Just a few thoughts I’ve had after seeing interaction on social media regarding players on state championship teams not signing D1 scholarships, and some questioning why.
The truth is that just because a team wins a state title that doesn’t mean their best players will sign D1. There are many schools who have won state titles with only a handful of kids who have signed D2, much less D1.
On the same token, just because a team has D1 kids on it doesn’t mean they will win a state title. There have been plenty of “loaded” teams that didn’t even make it to a title game, much less win one.
Arkansas on average produces around 35 or so D1 kids in football each year. This is FCS all the way to P5. The state produces more D2 talent, which is one big reason we see our in-state D2 programs signing talent like crazy.
There is absolutely no shame in a kid playing D3, D3, NAIA, or JUCO ball, either. That is another opportunity for those athletes to play and potentially earn a shot at going to that next level.
I say all of this because I’ve been bombarded with questions asking about kids from certain state title winning programs and why they didn’t sign D1, or in some cases, didn’t sign to play college football at all. The simple and direct answer is that not every stud player on a state title team is a true D1 kid. The numbers just do not support this.
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The truth is that just because a team wins a state title that doesn’t mean their best players will sign D1. There are many schools who have won state titles with only a handful of kids who have signed D2, much less D1.
On the same token, just because a team has D1 kids on it doesn’t mean they will win a state title. There have been plenty of “loaded” teams that didn’t even make it to a title game, much less win one.
Arkansas on average produces around 35 or so D1 kids in football each year. This is FCS all the way to P5. The state produces more D2 talent, which is one big reason we see our in-state D2 programs signing talent like crazy.
There is absolutely no shame in a kid playing D3, D3, NAIA, or JUCO ball, either. That is another opportunity for those athletes to play and potentially earn a shot at going to that next level.
I say all of this because I’ve been bombarded with questions asking about kids from certain state title winning programs and why they didn’t sign D1, or in some cases, didn’t sign to play college football at all. The simple and direct answer is that not every stud player on a state title team is a true D1 kid. The numbers just do not support this.
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