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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So surprised people are so skeptical. It really is happening. Son’s friend played travel soccer for years as goalie and field player,  rec basketball (has been asked to try out by many club basketball teams), summer swim team, and other rec sports. He had always been very tall, built, and is fast. Always excelled in sports.

He started playing in football for the first time in hs. He was over 6 foot as a freshman and has great foot skills from soccer. Started playing varsity football as a freshman. This was right after COVID so not sure how that affected how many varsity spots. He is being recruited now by top schools. He is smart and taking the mainly the most rigorous path but not perfect straight A’s. He is 6’4”.  He is absolutely being recruited by Ivy League football teams and other top universities as a junior. [/quote]

Yeah, here is the diff:

Your son’s friend excels at sports. You know of ONE person like this.

OP:

1. Knows of kidS like this from two diff schools.

2. Some Getting multiple offers.

3. Who play football “well enough (nothing spectacular).

This 100% is not happening. No school at this level is taking kids who play well enough.  but they're tall and athletic)

4. OP says these “elite universities are THRILLED to take these kids because they can do the academic work and fill a spot on their football roster.”

No, they are not thrilled. My kid is recruiting now. This is not how it works at any of these schools. Not one…

OP is lying. I am more than 100% certain.
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No idea why you think you are 100% certain because it is happening. I personally know one player who is not good enough for power house college football teams but absolutely is getting recruited for Ivy League teams. While I personally don't know of others I have heard of plenty of others. A kid from Sidwell- Dylan Price. Played club basketball for years in 1-8th grades then football at Sidwell. Is now at Harvard. By 11th grade was getting offers to Ivy League schools.

OP isn't lying. It happens. These are kids as OP puts in the title height PLUS athleticism. They quickly pick up football because they have the build and athleticism. It helps to be a full paying student.  There are plenty of highly paid professionals who played college football and can pay for their sons to play in the Ivy League. They realize there is too much risk starting football young when you can develop athleticism playing other sports then enter high school and play football. Then there are others whose mothers and/or fathers played other sports in high school.  [/quote]

So you know one kid.  Just looked him up and looks like he has yet to play in a football game for Harvard despite being there for two years.  Perhaps he got in for reasons other than football.[/quote]

Uh, no.  Trust me. [/quote]

Both your examples are URM at elite private schools, these kids would be in demand at Ivies even without athletics.[/quote]

No, URMs (who are not football players) at elite private schools are not getting in to HYP with mediocre grades.  Their race may give them a 0.1 break on required GOA but they're not getting in with a 3.5--mainly because they have URM classmates with higher GPAs who will take the spots.  there are plenty of super smart URMs at these schools.[/quote]

Ok we differ on how hooked they are without athletics but I am one hundred percent positive it is more than a .1 break.[/quote]

Ok, maybe a 0.2 break.  But Harvard isn't taking a 3.5 black kid from Sidwell just because he's black.  if for no other reason than there are black kids at Sidwell with much higher GPAs. [/quote]

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