BEST RECRUITING METHOD IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL 25
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- After 40+ hours of Dynasty mode gameplay, plus the early access period AND another few hours just this morning strictly workshopping Recruiting with the live Twitch and YT chats - I FINALLY have the methods on how to most effectively recruit in College Football 25. This is everything we learned.
All of this took FOREVER to uncover and took a TON of testing, so I hope some of this info is news to you and able to save you some time, effort, and energy as you build your roster of 5 stars on your path to CFB immortality.
Leave me a comment if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer them! Hope you enjoy the video!!!
Another note, if you finish second on a guy who has a dealbreaker that changes, like play style, coach prestige, brand exposure, championship contender, keep them on your board until the early signing period. Move them to the bottom of the board and see if they decommit. I’ve landed a 5 star DE who decommitted from Auburn because they weren’t championship contenders, then they came to us because we were 2nd on their board
Smart.
If we took them off our board should we put them back on or is that scholarship revoked from removing him?
@@jackmckinnon1565it’s revoked I think but you’d still be 2nd on their list
So players actually decommit? Interesting because I’ve yet to see it
@@CalobAdamsInfamous913I’ve had a lot of guys decommit on me but I haven’t gotten anyone
The amount of times iv came in 2nd on a 5 star recruit is turning my hair grey lol.
Facts I lost a 5 star Quarterback to Texas
@SkimaskSl33p-ng2we I'm using cal and USC keeps taking my players! I literally been in 1st the whole year, and then at the end, the prospect bumps me to second and goes with someone else lmao. I'm going to literally be excited when I get a top 5 recruiting class
I found scheduling visits is the game changer, that’s what usually brings them home especially if you have an A requirement matching their need and you beat a big time school. Also put your coach exp into recruiting and you can get more resources to pump into a position to you want more than others. Also remember to win and get your school star rating up because you get more hours a week being a high tier school.
These 5 stars don’t wanna win
Just landed my first 5 star with Syracuse today 😤 genuinely was pumped
Another tip, after the first week or two go back to the prospect list and check out those 4 star prospects again bc there will be a good chunk that have not been offered scholarships and they don’t have any interest in you. Just add then and send offer a scholarship and after a week or two you’ll go to the top and have a head start on any teams who offer later in the year…as Georgia Southern I stole quite a few 4 star prospects bc no one offered them scholarships early and I got a huge jump on the bigger schools.
GATA
How do u know if they have been offered a scholarship
@@KushVanGoghit says it at the bottom of the screen
@@KushVanGoghfar right column of the prospect list will have an N or Y and then a number, the number is the number of offers they have, so look for 0. The N/Y just indicates whether your own school offered them or not.
@@KushVanGogh when it lists their top 5 schools there will be black check marks next to the school name if they’ve been offered any or no check marks if they haven’t been. If you look up the actual prospect like once he’s on your prospect board it shows up like a white piece of paper on the right of the school and their interest level.
One thing that works for me is I get my true 10 - 15 guys I want to go for. I’ll send the house for all of them and do as much as I can to get them to commit. But once week 8ish hits look at the board and there’s 4 stars ranked top 100 that have no offers. All I have to do is offer them and put a little hours into them and I get them.
W. I think hard sell is important enough to focus on to make things easy
I been sending the house on every recruit 😂 could really use some tips on how to land a 5 star , 3 seasons of Dynasty still haven’t landed one 🤦🏾♂️
@@kevinblackjr7633I think it depends on the team you are playing with. It’s easy to get 5 stars at Ohio State or Alabama. 5 star players want to play for elite schools. If you like building MAC schools like myself just accept you will not get them for a while. You can grab 3-4 4 star recruits in the MAC if you look for the guys that have no offers around mid season.
Only send the house until you can hard sell. Hard sell once you know what they are looking for. Far better for far less.
