When most high school football players begin making contact with colleges, one of the first things they do is to go online and fill out a football recruiting questionnaire. Just about every college football program in America has a questionnaire you can fill out online.
While completing the football recruiting questionnaire is not a mistake, I don't think it should be the first step you take. The primary reason is because every other high school football player trying to make it to the college level is doing the same thing. Everyone who is trying to make it to the next level of football is simply going online and filling out the questionnaires.
To set yourself apart from the crowd, you need to doing something different. Although all coaches put these questionnaires on their websites, I'm not sure how often they even look at them. If they are getting too many of them completed, they probably never even get around to reading them.
Instead of doing the football recruiting questionnaire first, I suggest:
1. Decide what level of college football is right for you
2. Make a list of colleges that compete at that level of competition
3. Develop your football athletic resume
4. Develop a letter to send them out to coaches
5. Mail your letter and your resume to the coaches on your list
Getting a personal letter and a resume from you is a much better way of getting the coach's attention. Once they read your letter and resume, they will often write back and then ask you to fill out their football recruiting questionnaire. When that happens, they will actually be anticipating your questionnaire instead of you being just another generic one they received.
You should market and promote yourself to college football coaches. However, don't start with the online football recruiting questionnaire as most football players do. Start the process with a letter and your resume. You will get many more responses from coaches that way.
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