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Prep School Players
- Thread starter Sotakid
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why dont we go after more of these kids? there is some good talent still out there. is it because they wont get past admissions?
That is a good question, while many of these kids have or had academic issues there have also been instances of players taking the prep school route to essentially wait out a year in the hopes that there will be a scholarship available later on at a school of their choice that might not have been available for them the previous year.
good point. didnt LeSean McCoy go that route?
He did go to Milford Prep, don't know enough about his specific situation if it was academic related or a combination of the fact that he had a serious compound ankle fracture his senior year in HS which may have scared off some schools worried about his ability to rehab completely.
true but looking at the top 50 list from rivals it looks like there is some players still out there. why is it hard to evaluate them? how many games do they play? and who?
As long as they attend one of the top prep programs such as Milford or Hargrave Military Academy then they end up playing with and against very good competition normally, atleast better than your average high school.
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There is some misinformaion out there about prep schools. Players cannot raise their core GPA (for qualificatin purposes) after having graduated from high school, so attending prep school does not help in that way. They can raise their SATs, though, so that is one reason to prep. Injury concerns, like McCoy's, are another. Sometimes kids are immature or need to put on weight, or just don't have the options they want. It is the GPA thing that has most people confused.
People also need to realize that there are a couple different kinds of prep schools. There are athletic factories and there are college preparatory schools. They are all lumped under the same heading, but the difference is very real. College preparatory schools are very rigorous academically. If you get a kid out of one of those, there will typically not be any academic issues because it is MUCH harder to get into than the University of Minnesota (or most colleges, for that matter). These schools are, primarily, in New England and cost around $40,000 to attend.
Milford, Hargrave, Fork Union, and a bunch of awful schools in North Carolina are different. They will take anyone.
People also need to realize that there are a couple different kinds of prep schools. There are athletic factories and there are college preparatory schools. They are all lumped under the same heading, but the difference is very real. College preparatory schools are very rigorous academically. If you get a kid out of one of those, there will typically not be any academic issues because it is MUCH harder to get into than the University of Minnesota (or most colleges, for that matter). These schools are, primarily, in New England and cost around $40,000 to attend.
Milford, Hargrave, Fork Union, and a bunch of awful schools in North Carolina are different. They will take anyone.