@@kevinblackjr7633I usually send them scholarships as soon I can. Then the next week you send the house and whatever other options you can do for the recruit. Then as soon as you have found out enough of the recruiter interest, hard sell them. If that’s still not enough I schedule a visit. I’ve been able to consistently get 1-3 5stars in my sims this way. Also helps if the recruits are in your pipeline or if your school has a good reputation obviously
With a team like ohio state that starts with 1250 hrs in that initial week you can definitely fully scout 35+ prospects with more than enough hours left over to offer all 35 scholarships as well. If you take the existing coach option rather than creating your own because you will start with numerous recruiting abilities already unlocked. It makes more sense to completely fill your board anyway in that first week since you can only scout and offer scholarships. Week 2 is when you have to decide how to allocate your hours. So use all of your hours every week and fully scout as many players as possible in that first week.
definitely agree on using all your hours, I was reflecting on my experience with using a created coach but also agree if you don't do that - you'll have enough hours to spend
W tip on using all your scholarship offers in preseason
Most online dynasty we have to create a new coach you cannot go with the level 45 coach is our rule. But good to know
@@davidtaylor606 yup just go all in on recruiting imo.
Yep. With a school with 1000+ hours I'd fill your board and offer all scholarships, then week 2+ you can put your hours into a subset of players until you start getting more commits/hours, then you can start working down the board. No reason not too get started moving towards their top with the scholarship offer eary.
The info about the hard and soft sells, as well as the perfect pitches is going to help a lot people. Can literally close out so many recruits with hard sell and visit in the same week. The sway can also help a lot for visits when you rebuild smaller programs who have few good grades compared to big schools
Visits first then hard sell?
@@ryanmcnally5853 yes I get the visits out the way as soon as possible
@@ryanmcnally5853 do them both fast as possible
This was an excellent video, and guide. I was initially skeptical this was clickbait, but you did an excellent job in 20 minutes. I'm upset I can only like this video once.
now THAT is an awesome comment to receive. thanks for letting me know man.
you can unlike then relike boom I'm a problem solver
I got back to back #1 recruiting classes here at Virginia Tech. This class has 7 5⭐️ and 12 4⭐️ recruits so far 😈
@@christopherhall9438 crazy W
I’m dead last in recruiting after season 1
so I came to this video 😂
Well in the 4 weeks I had to use before national signing day I went from dead last to 43rd not bad now that I know what I’m doing
I have v tech and every prospect rejected me by week 12 even though i jumped to #2 in the country
I started with Colorado year 1 won the ship .
Got job offer for Clemson took it . This my second year
I have 4 5 star commits
1 C, 2 DT , 1 LE.
I got at least 5 4 stars rn .
( I came 2nd on list 6 other 5 star list . I missed before I realized how to use the hard sell )
1 .The way I did was send the scholarship early
2. Send the house
3. Figure out the best hard sell for 5 star recruits because some have multiple .
4. You wanna schedule a visit early but you also want the extra influence from certain players or rivalry games.
( I’m using a new coach , Recruiter & all my coaching upgrades have been towards recruiting )
I can’t wait for the season to be over so I can see that new D line 😂😂🔥
If you recruit 15-20 guys during the season, then in the offseason get 5-10 guys in the portal and I think in 3-4 years you have a perfect roster (assuming they dont instantly leave)
I unknowingly did your technique in my first season playing as FIU. My goals were to land the best offensive lineman and linebackers because those were the biggest needs in my first season and trying to play with a terrible oline was horrendous and now in year two I’m targeting more weapons because now my trenches are sealed and I can actually throw the ball!
Regarding “sending the house” - should I be looking to do this straight away to get an early advantage or wait a few weeks let things progress naturally before sending it?
The info on pipelines and being able to essentially work out the hard/soft sells is so helpful!
definitely! let it rip early to get your influence up and get to the top 5
Perfect amount of explanation without a lot of fluff. Seen some videos that talk about nothing, but this one had great precision on the information. Great job!
The word fluff generally has a negative connotation under this context but you’re trying to convey a positive message. Just a heads up
this is the best recruiting tutorial I have seen so far
Thanks for saying so man, glad you enjoyed it
By far the best breakdown. Thank you for giving actual evidence and a scientific approach to things. So many of these “tips” videos are just “I like to…”
Best video I've seen. Everyone else tells you to fill your board. No. Always start with filling needs, going after best you can. Once you get players you need, and lose some, start looking for Gems to fill needs at other positions.
Why can't we just give them money? Thought this was a simulation
Send the house needs to add a sub option of leaving some bread on the visit
Have you tried playing as Oregon? I think that’s a special ability they have.
