(WEHT) – Recruiting in high school football has evolved from the field to the phone.
In response to the pandemic, college coaches have dramatically decreased in-person scouting of high school recruits.
With coaches across the country limiting their in-person contact at high school sporting events, recruiting has gone virtual.
“I remember back to my sophomore year, Jon Nalley was here, he would have coaches come to the school and come talk to him, and since COVID, none of that’s been able to happen. No coaches have come to the school and said anything, or came to the games. So really it’s all virtual.”
Joe Humphreys has had to learn that lesson firsthand. The 3-star Daviess County quarterback lead the state in passing last season in 6A, and is currently leading in his senior season.
However, he’s struggled to garner the high-major attention he’s looking for. So, his father Todd, took matters into his own hands. As a commercial real estate agent, Todd has experience in marketing properties online, and decided to apply that same strategy to his son.
“I just told my life, ‘Look, Joe’s kind of like a piece of property,” said Todd, “and this is sort of what I do for a living. He doesn’t really have much of a social media presence. So he didn’t have time and didn’t know what to do, so I just thought, I’ll just start a recruiting page. I’ll work this for him.”
Todd created a Twitter account, called Kentucky QB Recruiting, dedicated to promoting his son’s highlights and stats...
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