This is a general list of what's required for 'average' joes to be recruited (your zero - 3* type guys)

It basically starts around the 7th grade...

* Grades (You'd be shocked what GPA/ACT is required to even play at Idaho State)
* Money (things are going to get expensive)
* Outside Conditioning (Agility & Lifting.. 3rd party, not what's offered by the HS)
* Nutrition (Just follow Zach Willson's mom to see how meal prep normally looks)
* Position Training (year-long camps, training offered by professionals)
* Networking (who you train with, who you know, and who those people know)
* College Camps (you probably won't get an offer if you didn't attend their camp)
* Hudl film (Not enough room to post about it here... but there are do's and dont's)
* Social Media Accounts (Kids need to know how it works and treat it like a resume)
* Every school is your favorite school (when a coach from Montana Tech calls, you act like you are dying to go there)
... and repeat, until February before HS graduation.

I've seen:
- Kids miss out on scholarships because of grades. Or worse, they had OK grades but didn't understand the NCAA eligibility requirements and missed by one credit.

- Freek athlete kids that destroy in little league, but then get beat out by kids who put in more training. Collage football training doesn't stop.. somebody is always working hard.

- I've lost count of the number of people that ask me "Why do you think [insert school here] isn't interested in my kid?!?" and I ask "Did you go to their camp?" and the answer is "No.. should we have?"

- Coaches pass over kids based on things posted on social media.

- Kids that would be the last ones picked at a turkey bowl ... but get scholarships to DII, DIII and NAIA schools because they put in the work and took nothing for granted.