@@haydenmiller8286 shit I made them my favorite school but started my Dynasty with Temple 😂😂😂
Not sure if Kent State can afford that in my dynasty.😅
😂😂😂😂😂
Im in year 3...I got two 5 🌟 corners ranked #1 and 2 in their position both out of california..im using LSU and USC came in 2nd on both 😳..i offered scholarships right away when i seen both was intersted in my school then sent the house that helped out alot..and they were needs for my team
Good video bro, loved the detailed explanations for each category then the summary at the end to tie it all together 👏🏾👏🏾
3 changes I'd recommend.
Pre-Season when you can't pitch or spend hours, you should 100% have a full 35 people scouted. It's a waste of hours otherwise. You can still target 15 during the season. You also can get insta commits, so gotta at least see. They may sign immediate and not cost you anything long time.
Don't sort by Stars, Sort by Rank. Still Puts 5-Stars at the top, but in their perceived talent order.
I'll add that scheduling visits is something that you want to do early, but need to time correctly. As soon as you start booking guys for the visit, if you exit the recruiting screen at all or advance the week you will not be able schedule anyone else for that game. So if its a "big" game, you'll want to wait to have a few folks so they can compliment one another and get even more points.
Should you offer all 35 of them scholarships or no?
you just can not do that if you don't have a HUGE hours budget. Agree that the only time you should scout is in preseason though. You can schedule multiple people for the same visit.
Huge thanks for the video Fendler. Didn't want to start dynasty without knowing how to recruit. I sucked at recruiting in 14.
@@ooghostface thanks for watching bro glad it helped out
Huh? 14 was simple as hell😂
@45atanner good for you. You want a cookie 🍪
If you get two motivations for just adding to prospect list, that shows why you should add the maximum on the 1st week, weed out and fill up for the 2nd week. After, weed down to 15-18 for distribution of hours. Just trying to put that together.
yes, full prospect board works for that but don't forget you only get the two interests one time, it's not weekly
5:03 Woah woah woah this seems like the most dynasty-changing tip in this video
What do you mean "alone and with nothing else"?
Do you mean adding only a single prospect to your board, not touching him, and then advancing a week automatically reveals two of his interests?
Or do you mean that adding several prospects to your board and not doing anything to them, will reveal two of their interests each?
should have clarified in video but that happens one time, not weekly. Adding + advance the first time reveals 2 interests. That would happened for us with no hours spent but then not again after that.
Here's a tip: Sometimes you can save time on recruits with different action combos. Instead of contacting friends and family for 25 minutes, DM and Check social media. This will save ten minutes for equal or sometimes more (by 1) influence. Same with sending the house vs Contact + Dm + Check. Those extra ten minutes add up
Not correct. Influence goes by hours rather than arrows. We tested it.
@@FendlerYT I mean arrows must mean something right? Considering the same action for different recruits can have a different number of arrows between them
Graat vid btw...Bordeaux dods a good one too using a smaller school woth a new coach to show it works the same way just obviously lower your expectations unless you use school woth high prestige
Great video. I just want to add one game changer that alot of people dont know. You can spend more hours on a player by just sending the house one week. And then removing the send the house option on that same player the following week and reallocate the hours to sending a DM, etc. Then sim the next week and then do a hard sell and visit
@@byronford5172 you don’t need to switch out like that. Doing other stuff doesn’t actually get you more info, it’s just about hours spent not arrows or a variety or anything
Word of caution to all you pro recruiters out there: you wont be able to cut any of the new recruits/transfers you get on your roster until the next offseason. I had a receuiting class of 32 prospects because I was trying to get the #1 class and I ended up having to ‘suggest transferring’ to some current guys that would have seen the field that year if I didnt have to get to 85!
This is a great video. Not just ‘here’s how the menus work’ like most recruiting guides I’ve seen so far but tips and tricks that will actually help you close the deal on prospects.
Thank goodness, someone who explained everything so well! Appreciate it man
I actually recommend loading your board with 35 in pre season because simply adding them and giving them a 5point scholarship will usually throw you up on their list of school and hold you in the top 5 until mid/late season when your top 15 have committed or fallen off and you’ve already scouted them (during pre season with pre season points) and have your foot in the door. You can’t even spend all your pre season points on 20 guys unless your brand new and have have zero resources in recruiting.
Great stuff here. I’m having fun building solid recruiting classes with Duke using these tips.
