Step-By-Step Recruiting Tutorial for CFB 25 Dynasty!

[@maxplayscfb]

CRITICAL UPDATE - do NOT hard sell every prospect like I did here!!! This video led me to run an experiment to find when you should pitch a recruit or just send regular hours. The magic number is 19, so go check out “the science of recruiting” on my page if you want to know when you should / shouldn’t pitch a prospect!!!

[@cptboomshard9418]

I love all this info but I have a question. Is there ever a reason to send the house, usually gain 4-6 influence for 50 hours, when DMing, checking social media, and contacting the family gets you more influence for less hours?

[@WilliamSt.Clair1399]

@@cptboomshard9418it does not. I have tried finding the video, but haven’t found the exact one I watched. They did something similar with STH vs doing them all and it did not do as well. It does work well to stack, but send the house is best use of time till potentially going to hard sell.

[@WilliamSt.Clair1399]

@@cptboomshard9418 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2jUpqRra9B-Y6ssi=ByMW2-vY40UAOUep

[@swaniac8833]

@@cptboomshard9418the amount of influence is based off of the hours spent not the green arrows, with the exception of hard and soft sells. So basically send the house alone is better than the other 3 combined because it is more hours (based on my experience and other videos I have seen)

[@ryanhahn3651]

@@cptboomshard9418those arrows aren’t golden. Don’t follow those like they’re all equal

[@bhurbet6465]

Quick tip on the recruiting board you can hold L2 and scroll up and go to players who don’t have scholarships. It’ll save you about 5 minutes but well worth it

[@maxplayscfb]

DANF IT MAN THATS HUGE thank you!! Didn’t even know

[@joshuaandres475]

Thanks for this info! You da man

[@TheRCBuildersPost]

Same for Xbox?

[@JimmyWashingtonII]

Yes

[@savvysosa2985]

Finally, a start-to-finish video on recruiting that isn't just a jump cut to signing day.

[@maxplayscfb]

Thanks dude!!! Appreciate the kind words, def took forever to edit but I’m with ya, it’s a much better look

[@jeremyk3670]

Bourdeau did a great hour long video before the patch. Helped me get 3 straight top 30 classes and a 5 star qb w 1.5 star school.

[@user-bg8yr1ip1d]

@@jeremyk3670do you know if his tips still work after the patch?

[@jeremyk3670]

@@user-bg8yr1ip1dseems they made it harder for small schools to land big time players but it still works ive landed several 4 stars

[@GoodAwareness]

This guys my new favorite college football 25 content creator. Very informative, simple and easy to follow along, has a very soothing voice to the ears and most importantly, Max seems genuine and happy doing what he’s doing. 10/10 would sub again, wishing you the best of luck on your KZbin journey

[@maxplayscfb]

LETS GOOOOOO thank you!!! I got some more videos I’m SUPER excited for coming later this week, so I can’t wait for you to see them!

[@xavier3526]

100% agreed

[@HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Same!

[@J_Boberts]

Tip on setting up your board: 1) Add up to 13 players at a certain position group to your board at a time. 2) Tab over to My School, go to Playing Time, and filter to the position group. 3) The graphic on the right will show you which players have higher overall ratings relative to the players on your board and influenced by freshmen and sophomores (not juniors or seniors) currently on your roster. 4) Remove prospects that don't have at least a B- grade and add more prospects until you like your board. You'll be able to find better quality in the transfer portal. This gives you a pecking order of who to pursue based on their INITIAL OVERALL rating. It DOES NOT give any indication to dev traits or skill caps.

[@DJones-tp4yi]

This was so useful, Thanks!

[@MF_DOOMer]

It's been patched

[@AksthestaGaming]

@@MF_DOOMer What has? Because you can still do what this guy is saying in regards to comparing your board with players you already have via the my schools tab.

[@paraflax9198]

Wow so many times ive just given up...and to see your 5 star let you into his top 8 with just a scholly is just, insane! Thank you for showing us your process and narrating the steps bro! You the best!

