Recruiting guides

The real numbers, free.

What a recruit's measurables need to be, by division and position, from published sources, with the sources named. What families search at 11pm, answered without a lead form.

• D2 linebacker recruiting requirements

  Height, weight, forty, honors level and the academic line — with every source named.

• What forty time do you need for D3 football

  By position, from two published sources, with the disagreement between them stated.

• How to email a college football coach

  The subject line, the first three lines, and what gets a recruit's email deleted.

• Kicker recruiting benchmarks, by division

  Kickoff distance, field-goal range and hang time, from three published boards — with the disagreements stated.

• Punter recruiting benchmarks, by division

  Punting average and hang time by division, from three published boards.

• Bench press and vertical jump for recruits

  What published sources actually cite — and the rep-count standards nobody publishes.

• All-State vs All-Conference in recruiting

  Which honor maps to which division, from NCSA's published ladder — and what a coach checks when he reads one.

• JUCO football, explained

  How many programs, the NCAA's own transfer rules, whether the years count, and why players go.