The actual best method is to add all the top 200 players that have you listed as first. Then all the 5 stars regardless of where you are in their top 10. Then fill out any remaining spots with 4 stars where youre listed 1st. Manually save and offer each a scholarship that has you listed 1st. If they don't commit reload until they do. When this is done you should have 20 or so commits before the season even starts. Put 65 points into each of remaining you may need to put 25-10-5 on a recruit or two. Schedule all of them for visists in week 3 and 4. By week 5 youll have a full list of 35 commits.
Once you get to a recruits top 5. Should you schedule a visit and also continue do hard sell? If previously already doing hard sell.
prioritize visit but then yeah hard sell as soon as you can if you have the necessary information and can do that process of elimination
I've been grinding with smaller schools for the most part, but I have been doing a few things out of order. Biggest visits. I'm used to the old game where the later the visit the more it counted, but it makes more sense to sell the player ASAP. This gonna help me out. I was at Miss St as an OC for 2 seasons and I lost everyone almost to Ole Miss. Kinda wanna run that back using a different gameplan.
When you’re setting you board do you scout all of the players before adding them?
you don't have to but you can. I think you should scout in the preseason specifically, when it's the only thing you can do with your hours.
I’d like to hear you go more in depth on rebuilding strategies for smaller schools. For example, I’d recruit mostly JUCO guys the first year to fill out the roster and try to snag a unrecruited 3-4 ⭐️ mid season.
This is what I learned after my first year at Rutgers with a created coach. But transfers definitely saved me from a poor recruiting class year 1. Got better once I learned some of this stuff
I see lots of content creators completely ignoring scheduling visits on bye weeks. It seems like getting an early visit to get a huge load in interest would be great?
Instead of sorting the players by stars do it by rank, you can have a rank 3 4 star behind a ranked 148th 4 star
I’m definitely gonna need to rewatch this multiple times to make sure I get it right.
These are great tips! Wish i came across them earlier but im jumped in and started dynasty with sam houston, now just starting year 3 preseason recruiting and definitely using ur tips!! Last 2 year ranked 129 and 67 in recruiting respectively..thaannkkk you
Great tips! 👍🏽
This shit hard with a 2 star team
On God I started with Akron U they ass but we getting better
Focusing on 5 and 4 stars is good with a big program. But you can succeed with just 3 stars in the smaller programs just make sure to get the gems and crush the transfer portal(a lot of recruits I got where 3/4 stars that wanted playing time).
Love the vid. You explain shit in a way that makes sense lol. Other UA-camrs just be ranting.
@@emabit17 appreciate that bro I tried to be clear as possible lol
lol thank you bro. Can’t wait for the upcoming drops. You got a sub 🙏🏿
Love the format, but could you consider doing a similar video but for small schools (1-2 star programs?) I feel like the strategies change with less hours and program perks. There are very few players you actually want to target in the Recommended tab which forces you to use evaluation skills and your pipelines. Maybe I’m off but I feel like if someone is going to YT for dynasty strats they’re not using 5* teams
@@JackNadeau mine was Rutgers with a created coach, all this stuff is independent of school size. Honestly cutting down prospects doesn’t even make sense for big schools like I’m saying here. They’ll have enough to spend. These comms are good for low star schools
Ahhhhhhh so much makes sense now. I’ll try this in year 2 of the dynasty 😂
Lmao glad it could help out a bit man
Well covered. Organized and concise while also thorough
thank you man! posted an updated version just yesterday you'll like even more i think
@@FendlerYT I did. It seems to be working. I’ve brought my 3 star program to 5 and visits help at the highest level thanks to more hours
My God, This menu gaming is magnificent. Love it. Brother this is truly helpful content. 5⭐, top notch. Thank you for this.
Very helpful! Thank you
I admittedly had to restart a dynasty because I had 3 commits in week 12 Lol. After watching this I have 6 commits after just 4 weeks. 👍🏻
I’ve been going after gems lmao made Florida #1 and went 12-2
i knew most of theses things except i didn’t understand the pipeline that actually helped a lot thank u and also your advice about focusing on a smaller group was a great idea. i was worried at first about missing out on prospects but it still works out perfectly.
W
Question: If I’m at a Hardsell with an athlete.
Would stacking actions like DM player and contact friends/family on top of a hardsell influence the player more than just hardselling him or is it just a waste of resources?
