DIII Fotball Ques

3togo
Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:54:35 +0000

How does a Div III recruit know that they actually made the team and was not “just accepted” at the college?

There are DIII schools that have recruiting slots, like the NESCAC schools, where the coach has a lot pf pull with recruits who are academically qualified … which is whole lot different than being told please try out if you are accepted. That said kids at my kids’ high school that play on teams with large rosters like football, soccer, lacrosse, and track & field have had a lot of luck walking onto to teams at DIII schools. Please note their experiences about playing time are all over the map … some walked on and started as frosh and some walked on and virtually never played in games.

OP, I’d suggest your son contact the coach and ask direct questions. Will I be allowed to tryout for the team? How many players playing significant minutes made the team as walk-ons? What level players were these walk-ons in high school? Etc.

It seems to me your son has two goals that may align or may not … to attend this school and to play football. With more info he will know if he is likely to make the team and if he has a shot to play much eventually. If the football answers are not what he wants to hear then the question becomes should other schools with better football prospects enter the picture.

The level of DIII sports vary A LOT from school to school and conference to conference … there are DIII teams in each sport that easily could play DII or even in the non-major DI conferences … and there are DIII teams that would lose to many very good high school teams. Depending on how important football is to your son he probably can find a DIII team that he can at least be a member of.