[@maxplayscfb]

No prob!! Although I will say I haven’t landed another 5 star since so I might’ve just got super lucky there🤣🤣

[@paraflax9198]

Yeah, I've had a 5 star "bust" turn into a Star dev trait. I think that was actually luck because he is a stud!

[@KTBClub777]

Sir. Great video. This is pretty much exactly how I recruit, but im a little bit more conservative/selective. All 5 of your 4/5 star recruits that you signed had this in common.. 1. Had dealbreakers like proxomity to home or playing time that you far exceeded. 2. You were the first one to offer them scholarships 3. All of these you immediately sent the house on There are a few other things that helped you with each of them. For example the 5 star that signed. Every single team in his top 7 of interest. None of them were in that players pipelines. So they had no real edge there. Hope you find this interesting/helpful for future recruiting

[@maxplayscfb]

Super helpful and I totally agree, I appreciate all of this wow!!

[@bisqwikbisqwik3622]

Best recruiting video out by far. Please do another one with the new things you’ve learned. Def earned a sub. I will be sharing this with my dynasty mates.

[@SimFootballFanatic]

Pro Tip: While you can land 2-4, 4-5 stars your first year by being aggressive, I think Recommended is the way to go year one. More recruits, easier recruiting, more XP per signing. If you get your recruiting maxed out by season 2, you're ready to battle for top prospects. Also, don't forget to unlock Motivator and Tactician ASAP. Too many people leave XP on the table forgetting to even unlock them. Getting XP for wins, commits, and player progression will help you speed build your coach long term.

[@ryno9677]

After the patch, I now love recruiting with a smaller school for 2 and 3 star players and then finding starters in the portal while the large classes redshirt and develop. Those 2 star guys have huge jumps in development after redshirting usually.

[@maxplayscfb]

Same with the 3 stars - so satisfying

[@ryno9677]

@@maxplayscfb it’s wild I’ve had a guard go from a 59 overall to an 81 in one offseason. Maxing out to 88 and being drafted by the time he was a senior. Guy was a 1 star recruit.

[@jaykeller3664]

What was his dev trait? A high dev trait will allow players to progress faster/better than others during offseason

[@uchendu]

I guess a lot of people don’t know this but you always know at least one trait for hard/soft selling through dealbreaker. When selling a player, click over to the dealbreaker to see if it’s one of the traits you’re missing. Also works for scheduling week one of season visits when you don’t know their desired traits yet. The dealbreaker is always one of the three

[@MrRusherHD]

keep posting man! you’ve got that IT factor when it comes to commentary and content. great content

[@maxplayscfb]

I appreciate it!! I’ll keep doin my best

[@iscoalcaron16]

First video I’ve watched where someone actually is trying to put together an entire class not just a few 4/5 stars. The balancing act is the hardest part 👏

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah what’s quality without an army of 3 stars to back them up!!

[@iscoalcaron16]

@@maxplayscfb no scouting it is 🫡

[@jamesbrink6170]

Thanks for grinding it out for us bro. Keep pushing!

[@maxplayscfb]

I appreciate the kind words, I’ll keep doing my best!!!

[@brothermouzone1527]

This video helped me land a #1 recruiting class back 2 back! Thank you!

[@FantasyBasketballAnalyzer]

This had great info and was super well done. I listened to it while driving last night, and came back to replay it while I built my board for season 2 of the online dynasty

[@Scott.A.Hettenbach]

Ngl you absolutely ate this recruiting class. Not a crumb left.

[@xavier3526]

The video was beyond helpful and I had a great time watching! Keep it up! I wish I could subscribe twice 😆

[@avnips]

Been waiting for a video post update, that is this in depth, week to week. Nicely done

[@maxplayscfb]

Thank you!!

