1. Kicker recruiting process goes through kicking camps/coaches. This was not the case fifteen years ago. But these days, kicker who does not work with a well-connected kicking coach, gets overlooked. College coaches are busy. Instead of going through hundreds of highlight videos, they prefer to simply contact a kicking coach and ask for top prospects. It saves them time and it ensures that kickers who they are recruiting are pre-approved.

2. Regardless of how many camps you attend, and how much money you spend on your kicking coach, you still need to be very good in order to get a scholarship. You have to prove your skills by kicking well in games and at college camps that you attend. This is usually a truth that is not brought up often in the kicking industry. Rankings and stars are given to athletes who keep going to numerous events and keep spending the money on that specific organization. High ranking does not lead to a scholarship.

3. “If you are a late bloomer, you need to keep working on your skills and attend whatever school you are able to play at…no matter the size. With the college football transfer portal, you can easily transfer to a bigger school after you prove yourself at a smaller one. Majority of big colleges fill their rosters with athletes from transfer portal, not high school prospects. This is a huge benefit to kickers who played multiple sports and did not specialize too early. You can focus on kicking only for the first time in college and really raise your value.

4. Every kicking coach has different strenghts and does things a bit differently. Unlike mega camps that see thousands of athletes, we see only about 500 athletes annually. This means that we do not have as many college prospects to offer to schools. But the positive side is that athletes who are good enough to kick in college find themselves on our short list of kickers that we send to college coaches. As an athlete, you should attend both mega camps, where you will see how you stack up against a large field of kickers; and smaller events like ours where you will get coached, advised, and accurately evaluated. We know all of our athletes very well and we make personal referrals to college coaches.