Volatil: as a former recruited specialist (ended up in the OVC). The name of the game to get recruited is camps and your son's email account. He has to email all the coaches constantly. I had a huge list of all the coaches and their emails and sent mass emails to my target schools(I didn't waste my time with Bame, USC, Oregon etc) They won't answer the first time but you have to keep trying and pursing. Eventually they will. The two most important times you have to perform is your junior year of high school and the summer camp circuit before your senior year. The winter/spring of your junior year is critical as well. You have to email coaches pretty much every month or two and update them on your progress. Also tell them multiple times that you will be at their specialist camp in the summer. They will be expecting your son at the camp and will seriously watch and have already done their research. Then all you have to do is go out and perform. This is where they make most of their decisions. They may wait until after your son's senior year to offer a punter/kicker so you have to be patient. Also I would see about getting him involved with Wilhoit. It would make him better, motivate him and Wilhoit can help him with networking. Don't waste your time with Sailer ProKicker Kohls etc. When you're a specialist they don't recruit you. You recruit them. Remember, not everyone can play at Tennessee(you sure as heck can try) but if your son loves the game of football and kicking he can have a fun college career. But he has to love it, it's a competition every day with 6 AM workouts year round. The recruting process is fun. Enjoy it and good luck
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Great advice thank you.
He has worked with Wilhoit for over a year. Recently started training with Shane Andrus in Murray,Ky. Shane kicked in the NFL.
Kohls and some other organizations have reached out to get him to attend their camps.
Good to know about the emails. His main focus right now is having a solid Junior season.
Thanks again.
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Just curious but does Jr play soccer too? My son played ball with Tim Masthay (Green Bay punter) at Murray High in KY. Tim was an outstanding soccer player and just an all around great athlete at Murray. He assumed punting/kicking duties while at Murray simply because of his soccer background. It turned into an NFL career. Cool story, I know. Lol
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OVC school=Murray State. So I know Shane very well. He's a good dude and only wants the best for the kickers he's not really in it for the money. Also if your son wants to start receiving mail all you have to do is go on that teams website and fill out their prospective student athlete questionnaire. Missouri is one that does this. They sent me like 2 letters a week and their ST coordinator probably had no clue who I was. But if it says Missouri Football in the left hand corner who really cares. They don't mean anything(unless handwritten) but it's a lot easier to go out and kick and practice when you get some letters from schools. It's a great source of motivation.
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Sorry I'm a little late to the party but I was also there at the camp with my son-he's a 2017 LS and this is his 3rd year in a row at the UT specialist camp. We also went to Bama's the next day and will be going to USCe on Sunday (among others). I was wondering what you thought about the camp this year vs last year. To me it seemed they put a little more effort into it. My son has taken lessons from JR Carr and he said a few months ago that CBJ and CME had been in contact with him about working this camp and improving it. The first for us was all about getting to snap in Neyland and tour the facilities and this year it was all about trying to impress CME and make some actual recruiting progress. I do wish they had done more than have a winner of the competitions. Bama had an All Saban Team announced at the end of camp to recognize the best.
I was hoping someone knew who these were or where they were from. They were all wearing gear from the same high school, but I couldn't tell where (I'm not from TN and I'm guessing they were local. Don't know if you saw it being inside with your son and the other kickers, but in the morning they were out on the practice field getting timed in the 40, running cone drills, and other drills. I did see Coach Gillespie and maybe Thigpen out there as well as GA's with them and their coaches. They seemed to be there for evaluation not a camp and I am still not sure how the NCAA treats this.
I was hoping someone knew who these were or where they were from. They were all wearing gear from the same high school, but I couldn't tell where (I'm not from TN and I'm guessing they were local. Don't know if you saw it being inside with your son and the other kickers, but in the morning they were out on the practice field getting timed in the 40, running cone drills, and other drills. I did see Coach Gillespie and maybe Thigpen out there as well as GA's with them and their coaches. They seemed to be there for evaluation not a camp and I am still not sure how the NCAA treats this.
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