The latest college football signings show that bigger isn’t always better.
The top-ranked recruit in the country (Jared Curtis) came from Nashville Christian, a school with fewer than 1000 students from 6 weeks to 12th grade. The number three recruit (Kelsean Henderson) came from the Legacy school, with fewer than 500 students, and number five (Zion Elee) hails from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, with only 240 total students.
None came from big schools, nor did they elect to attend the traditional powerhouses for college football. These recruits believe that it’s possible to be successful at non-legacy schools and are attending Vanderbilt, Houston, and Maryland, all close to home. Only Vanderbilt was in the Top 25 last year. (It’s quite the difference from 2020, when seven of the country’s top ten recruits signed with either Ohio State or Alabama.)
It’s possible to achieve success from wherever you start. Circumstances don’t need to hold you back, and you don’t have an obligation to follow what has been done in the past. Carve your own path from where it begins to where you choose it to lead.
