p>
<p>As far as your HS coach, it really depends. Based upon admittedly limited first hand experience, I discovered that virtually every one of the college coaches with whom my son spoke, knew his HS coach ( an old-school, straight shooter) and asked my son to convey their personal regards. This makes me suspect that, as you suggest, a HS coach may well “be involved in any serious recruiting.” I do not know whether your son’s HS coach does this, but, if asked, my son’s HS coach will provide a candid evaluation of a player’s talent and potential.</p>