[@ConnorGoodson]

Just stumbled across your content and it's GOLD. Wish I would've seen this a while back when starting some of my original dynasties

[@MATTDALOR1AN]

unreal video. idk why I keep losing out on big time recruits as a 1.5 star school but you did it! maybe I keep battling for far too long and you give up right before a battle ensues and you go after someone else

[@jjstoked2575]

@14:38 I had no idea you can retract an offer, what I normally do is kick him off the board and start over with a lower offer. The more you know thank you so much 😃👍

[@TheNevaBeta]

Ball State alumni here- subbed!

[@maxplayscfb]

Oh that’s awesome, thank you! Now I really gotta rebuild em!

[@mgmoore]

Me too. 2001-2005, 2007-2009

[@parkypark22]

Finally an actually helpful video about recruiting. Great vid man!

[@marcsousa4904]

Good to know the AI will give you a bunch of 3 stars at the end. That helps alleviate the worry of quantity when deciding on hours to give out 😊

[@maxplayscfb]

100%!!! Weeks 1-10 should be all about quality, as long as you have plenty of 3 stars on your board at that time you can really go after em

[@visions718]

great vid, so much info I didn't know fr keep grinding bro

[@scootmcgoot9068]

Just a little tip, if you only have 2 of the 3 motivations and are unsure what the 3rd one could be (there's 2 different pitches that fit), the deal breaker (if they have one) is always one of the motivations. So if you haven't uncovered the deal breaker as a green check mark, the pitch with that option is the one to go with.

[@theolotter9125]

Bro, you just changed everything for me. I had no idea what I was doing. Thanks so much!!

[@maxplayscfb]

No prob! I just recommend checking out my “science of recruiting” vid I did after this - you’ll see a couple key mistakes I made during this one!!

[@matthewborders47]

This video helps a lot, I did not know that players can sign to the school on National Signing day without the game making a "Committed" page for each player. I will now know to check that Signing Day tab

[@tylerj1885]

Subscribed! I love you show from a 1 star not showing easy recruiting from 5 star schools. My only suggestion to tell you add hours through the recruiting coach tree.

[@maxplayscfb]

I agree and I usually do, I just tried not to on this vid to show ppl that *anyone* can recruit

[@adrianbelgrave4123]

Nice way to demonstrate a good strat when it comes to recruiting for a 1 star program 👊🏿💯👍🏿

[@beenJAMMINful]

Thank you!!! Subscribed just because the effort you gave to make this.

[@maxplayscfb]

Thank you!!

[@bhurbet6465]

Enjoying the great videos man keep it up!

[@metrisballout20]

Letsss goooo week 3 just ended. I got 3 4 stars and 1 5 star committed TO COASTAL CAROLINA!!!! Halfway thru the video

[@CWardDHC09]

Great content & much respect for putting in the hard work!

[@MattHollingVideo]

Subscribed! Love the test and learn approach Max!

[@maxplayscfb]

Thank you!! Let’s get it

[@HEC892]

Im not sure how I got here and watched the whole 47 minute video 😂 thanks I enjoyed

[@lilgeoffham]

Great video definitely gonna use this idea moving forward with my mid-major dynasty. I’m surprised that you wouldn’t at least scout the 3 stars though. My thought on this is if a 3 star turns out to be a Gem, they are definitely worth a little bit of a “battle” if another school comes in even late. Additionally if you scout a 3 star and they turn bust, you already know it’s not worth recruiting them and you’ve only wasted 20 hours of recruiting versus weeks waiting on the offer to turn committed. Might help speed up your process a little

[@charleshamlin5133]

I could watch these styles of videos on repeat

[@Ridewithdoc]

Man, this is the closest to how I recruit that I’ve seen on KZbin so far. I start my board with all the 5 stars that I can go for, and all the 4 stars with interest. If I got any spots left I go for 3 stars I’m #1 on and try to get instant commits. For everybody that falls off my board because they commit elsewhere or the 5 stars don’t put me in the top 8, I’ll go find 4 stars with no offers. It’s tough after the patch but still very workable with any school.

[@ObscureVictoriesGaming]

This is good! Keep the content coming!

