Do D-1 Colleges only recruit from D-1 and D-2 schools?

Question

Im 15 and i play football for a D-4 school in Ohio and i was wandering do Colleges like Texas,Ohio State, Florida, Notre Dame Send scouts or even give scholarships to ne body from smaller schools ?

Answer 1

Ok, you're 15, so I'll go a little easy on you. What most of everyone else has said about getting noticed is certainly true. And for the most part, obviously top notch schools are going to recruit from the big schools for a number of reasons: they're usually in or around big cities, which makes them easily accessible, they get more media attention, and they're usually better.

The reason why the question rubbed me the wrong way was because state high school classifications have absolutely nothing to do with NCAA classifications. Heck, in some states they don't even do it the way Ohio does with numbered divisions. Minnesota, for example, starts at AAAAA and works its way down to AAAA, AAA, AA, AA, A, and 9-Man. California on the other hand, doesn't even have a state championship, as the state is divided into 10 semi-autonomous sections that crown their own champions. In Alaska there's only 4A and 3A. And Nebraska's classes go A, B, C-I, C-II, D-I, D-II. Furthermore, a school that's C-II in Nebraska wouldn't necessarily be AAA in Minnesota, just because there are different numbers of schools with different student populations.

As far as getting recruited, in order to be a D1 prospect coming out of a D-IV school, I would say that you would have to pretty dominant to merit such recruitment. Otherwise, well hey, D1 football is not for everyone, maybe you should look into some D2 or D3 schools, there are plenty of good D3 schools in Ohio, such as Mt. Union. Just remember, no correlation between NCAA divisions and state high school league divisions.

Answer 2

If you want to get recruited by a big school or any school for that matter you have to get noticed. Your high school really only matters in the south.Luckily in Ohio there are so many colleges with camps you will have plenty of chances to be seen. If you are a Ohio State calliber player trust me everyone will know about you quick.Once you go to a camp be prepared to be evaluated come prepared know your postion whatever it may be and never say what school you want to go to because other schools will drop interest in you and the school you want to go to might not offer. Seeing your only 15 the best advice to give you about getting the chance to play at a big time school is get really good grades, continue playing football and if Ohio State or whoever dosen't offer go to there join the practice sqaud work hard and earn a roster spot.

Answer 3

absolutely, but your numbers have to be completely staggering to get the attention of the scouts. lots of times when smaller school players have excellent stats on par with excellent stats from players at bigger schools, D1 colleges will go after the larger school prospect.

to be honest, these days college scouts are everywhere as recruiting has become so nationally important. if you are good enough, you WILL be visited. just don;t screw up when the scouts come. it also might not be such a bad idea to make a tape of your best playing and send it to the athletic department of a few colleges. in this day of self-promotion, it would probably help get you noticed. it couldn't hurt anyway.

Answer 4

Yes they do scout smaller schools. I believe it was Chad Greenway that played 8man football. He played fro Iowa and this past year was a first round pick for the NFL. Just because you are a big school means nothing. Here in Ohio i can think of a few smaller schools that send people to D1A schools. My highschool has a grand total of i think 3 players to D1A in the past 5 years. And we're D1/D2 depending on the year.

Answer 5

Yes, they scout who they think they can develop into the better talent in college. If you are at a smaller school what you need to do is put together a highlight tape/DVD of what you're best at in your position (ex: If you're a QB, plays in games that show your arm strength, accuracy, things like that). Start sending letters (you can also get your coach to help out) to colleges to come out and watch you. Get letters of recommendations to support that. If you're good enough all you need to do is get them come out and watch you play. Bug the crap out of them, show them that you WANT to play for that school. If they look at your tapes and see you play well, then they'll send someone out to look at you. Just remember that there are guidelines in when and how they can contact you. It's my understanding that you can call them all you want, but they cannot call you until you are at a certain age.

Answer 6

I'm confused. I dont know much about high school football in Ohio and what their rankings are, but in Illinois, the higher the class your school is in, the more likely you are to get a scholarship (I got a scholarship from UCLA, played in Class 8AA).

Answer 7

Listen up man,
If you want on a D-1 school, ya gotta try and get in D-1 scouting camps at your age. If no one sees you play, no one is going to be interested in you. If you are better than big school kids, big schools will want you. OSU often recruits locally, so you should consider them too.

Answer 8

You have to understand that the top tier of the division 1 colleges have their choices of blue chip high school players from across the country. So unless you fall into that top 10% of high school players nationwide, forget it. They won't even look at you, they don't have to.

Answer 9

yes if theres a prospect they'd rele like to see