Beyond Friday Nights: College Football Recruiting for Players and Parents

Every year, another new class of high school football players and their parents begin to ask questions about playing college football. They want to know what college football coaches are looking for in prospective recruits for their teams. They want to know how those coaches recruit high school players. And they want to know how to get and keep college coaches' attention. Beyond Friday Nights: College Football Recruiting for Players and Parents answers these and other questions through an informative and highly readable look at the college football recruiting process. Based in good measure on the experiences of former high school players, it is heavily supplemented with insights shared by high school coaches, college coaches, former college players, recruiting consultants, parents, and others familiar with the ins and outs of the process.

"The book is primarily designed for current high school student/athletes and their parents as they begin to ask questions about how to get into the sometimes confusing world of big-time, and small-time, college football ... a fascinating read for college football fans in general as it documents many of the inside issues that affect the game." --Great Blue North Draft Report, May 3, 2010

"...vital read for parents ... almost a step-by-step plan for parents and athletes who want to find the right school ... for anyone who has a high school football player for a child and wants to know the ins and outs of recruiting, Beyond Friday Nights is a good buy." --Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, May 25, 2010