[@FatalRanger-fo1gx]

That one last point you asked about, I had a trash school recruiting me and decided to walk on to a better progrum, worked my way into a scholly.

[@alexperez1320]

Just awesome man!! Great work

[@maxplayscfb]

Thank you!!

[@CityRecGtTV]

Thanks! Now ya could investigate their caps n see which players grow

[@joemonteirosportsshorts3343]

This was a very helpful guide thank you

[@anthonydelorenzo6481]

Great stuff. Better than all the click bait crap thats out there!

[@gooseneckgamer8758]

very helpful! than kyou for sharing!!!

[@kevinromero9229]

Great info! Haven't started it yet, but I noticed you didn't worry about team needs at all. You just went down the board picking up all players. Is team needs not that important?

[@iamwacotexas]

Bro you’re so dope I appreciate your videos…quick question. Does it matter if you team is losing games? I see you simulate each week. Do you care about wins/losses?

[@maxplayscfb]

Oh boy it DOES matter - recruits will change their opinion of your championship contender grade based off record + you could upset them if the playing style grade changes for their position (a CB recruit when you give up 500 yards per game) However I simmed em all to show you can still get a good class even if you’re the worst team AND losing

[@leongorham1499]

This is the best video ive seen

[@tdthegamer11]

That last week of recruiting was legendary

[@WavyTemi_]

Loved this video man!

[@maxplayscfb]

Thank you!!!

[@robertkrause6323]

4 weeks later. This Video still Slaps .. especially in combination with your Numbers system

[@prezemp679]

Great video man you earned a sub for this, only thing I know some others have mention but can you do some testing on your grades for the success of selling players on them.. I’ve been struggling when deciding if it’s worth it or am I better off selling the house because my grades are bad.

[@maxplayscfb]

Thank you and dude I’ve seen so many comments on this same topic - so I just made a full season experiment to answer it!! It’s on my page now

[@helikaon5]

Your videos are great, man. Thank you for the help. Let's get some eyes on this channel! Takes just a second to subscribe fellas. Time to pray to not be jumped by Miami and Georgia lol

[@maxplayscfb]

Thank you!!! Super motivating to see stuff like this, I’ll keep grinding !

[@BlacBoiDidIt]

Helping me loving it

[@MarquisJames245]

You got a follow bro Respect

[@i-kn-z]

Great video

[@wj3225]

This was really informative thank you

[@maxplayscfb]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Blakkardtv]

Probably could’ve kept a few of those guys if you would’ve upgraded the coach recruiting at those positions, but it was good to see the results at level 1 to get a feel for how each action works with no bonus

[@platypus536]

Cool video, I’d like to see a recruiting-oriented dynasty! Although this seems pretty OP, so I’d be interested what you think about putting rules on yourself to make it more realistic. I am thinking you can only go after someone more than 2 stars above the school rating if they have you in their top 10. I think gaming the sell system is a bit overpowered. Say you only have 2 green check marks and there are 2 different pitches that use them, you need to flip a coin to decide which one you use (even if one of the options is a red X). Same goes for only having one green check, if there’s 4 pitches that include it, you assign them numbers from 1-4 and generate a random one to choose which one to pick. Probably good to avoid OP coordinators for recruiting abilities too. I set my coach XP rate to slowest so I don’t unlock everything right away.

[@maxplayscfb]

Thanks!! Only reason why I don’t put any rules on myself is because of how long it takes to be able to use these guys - I gotta get like 3 or 4 years deep into a dynasty before I’m able to really use all these sick recruits

[@tonystarkz1]

can't believe i watched this whole vid, but glad i did...enjoyed it. good shit bro

[@maxplayscfb]

Dang thank you, yeah I’m shocked ppl can sit thru 40+ min of recruiting but hey, at least ppl find it helpful!