@@arctic2786 yes! Hard sell is your biggest hitter when it’s correct / good grades on it but then it’s just about how many hours you can spend. So yeah stack away
Remember you can remove 'send the house' so once you use 'hard sell' you can allocate your time points to different things. For example, I use 'send the house' early on, but when visit and 'hard sell' is available, I go 'hard sell' (40points)then I go contact friends and family (25points). Mind you I went recruiter as coach specialist. So I had all my positions able to get 15 extra points of time.
@@FreedomBandit8 yes you can remove any action lol
Tremendous video, my guy. Thank you for the information.
Your video helped me a lot went from being 43 recruiting class my first dynasty year currently #1 recruiting class in my second year of dynasty.
Big W man love to hear that
Already won me over with my Buckeyes in the beginning 💪🏾💪🏾 This really helped now I wanna start my Dynasty over 😂😂
I wanna start mines over too lol but I'm in year 3 with a top 2 recruiting class behind Georgia
if the visits are so influential would you recommend taking off the points you have on each guy to instead apply them to visit (then reapply next week). or would advise not taking any points off and just starting with a smaller board where you can max out points and schedule them all.
@@OsmosisJxnes do what you have to do to get visits scheduled yeah, but then you can reapply the hours afterwards yes. But from my experience with a new coach I needed to cut down on my prospects so kind of both
Congrats on UA-cam Partner!
Never even thought about using the dealbreaker to help with the motivations !
comeon maaan!
W comms dude. bouta win me my dynasty leagues fr
Is anyone else having issues with scheduling visits when you “should” be able to? Once I’ve gotten down to exactly the last 5 teams, there are instances (I’d say about 20% of the time), when the “schedule visit” choice is still locked. Basically they’re listed under the “ready for visit” tab, but it won’t let me schedule a visit.
It doesn’t matter if the player has scheduled visits with other schools or not, I’m still locked out for what seems like no reason. I can potentially still determine what their 3 motivations are, I can hard/soft sell, I can offer a scholarship if I haven’t already… but I can’t schedule a visit and I have no idea why. And for the rest of recruiting, this fact doesn’t change, so that recruit slowly gets overtaken by other schools.
yes, known glitch that's getting patched from what they said this morning
This is cool when u gor 1200 hours and 5 stars want to play for you😂 shit gets a million times harder when they dont know who you are
@@45atanner I played mine at Rutgers with a created coach. This video has nothing to do with the school. It’s all the strategy involved
@FendlerYT oh nothing to do huh lol I can't even get 5 stars to look at me. Only get 4 stars
@@45atanner yeah, that’s how it works. Has zero to do with this video lol
@@45atanner sounds like a skill issue
Silly not to always have 35 recruits. Adding a prospect to your board and advancing a week will reveal two interests. Also @6:32 it shows that over thje past week Texas has increased their chance at getting Brian Worthy, yet they didnt offer him a scholarship yet. How would Texas have done that without adding him to their board. I understand CPU AI may be different. But learning interests without offering seems worth adding them for. Im also thinking position on your list effects chances.
Not true at all on the 35 recruits, with smaller schools and less hours you need to be more selective. Recruiting with a ton of hours you can fill out the board. You could add for just the two interests but barely feels worth it, and you only get those 2 interests once. Not a weekly thing
Does the hard sell continue to gain influence if you leave it on?
@@Wardiaz872 yes
y’all need to get on the playing time rating, can easily compare overalls between 2 prospects by who has the better playing time rating
"I'll answer any questions in the comments..." So, here is my question.... What is the nature of time? 😏
I'll time your nature alright buddy
Yes
Ayoooooo 😳
@@FendlerYTsounds sexual
I really appreciate this video, hard and soft sell is now amazing to do and I understand so much more!
so glad that it helped! thanks for watching
You messed up right from the start using those stupid buckeyes😂😂😂'course I'm a GoBlue man😂😂😂good video...I learned this the hard way after 2 full seasons of recruiting w/ a smaller school. Haven't used them wolverines yet!
Follow up: can you hard sell and sway the same week effectively? That is, can you sway a player to a pitch, and then effectively hard sell that pitch, hoping that the sway was successful?
found out BRAND new info on Sway today, gonna do a brief part 3 tomorrow about it. Around 10 am
Hey, new subscriber here. I really appreciate your clear diction and communications skills. Would love it if the music was turned down a bit. Would also appreciate an advanced recruiting video that goes beyond the basics. Thanks again.
