Amazing Highlight Reels

One of the most important things you can do is tape yourself playing your sport. Football is obviously the sport most synonymous with highlight reels, but it doesn't what sport you play! Do you think a coach is more interested in you telling him you long jumped 23'5 or actually watching you jump 23'5? It doesn't matter what sport you are in, college coaches want to see with their own eyes what you are capable of. Plus, with the advent of modern technology you can just post your videos to youtube. No more troublesome VHS tapes to send around.

Here are a couple classic football examples of athletes who had their stock shoot through the roof after their highlight tapes debuted.

Demarco Murray -

He is probably my favorite college running back, just because he is from my home state of Nevada (Ian Johnson, I love you too). He was relatively unknown until this tape was released. Soon after it was released he was a five-star running back and the number 1 multi- purpose back in the nation (although he dropped to 4-stars after a poor performance in his last game). He received offers from every major school in the nation and now attends Oklahoma. He scored 5 touchdowns in his first game as a red-shirt freshman. Would he have ended up in the same position had this highlight reel not created so much hype? Probably. However, needless to say, it didn't hurt things.

Sam Mcguffie -

Sam has been called the "Great White Hope" by many football analysts and it all stems from this one play.

His video has received hundreds of thousands of views on youtube, and has vaulted him into the top 100 player rankings in high school football. Regardless of the video, he is also a great athlete who has run a 4.3 40, a 3.8 shuttle run, and long jumped 23'9 as a sophmore in high school. As good as his numbers were, he didn't really get looked at until this video came out. He now holds offers from major schools like USC and Notre Dame, not bad.

Maybe your video won't get thousands of views on youtube, hell, maybe it will. Regardless, coaches don't want to read about your achievements, they want to watch your achievements. So, make sure you get some good footage.

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