[@Minnesmoka]

If you use a backup load you can use all your hours recruiting find your gems load the other save file and you can add them and at least you know you are getting better quality and can battle for them instead of using hours to find the best ones

[@maxplayscfb]

Dang I didn’t even think of that

[@sbuck143]

Some people might call that save scumming but I do this too actually. My headcanon is that real college scouting departments are looking at high schoolers long before "spring of their senior year". To me, reloading after finding the best targets/gems represents a multi-year scouting process for players and is viable strategy.

[@mikesmindset]

Ive been going through your channel since u started. Crazy how you went from like 200 views to thousands. This games hype is ridiculous. Btw do you have a discord??

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

To be honest i dont think there is a complete exact science to this recruiting system and i love that. Randomly stealing a "bust" everyone gave up on and he becomes an impact player feels so realistic and good

[@thedisneydad7640]

I had NO IDEA pipeline tier was as important as it is! With all of the different options they have to make some things important and some not, I was surprised Pipeline is so high impact. BUT Last night playing as USC I added some 2 star players from FL and TX for depth positions hoping to up my Pipeline tier in those states after losing out on a couple of 5-star players to schools in those states. Haven't gotten to my next season yet, but I am interested to see if that will have an impact or not.

[@keith7261]

If you dont have great pipelines for your school, search for players from states that are less common. Utah and Kansas have given me plenty of solid 4-stars because the schools you are competing with dont have a huge pipeline bonus (unless it’s Kansas State or something lol). You basically just gotta worry about your grades, and getting a lead on them before another school swoops in and flies up the board, which can always happen regardless

[@prestonchrisman7382]

I think at the end of the off-season recruiting window players that haven't reached the commit part of their status bar will just auto-commit to whatever school is highest on their board. Kind of like a "walk on" status sort of thing.

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah it wasn’t like that at first but I think you’re 100% right - to me what that means is we can spread our points thin at the end and get EVERYONE that we have a good lead on

[@danardo559]

Would love to see a class where you do scout the players, just to see how many hours you use to scout.

[@ngoldam]

Recruiting in a talent rich state like Georgia makes this easier. Could you do a video where you try and recruit in say New Mexico, where they only have a handfull of recruits a year?

[@ethanblock1183]

I tried this strat for NMST and whew it was a doozy

[@chucklesjohnson6576]

One suggestion for small schools is to not offer scholarships right away but still send the house, then when they have number 1 interest, you could see insta commits. Also hard selling when you have a lot of bad grades makes it worse than send the house

[@chucklesjohnson6576]

Also visits can have another chance of insta committs , so visits are huge

[@maxplayscfb]

Interesting note on the grades for hard sell vs the house - kinda feels like that but would love to really test it As far as the scholarship offer thing, I still prefer to do it early. I like the cumulative effect of having a chunk of influence every week, and I am willing to give up 2/3 insta commits to get a head start on all of those 3 stars I got

[@chucklesjohnson6576]

@@maxplayscfbthe channel t4g sports has a whole video out and he goes through the insta commits. This was before the new update, and I’ve tried it and insta commits do still work, but if you take some of what he did and pair it with you, it’s the perfect strategy

[@chucklesjohnson6576]

@@maxplayscfbthere’s a channel t4g who has a video about the insta commits, but it was before the update. Still, I’ve used it after the update and it’s worked, but he does it when there are more available 4 stars that have no offers. It feels like aspects of both yours and his work perfect together so thank you so much for making this video

[@atluck17]

as long as you finish as their #1 when the transfer portal recruiting ends, the recruit signs with you

[@TheRCBuildersPost]

I recruit totally different than you. Well, kinda lol. I play as Kentucky. I jump straight to pipeline players and go after the top players in my pipeline. I then sort my list based on rank and need. I then throw the house on how ever many i can. Then, when it comes to visits or hard sell, ill steal the hours for visit from that player. Not other players. Then the next week i just add it back. Ive found doing it this way, i lose out on a few at the bottom of my list, but i get 8/10 of the top guys i wanted.

[@JayIceColdD]

Max, have you ever thought about this given all the patches and changes to recruiting since launch?

