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Top Recruiting Social Media Tools for Student Athletes

With 890+ college football programs, the number one (#1) way to connect student athletes with colleges is completing the College Recruiting Questionnaire located on the College athletic pages. After completing the Questionnaire, the student athlete is automatically entered into their database. College coaches will evaluate those players in their database.

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​However, social media has forever transformed the recruiting process. Social platforms like Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are being used for connecting student athletes with colleges.

Over the past several years, we’ve evaluated these platforms to gain insight who’s the best.

We reviewed the following:

1.   Cost (you should never pay for these services, but some do charge)

2.   Number of colleges associated with the platform.

3.   How colleges receive the player profile / data.

4.   Do they promote all athletes or just D1 on social media.

5.   Parents / Personal Feedback. (We used the platform to help promote our athlete. 

 

Whether your goal is to get better or get noticed, these are the top social media platforms to increase your social media presence.

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Ryzer

 Free profile. 250+ College’s access to their website. 90%+ of colleges use their platform for camp registration. Provides State, Regional, and Nationwide leaderboard for combine testing.  Access to 25k events / camps nationwide.

Profiles are fed to colleges electronically

Local / Statewide Platforms
(Best Option)

Midwest Athletics Academy, (Multi-States) Elite Football Network (Multi-States), Legacy Organization (Multi-States), Scouting Ohio (Ohio), THE DZONE & Michigan Exposure (Michigan), Indiana Preps (Indiana), EFT Football Academy (Illinois) 

Free profile. 200+ colleges have access to their platforms Promote all high school student athletes. Meaning they will post or retweet on social media profiles of  D1, D2, D3 and NAIA prospects.

With some platforms, Athletes can keep coaches up to date by adding their daily performance highlights. Notified whenever a new coach views your profile or follows you. Profiles are fed to colleges electronically or through college portal.

Based on your state, choose your social media tool. 

Catapult Recruiting

Free profile. 250+ colleges have access to their platform. Athletes can keep coaches up to date by adding their daily performance highlights. Notified whenever a new coach views your profile or follows you. Profiles fed to colleges electronically.

BeRecurited & NCSA

Free profile. 250+ College’s access to their website. Through their subscription, athletes can keep coaches up to date by adding their daily performance highlights. Notified whenever a new coach views your profile or follows you. Profiles are fed to colleges electronically or through portal.

  • We recommend using their free service. 

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