Thanks for the sub!
I’m recruiting with ARIZONA State it’s tough especially for defense
College football recruitment wont ever change as long as you can create a recruit. The trick was always to make them 99 everything and put them at the wrong position to make them a 1 start and recruit them. Always has worked
@@pinwheelfc you can not create a recruit anymore tho?
For recruiting pipeline is important but not super important the most important thing is just hours you can easily recruit 4 stars at Kennesaw ST without even having anything into recruiting. The most important thing is getting a bunch of recruits who play on the same side of the ball and scheduling them vs a higher tier opponent. As a crappy school you'll get about 350 hours so you can give 7 players the send the house do like a QB, RB, 2 or 3 WRs, and a TE and if you schedule them all the same week majority of not all will commit the same week but you also have to customize your schedule try and get a home game vs a higher tier team asap preferably before week 6. And if you want an even better chance get the 2nd tier of the recruiting for each position and Hardsell everyone as soon as possible also.
Nice tutorial - well done.
One question I have is if anyone stacks Hard Sell and Soft Sell (if you have 60 hrs). I’m thinking it doesn’t work well because when you use a sell, you are locked out of using that pitch for a later Hard or Soft Sell, and there’s only one “ideal” pitch that matches the 3 green checks.
Maybe hard sell (40) plus Sway (30) using a different pitch though? I could maybe see that if you had 70-75 recruiting points for that player.
Tip: Maybe you are late in the process on a recruit and only have 2 of 3 motivations. Use hard sell and go through all the options because usually there will be only 1 choice that will work.
Doing this will also save hours because you are having to use send the house and friends and family yet another week to get their 3rd and last motivation.
In Yr 2 at OSU I landed TEN 5🌟 and 14-15 fours and in year 3 I have TEN 5🌟 and 15+ fours with a ton of gems and I’m still not finished with this szn.
Another tip. GEMS definitely should be a factor when deciding between who to target.
If you have a higher 4 star and a gem his rating could end up being higher than a 5 star at the same position.
this is the literal content of the video my man. consider watching the whole thing lol
If you have all 3 interests for a player but they are not yet in the top 5 stage, should you continue sending the house or contacting friends and family? I was in first place for someone who was super close to his top 5, and 3 weeks later he reaches top 5 and I’m in 3rd place. Is it because I didn’t allocate any points to him? I assumed that I would still gain influence for the prospect even when not giving points, as I already knew his 3 interests and was waiting on him.
Best deep dive I've seen on the mechanics of recruiting. Awesome video man
nice!!! thank you!
Have you done any research on how coach abilities for recruiting effects the recruitment? Coach points add up so slowly and both your OC and DC can unlock recruiter badges... still trying to figure out how to best utilize them. I have unlocked all 6 tiers for a created coach, not sure how much a difference it's making tho. If you can do my research on the recruiter coach abilities, that would only add to this recruitment video 💯
I love your presentation and your information seemed solid. I had to stop 6 minutes in because the background music is so loud and repetitive. Thanks for the work you put into the video I just wanted to provide feedback as a prospective sub
I am not interested in courting you for a free subscription
@@FendlerYT fair enough just sharing my opinion! Again thank you for all the hard work you put into the video
You mentioned scouting in the preseason, is that the only time I should?
Cuz I tend to immediately start giving out scholarships and sending the house. Rarely ever scouting.
just since that's the only thing you can spend on in the preseason other than scholarships, I think yeah
@@FendlerYT thanks, once you move on out of preseason, do you bother with scouting any player?
Schedule visits against top opponents. A visit vs. top 5 Clemson is going to be worth three times as much as a visit against Western Kentucky if you win.
but you also have a higher chance to lose
This was really good advice. It’s a lot of information to parse all at once, but this definitely helped me understand everything better.
tried my best to be concise but I agree
This dude is very clear. That’s a sub
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT…
Save your points up coaches! And go all out on the Recruiting mastery. Once you get to level 50… you’re maxed. And you can’t re-distribute.
I feel like an idiot. I didn't know what the Pipe ranking meant. Thanks!
Yeah the numbers are small and there's no indication on whether 1 or 5 are best in-game. So really nice to hear that explained in this video.