[@JayWoods-YT]

And he did this without upgrading his coach 😂 baller dude

[@maxplayscfb]

To be fair this tutorial was done way back in the day when it was SUPER easy to find a ton of 4 stars with no offers

[@DoinBizz]

If youre first on their list and recruiting ends, they go to your school. They addressed this before release, it’s not like the old game where they just disappear.

[@paraflax9198]

Honestly if I have bad grades I dont hard sell, just overload the hours continuously onto the priority targets and fill the remaining board with 3 stars. I have a similar strategy and its great! I usually schedule visits on weeks 4-7 though. Post patch kicked my ass for awhile but I found my run around using this

[@maxplayscfb]

You’re right on the hard sell part - since this vid came out I actually did a big experiment on when to hard sell vs. pitch, and you’re right!! It’s the most recent vid on my channel

[@paraflax9198]

Will be watching that! Thank you for experimenting! ​@@maxplayscfb

[@jjmisiewicz7342]

Hey, just found your videos. Love the content. I apologize if this is a question youve already answered, but why would you keep your board full instead of focusing on around 12-14 recruits and sending the house on all of them?

[@maxplayscfb]

2 things: 1 - I have not found that having extra players on board hurts any and 2 - my goal is to fill the extra slots with 3 stars and let them “marinate” each week with an offer. Over the course of the year I’ll slowly get into 1st since nobody else is recruiting them, plus having them on my board will help me unlock their interests so I can sell them when it’s time!

[@BumbuClaw]

Something they should add to make it more realistic is give each school a NIL amount. And be able to use that in helping persuade recruits

[@maxplayscfb]

would LOVE to see some serious commitment to making NIL realistic next year

[@dre1mc906]

Interesting strategy with not emphasizing visits. Are visits overrated? Cause I could save hours there and spend elsewhere. I try to give everyone a visit when it becomes available

[@Spartan117Echo]

This is too real that you land right by my Utes lol 😂😂😂

[@stefanprodan6533]

Is send the house actually worth more points than using the other 3 that add up to 40 hours instead of 50? Do the arrows not represent the same gain per arrow?

[@maxplayscfb]

According to a tweet from Bordeaux a couple weeks ago, the little influence arrows don’t mean anything - they’re all relative So while you may have “more arrows” adding up the 40 part, it’s not exactly better But tbh I kinda wanna test that

[@sealtrain8252]

@@maxplayscfbplease do! Would be very interesting

[@skylercrespo6845]

I would recommend not always throwing a scholarship early. Sometimes you can throw the house at a player with no offers (or low offers like 1), get in the lead first, THEN offer a scholarship, with the chance of an instant commit. Even with a level 1 head coach I was able to get a few instant commits this way.

[@maxplayscfb]

How many instant commits did you get doing that? I think it’s a bit of a trade off - personally I’m willing to not get 2-3 instant commits if I can let 20 different 3 stars marinate all year long with a scholarship offer, because that helps me land them all But I have heard a lot of ppl mention the instant commit stuff

[@imrebroce7144]

@@maxplayscfb I think it's worth having the big group of guys marinating with a scholarship, but taking the chance of instant commit on those week 0/1 4-stars that have no offers.

[@DV87777]

I dont even mess around with 4 or 5 my first year. I get 25 to 30 of the best 3* i can find and fill the gaps with 2*.. and let the first 2 years develop. Then.. start on some 4* its just an extra headache when i can actually find 3* green gems that are actually 4*

[@200boola]

How should we go about things when choosing the “best” pipeline?

[@Robbspend]

so glad i found dis

[@pepperpaprica]

Another way that i have been doing it is sorting by pipeline instead of by state, gives a bit more options and still the same amount of points it seems

[@GamrGuy1]

How do I controll the positions of the players

[@manofstele]

I'm confused at 14:20. You reduce hours on guys in top 5 that you have lead on. But why not switch to soft sell? I think that gets more points than F&F. Just like hard sell gets more than StH. Looks like you did it 2 weeks later but that's 10 points that could have went somewhere else for those 2.

