PUTTING PLAYERS, COACHES, PARENTS, AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BEST POSITION TO SUCCEED!
DERICK SNELL 763-244-9442
NUMBERWONFAN@HOTMAIL.COM
COLLEGE RECRUITING
When should I start the process?
The College Recruiting process truly starts with the players freshman year of high school. This is when players grades and social media will start to accumulate as they go through their high school experience. Don't leave thousands of dollars on the table by beginning your high school academic career on the wrong foot. Just like with batting average, the slower the start, the harder it is for players to get that average up. If you start well out of the gate, it's a lot easier to navigate.
Despite what you might have been told or believe in, college athletic scholarships aren't your largest bargaining chip with colleges, GRADES are. Unless you are one of the few very elite players that will get paid to play or NIL money, you're average athletic scholarship breakdown is here:
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NCAA Division I: Average athletic scholarship is around $18,000–$18,013 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
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Football (FBS) averages about $25,000 per player annually gitnux.org.
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Men’s basketball full-ride scholarships average $60,000 per year gitnux.org.
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NCAA Division II: Average is about $6,588–$8,054 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
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NCAA Division III: No athletic scholarships based on performance, but all athletes receive some form of non-athletic financial aid averaging about $17,000 sportslawblogger.com.
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NAIA: Average athletic scholarship is about $8,093 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
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NJCAA: Average is about $2,376–$3,259 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
The current wild west status of the NCAA
As many of you have been recently hearing, the NCAA has been changing the rules and regulations of the college recruiting landscape and process. 5 for 5 was just passed and it's changing recruiting for high school athletes. A wrench was just thrown in July 31st when a judge in Colorado opened the door for the class of 2022 to have a 5th year of eligibility. DI programs have roster limits that are shrinking over the next couple of years and it will directly affect how colleges at every level recruit high school players. First and foremost, it will affect the number of high school players at the DI and DII levels who normally would recruit 6-10 incoming high school seniors. Now that number is expected to be more in that 3-6 range. College recruiting has different timelines, calendars, and rules for each sport and this ultimately can affect how a players is recruited along with how much money they potentially can leave on the table. Living the Dream Sports helps players and families navigate this very complex and ever shifting process to help ease the burden for those who aren't experts in college recruiting. With a vast network of college coaches and coaching staffs, Derick can help find the best and right fit for any player wanting to play their sport at the next level.
Living the Dream Sports ideal college recruiting time lines
June 2025 - April 2026
July 2024 - May 2025
January 2023 - June 2024
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