College Camp Strategy

I would like to tell you a bit about my personal college recruiting story, and how I used college camps to get scholarship offers from each of the school’s camps I attended.

In 9th grade, I knew I wanted to attend Stanford University, so after my sophomore year I attended Stanford’s summer football camp.  It was a great experience for me for several reasons.

1. Gave me on campus exposure to make sure I was going to LOVE the school
2. It gave me LIVE exposur Coach Dennis Greene to  and the Stanford staff, and it put me on their RECRUITING RADAR SCREEN
3. It gave me a TON of confidence that I can play at the BIG TIME level.  Coming from Fargo, ND, I was unsure about my ability to compete on a national scale, and college camps allowed me to compete against people all over the country…some of them top prospects.

To give you an idea of HOW valuable a college camp can be for your overall recruiting process, the first year I was at Stanford’s camp I was there with Steve Stenstrom…Stanford offered him a scholarship the following season.  The next summer I attended 3 camps:  Nebraska, University of Minnesota, and Stanford.  I was at the Nebraska camp with Brook Berringer who Nebraska offered a full ride scholarship, and I attended the Stanford camp with Mark Butterfield…Stanford ended up offering both Mark and myself scholarships after our senior seasons.

MY PERSONAL CAMP STRATEGY FOR YOU TO USE

So, if you have a DREAM school like I did, I would encourage you to attend their camp after your sophomore year.  It will help you get on their RECRUITING RADAR SCREEN…plus, it will OBVIOUSLY help you develop your skills.

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