Will Straka

2028 DE/TE | Sophomore Year Highlights 6'3 220lbs 1st Team All-State DE/TE State Champions @athletesU_ @Coach_Herrera3 @CoachBDavis17 @GilbreathBob @Forswags @bench424nmore @PrepRedzoneNM @nmpreps @BallCoachHP @broden23496 @CoachYoung623

We up this week

This is how you turn camp season into offer season. If you have no offers right now, your local FCS is your most likely first offer this June or July. So you need to play this right. Step 1: Only go to camps where the coach has already watched your film AND given you feedback on it. You've been on a phone call. You've been on iMessage. You ideally have a visit planned that same weekend. Step 2: Video your best 40, shuttle, and broad jump. Send it to your target coaches BEFORE you go. One of our guys earned two D1 offers last May without going to a single camp by doing this. Look up "the perfect camp" on YouTube if you want to see the exact process. Step 3: Before camp — find your position coach and ask where he'll be that day or what station he's running for testing. Step 4: After camp — don't ask for feedback like every other recruit. Ask him what's the best spot in town to eat. Get his cell if you don't have it. Then on the drive home, send him a photo of you eating at his favorite restaurant. This works 10 times out of 10. It's the best way to separate yourself when every other kid is asking the same basic questions. Comment "CAMP" and I'll send you the full guide if you're following.

How does LeBron James have an agent? You know damn well any team or brand would fork over hundreds of millions whether he had one or not. He's LeBron. But he still keeps Rich Paul in his corner so he doesn't get screwed. When I was in high school, I finished with zero D1 offers and I got screwed. It took me 4-5 years to figure out the recruiting game from the inside out — and that's how I eventually played Power 4. The players who get the best results in our program aren't just trying to go play "somewhere." They could probably do that on their own. They understand it's about the BEST fit. The BEST opportunity. Because this isn't about the next 4-5 years. It's about setting yourself up for the next 40-50. Want help making sure you don't get screwed in your recruiting process? DM me "FIT" and I'll show you how we do it.

Offseason Basketball @NewWavePerform @andy_lucas98 @StakerCOE @CoachSWallace

After the ACT rescoring, excited to share that I got a 34! True Student-Athlete!

Can we get the 2.5s on each side next time

Great experience today with @FandMFootball Beautiful Campus and a strong winning culture were very clearly displayed! Can’t wait to be back! Thank you @Coach_Q41 for the invite! @Coach_Phelan25 @CoachMoore_99 @MikeFurlong18 @athletesU_ @carljfred @JakeDavids_ @PrepRedzoneVA

D1 visits with zero offers. Zero conversations with the coaches before or after. A family came to us with this exact problem. They'd been on multiple Power 4 visits and walked away with nothing because their high school coach "knew a few guys" and set everything up for them. Those visits were worthless. Those connections were worthless. The only thing that matters in recruiting is the relationship YOU have with the coach. Not your HS coach's relationship. Not your trainer's. Yours. The second you hand that off to someone else, you have no idea what's being said about you behind the scenes. No way to know if it's turning into an offer. No way to control the process. If you've got "connections," cool — use them as a first intro. But you better be the one on iMessage. You better be the one on the phone. That's how you actually know where you stand. Want help building direct relationships with D1 coaches? DM me "DIRECT" and I'll send it over.

Busy Week

Excited to share that I have received an offer from Drake University! Thank you @MattWalkerDU & @CoachSipple for the opportunity! @athletesU_ @cavperformance @FieberJosh85619 @CoachBenStrick @CoachPaquet64

Stop sending your Hudl link to coaches in the DMs. I'm about to put you on game. Instead, send the link to your pinned post. The video plays automatically in the DM. All your info lives in the caption. No giant paragraph that gets ignored. Then use a question-based opener as the only text in the message. Way more replies than blending in with everybody else. Want to know what question-based openers are and which ones to use this spring? Comment "QBO" and I'll send it over. Follow @athletesu_ for more.

Ran a 40 today=4.56💯 @willstraka_ @JakeDavids_ @eg3_2tuff

You already have your varsity film on Twitter with your best plays first. You might even have D1 interest. So what do you actually need? 500 more D1 coaches to see it. And a way to turn the ones who've already watched into conversations that lead to offers. You're not losing to kids with better film. You're losing to kids putting their film in front of more coaches. If you have varsity film and want to get in front of every coach on your target list… Comment "SEC" and I'll send you the framework. Follow @athletesu_ for more.

Pre game Chilis with the fellas. Spring game film 🔜, excited to compete with these guys tomorrow. @Braedyn_Herrera @ColeWeakly @Sean_sims07 @JPDanklefs

More coming for @ManfreIsaac

If you're over 6'2", you should have D1 football offers. You're living life on easy mode. There are coaches looking for players like you who they can develop. It makes it harder for guys like me at 5'11" to play Power 4. But still possible. If you know anyone 6'2" or taller looking to play college football… Send them this and have them DM me their Twitter profile. Follow @athletesu_ for more.

2027 K/P | Junior Season Highlights All-Area Kicker All-Conference Punter/Kicker 4/5 FG (Long of 40) 41/45 PAT 5 Touchbacks @willstraka_ @KohlsKicking @PrepRedzoneMO @PrepRedzone

If you have D1 coaches following you on Twitter but not the offers you want… it's because of this one thing. You're getting lost in their Twitter DMs. You need a way to be in their pocket 24/7. That's where iMessage comes in. "Hey coach, I'm busy tomorrow with training, but I've got time Wednesday to jump on the phone and talk some ball." That's how our guys have a follow on Wednesday and an offer on Friday. But it only works if you set it up the right way. Comment "IMESSAGE" and I'll send you the full strategy. Follow @athletesu_ for more.