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WOULD YOU GIVE UP THE LAST HALF OF YOUR SENIOR YEAR FOR A RECRUITING ADVANTAGE? 👀

St. James DOFO/Head Coach Darryl Overton (Thomas DO Shelby Otf), LSA Head Coach Jesse Jackson (Jesse Jackson) & Archbishop Carroll Head Coach Derian Quick (Ⓒ🅞🅐🅒🅗 Ⓠ🅤🅘🅒🅚) all hit this topic from different angles.

For some athletes, graduating in December means getting to college early, going through spring ball, and getting a head start before the rest of the freshman class even arrives.

But here’s the problem…

Not every high school gives athletes that option.

This isn’t simply “graduate early or you’re behind.”

There are real advantages.
There are real tradeoffs.
And every school isn’t built the same.

So now we’re asking you:

Graduate in December and get to college early — or finish senior year with your classmates?

Athletes. Parents. Coaches. What are YOU choosing?

📊 Drop your vote on the poll 👇🏾

THIS IS WHY COACH QUICK PUSHES HIS PLAYERS. 📖 📚

Coach Derian Quick (Ⓒ🅞🅐🅒🅗 Ⓠ🅤🅘🅒🅚 ) knows what it feels like to have a college football opportunity in front of you—and watch it disappear because the academics weren’t handled.

That experience never left him.

Today, it’s part of why he pushes his players so hard in the classroom and works to make sure they’re prepared for the opportunities football can create.

Sometimes the coach demanding more from you is doing it because he knows what it costs when nobody does.

Athletes: Handle the classroom with the same urgency you handle the field.

Take control of your Recruiting. This is Your story. Join now and LEVEL UP.

SHOW RECRUITERS WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE. 🎥

A big play doesn’t automatically make it good recruiting film.

Former college recruiter 🇨🇷🇸🇻 Paul Granados breaks down what coaches are actually evaluating on your tape — technique, instincts, position-specific skills, physicality, reads, and the details that show whether your game translates to the next level.

Your highlights shouldn’t just show what happened.
They should show recruiters what you can do.

Before you build your next highlight tape, ask yourself: Am I showing recruiters what they need to evaluate me?

Take control of your Recruiting. This is Your story. Join now and LEVEL UP.

🚨 GET BETTER OR QUIT. THERE’S NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY. 📈🏈

That’s the message Loudoun Sports Academy Director of Football Operations Obie Woods (Obie Woods ) gives his athletes — a line he picked up from the Girls Basketball Head Coach at Loudoun Sports Academy.

At LSA, competition doesn’t stop once you earn the starting job. There’s always somebody working to take your spot.

And at an academy that has to keep recruiting for the future, the next player is coming.

Your “better” won’t look like everyone else’s. It doesn’t have to.

Just find a way to get 1% better every day.

👇 Are you better today than you were yesterday?

🎙️ Episode 27 of the LEVEL UP Podcast is available now on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.