The Official Guidebook to a College Football Scholarship

About the Book

Are you a high school athlete who dreams about playing in the Rose Bowl? Maybe you see yourself playing for the Texas Longhorns or the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. For every high school senior who wants to play football for a school like the Florida Gators, there are thousands of other athletes who will be competing to achieve the same dream. There are more than 1.2 million kids playing football on the high school level. However, only about 3,000 high school football players each year get to sign a national letter of intent to play for a Division I (FBS) University and another 2,300 at the Division I-AA (FCS) level. This constitutes less than 1% of high school students who are offered that elusive football scholarship. Because of these odds, even talented players like you need an advantage. To make yourself standout from the rest of the field, you need to know how to market yourself to a university, interact with their coaching staff and ensure that you are doing the right things off the field to get the best scholarship opportunities available. By compiling advice from college coaches, communication experts, as well as scholarship athletes, this in-depth book is a “how to” manual that puts you in the best position to earn a college football scholarship. Talent is a necessity, but it takes the right strategy to propel an athlete to the next level. By following this easy step-by-step guide, you will be well on your way to earning that coveted football scholarship.

About the Author

After not starting a single game and being on the field for less than twenty total plays throughout his high school career, Clarence Moniba later became the only player from his high school senior class to earn a scholarship to a Division I University. Before signing a letter of intent though, he played for Glendale Community College in Arizona, where in the first game of his sophomore season, he tore the ACL in his left knee and had to go on his recruiting trips on crutches, making it necessary to implement many of the steps outlined throughout the book. After graduation from New Mexico State University, Moniba played in the Arena League for three seasons before earning his Master’s in Government. He performed lead football stunts in three Hollywood Blockbusters movies: Radio, Invincible and We Are Marshall. Moniba is currently working on his PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communications. He continues to work with high school and junior college athletes in their efforts to earn college football scholarships.