Question and Answer 6/1/2009

The most fulfilling aspect of doing this website is being able to answer questions and hopefully provide some quality and useful insight to their specific situation, here is a good example of some of the questions I receive. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at evan.judge@gmail.com, I am here to help!

Question: (names have been changed)

Evan,

I am currently attending a community college to obtain the credit hours I need to transfer to XYZ University(D-1AA).

As a senior,2005, I had offers to play at a few D-2 schools and a few Jucos. At the time, I was burned out from football after playing varsity since my 8th grade year and I turned down all my offers.

So now at 22 years, I can't take it anymore....I have to play ball. I've met with a strength and speed coach who can hopefully get my 40 time where it needs to be. My plan is to transfer in January to XYZ University and participate in spring training. I figure if I'm going to be in college....I might as well do this. It's gotten to the point where I have to turn off the t.v. if there's a football game on....it just makes me sad and jealous that I'm not playing.

What advice can you give me???
I'm so ready to do this but I hope I'm not getting in over my head. What can I expect? How difficult is this going to be?

Thanks for your help,

Johnny Walk-on

Response:

Johnny-

Good hearing from you. I applaud your emotion. I have a couple
questions: how long have you been in college? the reason I ask is that
once you enter any college, whether community or university, your
"NCAA clock" starts, so your eligibility starts running down.. Second,
why dont you try to transfer for the Fall and try and walk-on for this
season? if you can do it academically, you should capture your desire
now and you'll gain momentum on experience by starting sooner rather than later..

In terms of getting ready physically, don't just concentrate on 40 time
and weight room, but focus on agility and position specific drills(ie,
wide receiver: run routes, catch balls, etc).. You want to be as ready
as possible to be a football player rather than just a weight room
wonder..

I would also start contacting the coaches at XYZ and tell them of
your intentions, you'll get a good idea of where you stand and what
needs they have.. The good news is, walk-ons are free and they can be used as tackling dummies, so few get turned away.. All that is is an
opportunity to showcase yourself..

Hope this helps a bit, let me know if you have anymore questions..

Good luck!

Evan