I didn't know how badly I was doing as a recruiter until watching this video lmao
Thanks for this video. I've been trying to figure it out. You condensed a lot of good information!
@@jnis17 appreciate that feedback!
Another tip, keep players passively on your board who are lower stars but have interest, if they aren’t being recruited heavily, but you have them waiting, you can unlock interest while not necessarily dedicating resources, while recruiting your main targets
Not necessarily true. You only get the 2 free ones one time. You might not uncover anything else at all just by keeping them on board
this may be a dumb question but is there anyway you could do a deep dive with the red shirting? and when and who you should red shirt?
I’ve ran into an issue trying to schedule a visit with certain prospects. I have plenty of hours to spend, They are in the top 5 stage of their selection, and they have no visits scheduled with any other teams. Make it make sense please?
not sure I can man, maybe schools off his board so you can't see the visit? but frustrating
@@FendlerYT I’m hoping it’s just a glitch that EA plans on fixing with a patch soon. 🤞
Same!
Oh this is super helpful, thank you! Think I slightly messed up with a few prospects at Top 5 phase, but I've played 5 games and am not restarting!
Turns out I messed up baaaadly lol. Restarted and dear god it's going so much better. My plucky Kennesaw State is getting some 3-star linemen, linebackers, a QB and, maybe, a 4 star LT. Thanks!
you got it man!!!
The easiest answer is select Auto Recruiting in the settings. You can still edit and add players. You will increase your 5 and 4 star recruits signed.
@@PNWBigDubz lmfao absolutely not
@@FendlerYT Truth will set you free.
Method madness recruiting genius
Curious the difference in sending the house vs doing Social Media/Friends and Family.
more hours = more influence
I never start with recommended.....I target about 30 35 4/5 star prospects with lower interest bars and offer scholarships ..... this allows you to get down to about 12-15 guys that you actually have a shot with as oppposed to starting with 15 guys, losing a bunch and having to go back to the board. Granted, it is def better if they are in your pipeline and you have their dealbreaker.... worst case, week 2 you just go back to the board. I have a ton of other info I use too
you're speaking from 1000+ hours which is not super challenging. Can't do that big target board with less hours.
@@FendlerYT I'm not actually...started with 375ish hours and the Buffalo Bulls....1st year had about 25 recruits on my board, offered all scholarships.... that's 125 points, I don't scout when the team is that bad... all 3 and 4 stars will be upgrades regardless. This casts a wider net and allows you to see who will lock you out, who won't etc... saves you time from having to go back to the board so soon... Used the other 250 to target the top 4 stars that didn't lock us out (about 5-6).. if stacking points/ influence right, you'll save points and get out ahead on some decent recruits.... only signed about 14 recruits 1st year, but had 4 4 stars and 10 3 stars.... some of them you'll lose after a couple weeks once the good teams catch on, but you can drop them off and add 3 stars, plenty still available..... hovered around 550 points the next year or 2, was able to add 30-35 guys and it was sig easier, snagged 4 5 stars in year 3.
I got south in a league and it’s crazy I got some 3 4 and a shot of getting a 5 star year 1 😳
Thank you for clarifying all the small things I couldn't quite figure out like the sway mechanic
Bro! This was the best video yet! My recruiting had gotten so much easier
let's GOOOO!!!
never thought about trying to play anything but cut. but i am thinking about following and trying it!!!!
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I don't understand why you wouldn't go ahead and fill your board completely right away.
As you said, you reveal some things about the recruit just for having them on your board. You don't have to offer a scholarship right away if you don't want to use any hours.
It makes sense to have guys on your board and not use resources on them just for the information gain.
Am I missing something?
This + scouting them. Might as well use all those hours to scout a full board and remove the busts/guys you don’t need
check part 2, short story is you're right
I had a question on the pitches that idk if I’ve seen being asked… how long do you keep the pitches for? I know you can tell once the pitch influence has been added to the player so should I take it off after that and use those hours elsewhere? Or keep the pitch on until he commits? Loved this video though good in depth analysis you’ve earned a sub
thanks for the good feedback man. you can keep a hard sell on like you can any other action and just keep getting the big benefit for as long as it's on your board
@@FendlerYT hmmmm I see… I think that’s where I’ve been messing up on my recruiting then, I keep removing the sell once I see the benefit added on. Appreciate the response!