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Mike: At what point is a D2 or D3 opportunity real? When coach says we want you on team? When administration admits you? I’ve experienced dozens of college coaches stating we want to recruit/offer/solidify your son onto our team. When is it real?

BCP: Excellent question. From what I have gathered, D2 and D3 schools send out an “Award Letter” after and offer has been extended and a prospect commits to that school. The Award Letter states how much money (PAL Grant, Academic, financial package, etc) a student will receive.

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SAM: When a Coach tells a player they are adding him to their prospect board, what’s the player’s next step in the process? Are they a senior season evaluation project?

BCP: The next step is “Just Perform!” Nothing more to do except play and make the college take notice. “Play” these day means more than just on the field during the season. It means perform well at camps, showcases, 7 on 7 and in pads. The majority of prospects will be senior evaluation kids. College coaches want to see how they perform as seniors (development).

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PETE: Since early Spring, I have seen so many of the local kids get verbal offers from different colleges, and so many of the kids have already given verbal commitments. I recently spoke to a Class of 2014 who is currently a redshirt/Freshman at a D-1aa school. He said he had offers from 5 schools, and committed to one early in the process. According to the player, the school he committed to found a taller player at his position, and pulled his scholarship. Then another school heard he was talking to a school within their conference, and pulled his offer. How common is this?

BCP: Pulling offers, happens often. Pulling an offer after a recruit has verbally committed, not so much. Not all verbal offers are committable. Meaning, once extended a verbal offer by a school, if a prospect wanted to commit, the school would not accept that verbal commitment from the prospect. Offers become real once they are in writing. A kid could claim 50 verbal offers, but receive 15 or so written offers late August of his senior year. That basically translates to the other schools no longer have a strong interest. Schools do not make a habit of pulling an offer once a kid has committed because it can start a domino effect that will not shine a positive light on the football program.