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The Panther
Recruiting
Playbook

Fifteen minutes. How your card works, how coaches find you, and what you do about it. Your recruiting starts now.

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Good players go unsigned every year.

I've watched it happen. Kid had the film. Kid had the grades. Nobody sent it to the right coach, and by February it was over.

Talent isn't your problem. Being seen is. That's the part we fix. Starting now.

Orange Panthers #21 rising for a catch under the lights
2026 · Friday night
Coach's noteMost kids who don't get recruited had the film. Nobody sent it to the right coach at the right level. That's the job we're taking on with you.
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02

The math is the math.

About 1,029,588 boys play high school football. 83,794 play in college. 8 out of 100.

Here's what nobody tells you: most of those 83,794 signed at schools you've never heard of. 811 of the 879 programs are not Power 4. That's where the spots are, and that's where we're sending your film.

Source: NCAA Probability of Competing Beyond High School (2024-25 data, page updated Sept 2026). Power 4 count from CFB Recruit.

Orange Panthers #5 in his stance across from the receiver
2026 · Line up
8 / 100
make it. Our job is making sure the ones from Orange get seen at every level that pays for school.
Coach's note811 of 879 programs aren't Power 4, and every one of them has money for school. FCS, D2, NAIA, JUCO. We send your film to the level that fits you, not just the one on TV.
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03

This is a player card.

Real player on our roster. Real photo. Real stats from MaxPreps, and we keep them current all season. His film is one tap away.

Every one of you gets one. Coaches open these. That's the whole point.

pantherlegacyclub.org/roster — your teammates already have cards. Yours should be there.

Adam Maldonado's player card
Coach's noteFirst thing a coach checks after your film: your GPA. Then your size. The card puts both in front of him before he has to ask.
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04

You type it once.

One form. Four minutes. After that, we carry it.

You · 4 minutesName, class, position, height, weight, GPA, Hudl link, X handle.
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Your cardBuilt from your form. Photo from Media Day.
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MaxPrepsEach week we put your MaxPreps numbers on your card. You don't touch it.
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CFB RecruitWe import you. We build your board. You get a private link to it.
Coach's noteYour grades ride with your film. Every level has a GPA floor, and the higher you sit above it, the more schools can take you. D3 doesn't give athletic money, but it gives academic money, and that's grades. Grades are a recruiting stat.
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04½ · THE ONE LINK

This is Recruiting HQ.

pantherlegacyclub.org/recruiting. One page. Three parts. This is the page I'll keep sending you back to.

Everything on this page comes from the form. That's why the form matters.

Recruiting HQ — the Build My Player Card button1 · Build
Recruiting HQ — Panthers on the board2 · Your teammates
Recruiting HQ — what coaches see3 · What coaches see
Coach's noteWe don't stop at one offer. Every coach on your board gets your film. Every level that can pay for school. We're not stopping.
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How the software sees you.

Every college program in the country, all 879, and every coach on every staff. We build you a board off it: a few reaches, the schools that fit, and a floor.

It knows who's leaving. Four seniors at your spot means four open jobs the year you show up. That's where we aim you.

CFB Recruit Target Board
CFB Recruit · Target Board
What this isOne player's board. Eleven schools, three tiers.
When you get yoursThe week after your card comes in.
Coach's noteSpots open when seniors leave. We aim you at rooms that open the year you arrive. That's how a kid gets a real D2 or FCS look while he's still waiting on a D1 coach to answer.
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06

You do the posting. That's the rule.

The NCAA limits when a coach can contact you. It never limits you. You can always follow, post, and email. So you post, and we back you up.

Orange Panthers #7 flexing after the play
2026 · Let them know
Coach's noteSaturday is your window. Friday you're tired, Monday the coach is already scrolling. Three tags looks like you picked them on purpose. Ten looks like you didn't.
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07

Steal these. Word for word.

Tap one to copy it. The example is Adam's, a senior DB. Put your own class, position, and numbers in. I'll give you the three coaches to tag each week.

Coaches read the first line and decide. Class, position, school, size. Same order every time.

Saturday posttap to copy2027 DB | Orange HS (CA) | 6'0 157 | 3.0 GPA
Fri vs [OPP]: [X] TKL · [X] INT
2026 5-game highlight: [HUDL REEL LINK]
@Coach1 @Coach2 @Coach3
When a coach replies or followstap to copyCoach — 2027 DB, Orange HS (CA), 6'0 157, 3.0. Full film and measurables here: [PACKAGE LINK]. Happy to get you on with Coach Pedroza. Thank you for the look.
Email (never DM)tap to copySubject: 2027 DB — [Your Name] — Orange HS (CA)
Coach [Last Name], I'm a 2027 DB at Orange High School (6'0, 157, 3.0). I saw you lose [N] defensive backs before 2027 and wanted to get on your radar. Film and measurables: [PACKAGE LINK]. Coach Pedroza is glad to talk staff to staff.
Coach's noteThe first line is your class, position, school, and size. A coach decides in that one line whether he keeps reading. Then he clicks the reel. This week it's five games. Next week, six. Same coach, new film, every week.
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What a coach opens.

One link. Film first. Then size, grades, stats, how to reach you. No login. No app.

This is what we send the minute a coach shows interest. Your photo is on it. That's why Media Day matters.

The athlete package on a phone
Coach's noteFilm first. If your Hudl link asks for a login, the coach closes it and moves on. Test your link in a private window before you ever send it.
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09 · RIGHT NOW

Phones out. Scan it.

QR code to the player card form

Do Levels 1 through 5 right now. Four minutes. Level 6 is your parent. It saves on your phone for 7 days, so open it at home and hand them the phone.

This week's assignmentPost your 2026 five-game highlight on X. Your Hudl profile link goes on the form.Next week it's six games. You update the reel every week, and the coach who saw five sees six.

No X account? Make one today. That's part of the assignment.

Coach's noteStart now. The players who submit first get their boards built first. That's not a threat, it's just the order I work in.
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What happens after you hit submit.

Coach's noteA coach who hears from Orange twice a month all year remembers your name in December. That's the relationship. That's what turns a look into an offer, at any level.
The deal

You fill out the card.
We build your board.

You always know where you stand and what to do next. We're not just chasing Power 4. We're getting you looks everywhere a scholarship exists. Orange High Panthers Football · Est. 1903

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