Will Straka

That college coach who just followed you might be a scammer 👇🏼

You probably can’t tell these two accounts apart.

Two things to check before you message anybody:

1️⃣ THE SHIELD ICON
Tap into account information. It used to just say “based in India” or “based in Nigeria” and you’d know. Now it says United States.
But look for the little shield — that means the country isn’t accurate.

2️⃣ WHAT THEY DM YOU
Free gear? “Would love to build with you”? That’s not a coach. Real coaches don’t open like that.

And they’re only getting better at this.
Which is why iMessage, phone calls, FaceTime, and visits are going to be the only way to actually get recruited.

Comment "iMessage" and I’ll show you how to get coaches onto text before the scammers take over Twitter.

One D2 offer vs. multiple D1 offers 👇🏼

Same player. Here’s what changed:

❌ Traveled the country for camps and flew to gameday visits without ever talking to the coach first
✅ Asked one question to get on a phone call before buying plane tickets

❌ 700 views on my film, posting every week on Twitter
✅ Fewer views, more offers — because I understood totem pole views

Views from the volunteer coaches at the bottom can’t offer you anything.

Views from the coaches at the top — the ones who recruit your area and your position — are the only ones that count.

The commoners fight over scraps at the bottom.

I skipped the line and went straight to the top.

NCSA hates this website 👇🏼

NCSA: Get put in our database for mass camp invites. That’s our VIP platinum package.

Me: No thanks. I’ll get direct access to the same coaches people waste an entire offseason traveling to camps for.

NCSA: How?

Me: Instead of Googling every school one at a time, I go to one site, put in the schools I’m interested in, and get the email, Twitter, and Instagram for every coach on that staff.

Free.

That’s the unfair advantage that took me from D3 to Power 4 as a zero-star recruit.

Comment "BOARD" and I’ll send you the link.

What Happens When You Join AthletesU

An online recruiting academy for families who’ve already done the work — training, travel, camps — and still don’t have offers.

Three mistakes cost families offers. None are about talent.

1. Your profile makes coaches scroll.

Not a recruiting profile. Not a database. Not camp-invite spam.

Our team of former D1 coaches and I build your profile stack — optimized film and proof posts. Walker got his first offer after posting this film. Taft’s came four days after this proof post.

2. Nobody sees it.

Gmail goes to spam. Twitter caps your DMs.

So we run the Exposure Engine — 400+ coaches a week, direct to your target schools, with follow-ups.

Zeke went from 10 views to thousands, tripled his followers, committed D1.

3. Interest never becomes an offer.

Views don’t put a hat on the table. I learned that the hard way my first time through.

So we get you on iMessage and phone calls before visits and camps.

Matty came to us with D2 interest. Ended up on the phone with Big Ten programs.

It’s 1:1, and we cap it by position and class. We’re not pitching five linebackers to the same coaches.

The same access families transfer schools for. All online.

Link in bio. If there’s a spot open at your position, you’ll see an application.

This email got 32 replies and 3 D1 offers for one of my athletes 👇🏼

Steal it word for word — but don’t miss the last line.

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“Hey Coach Andrews,

I like the brand of defense you guys play at Iowa and I’d fit your scheme and culture at linebacker.

I’m a 2027 LB (6'1, 205) and earned all-conference honors last season.”

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In two sentences he knows your position, your grad year, why you’re writing, and why he should care. That’s everything he needs before deciding whether to recruit you.

Then before you hit send, drop a link to your Twitter. He’ll click it, and a lot of the time he’ll follow.

And this is the line that decides whether you get a reply or stay stuck in email jail:

“Do you recruit Wisconsin, or is another coach on your staff responsible for my area?”

It’s easy to answer, it costs him nothing, and either way you walk away knowing who you should actually be talking to.

Email alone won’t get you offers. But it’s how I got 500+ D1 coaches to watch my film.

If you’re getting zero replies, your messages are going to spam.

Comment "INBOX" and I’ll send you the fix.