| College football players only graduate at an average | | | | the program and school, never the coaching staff. |
| rate of 60% in the NCAA. There are many reasons | | | | There is a good chance statistically that if you stay |
| for this but often they can be prevented in the high | | | | all four to five years, you will see a coaching change |
| school recruiting process. The personal assessment | | | | at the head coach level and multiple assistant coach |
| that a high school athlete should do when aiming for | | | | changes. The coach that also recruited you is the |
| a football scholarship needs to be done with care and | | | | "salesman" and not the true coach that person is at |
| attention. This can make the college scholarship | | | | practice and during games. |
| search more successful towards signing a scholarship | | | | 4. Choosing the wrong athletic level of competition. |
| and later graduating from that college. | | | | Even if the college gave you a scholarship, are you |
| Here are the Top 5 reasons why athletes fail in | | | | good enough to play there? Will you have to sit on |
| college: | | | | the bench and be a practice player for a few years |
| 1. Choosing a college for the wrong reasons. When | | | | before you get a realistic chance to start? Or could |
| you visit a school on a recruiting trip, it is set up as a | | | | you have accepted a scholarship from a smaller |
| sales trip from the coach's perspective. When you | | | | division and played immediately? |
| arrive in the fall you often find a football program and | | | | 5. Financial Aid changes. Coaches can pull athletic |
| campus that feels much different than the "hyped" | | | | scholarships no matter what you hear to the |
| up one you saw on your visit. | | | | contrary. Even if you only have a 50% or are a |
| 2. Not matching your academic goals. You must | | | | walk-on, can you afford to keep paying to play |
| match the college that you will be playing at with | | | | without having to get a job while you try to |
| your academic goals in mind. Will you be able to | | | | compete for a larger scholarship? |
| succeed academically there? Even though you got in, | | | | Preventing athletic failure in college starts with your |
| are strong enough of a student? Do they have the | | | | high school recruiting. By doing a personal assessment |
| major you really want or are you settling because of | | | | of your recruiting goals and wishes you can better |
| a scholarship? | | | | match colleges that fit an athletic profile that will |
| 3. Not getting along with the coach. You must choose | | | | better guarantee success. |