College Football Coaches Ask High School Coaches About Good Players On Other Teams, Too

Online, October 12, 2010 (Newswire.com) - AUSTIN, TX -- College football coaches depend on high school coaches to identify their players who might be college prospects. But that's not all the college programs want to know.

"College coaches also ask high school coaches about the players on other teams they've faced during the season," said Ray Grasshoff, author of Beyond Friday Nights: College Football Recruiting for Players and Parents. "They want to know which players on opposing teams were impressive."

Sometimes the college coaches will ask about a particular player on another team by name. But often, they want to know about previously unheralded players who might have the potential to perform well on the field in college.

"This often-unrecognized opportunity to attract attention, or perhaps more attention, from college coaches shouldn't be overlooked by any high school player who hopes to play at the next level," Grasshoff said.

"Playing with intensity, focus, and good sportsmanship in every part of every game throughout the season - even in games where the score is lopsided, or at the end of a losing season - should be a priority for every player," he added. "That's what they owe themselves, their teammates, their coaches and their fans."

"And when a player does that, he'll also be doing everything he can to get noticed by opposing coaches, hopefully impressing them enough to deserve mention when they talk to college coaches," Grasshoff said.