[@jeffjernigan3661]

Liked the video. Are you adding any coaching points on recruiting? Are you playing or simming the games? I saw your record was like 2-4 at one point.

[@maxplayscfb]

@@jeffjernigan3661 for this video I simmed every single game - but usually I’ll play all my games for my main rebuild for this channel Wdym for the coaching points on recruiting?

[@jeffjernigan3661]

@@maxplayscfb Were you upgrading your coaching skills during the season?

[@maxplayscfb]

@@jeffjernigan3661ahhhh good point - I specifically didn’t at all just to show ppl that it’s possible to do all this with the HARDEST possible setup. If you look at the end of the video you should see all my coaching points piling up 😂

[@Indianavol4eva]

Would love to know the "math" for when I can "save" those 5 points for a soft sell or those 10 points for a hard sell. In other words, this video seems to only do a side by side comparison for when you are using the same amount of points, such as a Hard Sell + DM the Player vs a "Send the House." I'd love to know the number I need for just a "Hard Sell" to outperform the "Send the House." That way I can save the 10 points from not "DM the player" and put them elsewhere.

[@KINGvPIN]

If anybody wonders if this works, I am #7 in recruiting in my online dynasty with App State, with 16+ users and have been on vacation for 1 week without being on auto pilot. I left the 4stars I wanted and knew I could get, maxed out in hours and got 7 of them while gone. To put it in perspective the #2 class has the same 7, 4stars and only difference is 1, 5 star right now. When I get back tomorrow from vacation I’m pushing for a top 5 class with App State.

[@ryanloescher6234]

Okay, I'm doing all of this exactly how you say it and still can't get a top recruiting class with a school that has just won back to back national titles. I don't know what you're doing that I'm not but recruits will not come here. I had 9 recruits that had me as their top interest all just magically commit to other schools in one week completely obliterating my board. Hopefully this works for some people because obviously it doesn't just magically work for everyone. I'm literally building this program for absolutely no reason 😂

[@vanguardj]

Trying not to be the party pooper, but I cannot duplicate this result in any capacity, especially after the last update. I've tried Ball State to the Buffalo Bulls, about 10x quick draft sim throughs, and by week 1 every 5 star and 4 star is 100% locked out, signed, or has piles of offers. It could be good/bad luck, but would you consider taking another look at recruiting to see if you can generate consistent results?

[@maxplayscfb]

@@vanguardj sorry for delay - but yes, I have noticed a similar trend. Gonna try to make a “level 0 coach vs maxed out coach” recruiting video in the next couple weeks and hopefully there I will be able to retest this

[@malikconn]

Not sure if this is a bug I have or what but when I had players commit that weren’t in my top 3, they show up as commit on my final board but never wound up at my school. Only the players that pop up as “committed to your school” ended up coming, and we had to be at least in their top 3. Did you check to make sure all 34 of your commits made it to your roster in the next season?

[@vio3207]

Is using sway ever a good option? I feel like it’s usually not worth since it’s not guaranteed How about when you have 65 hours? Is it better to hard sell plus contact family or instead hard sell plus soft sell with 2 of 3 interests plus a high grade and then just social media the remaining 5 (if that makes sense) Thanks for the vid!

[@maxplayscfb]

The whole sell vs. throw hours thing is a TOUGH call. Luckily I just filmed a video on that and am gonna edit it today Spoiler: If their ideal pitch grades are a C+ average or better (all 3 overall), you should pitch - if not, it’s better to just throw hours at them and not sell

[@vio3207]

@@maxplayscfb I’ll be sure to tune in, thank you! Is swaying a thing of the past? I haven’t heard people talk about it much other than to say it’s not that great

[@maxplayscfb]

@@vio3207 honestly it worked so badly when I tried it a few times that I ignore it - it may be awesome but I just don’t know enough about it to use it

[@vio3207]

@@maxplayscfb I think i’m in the same boat. When the game first dropped people would highlight how great it is but now it just feels like you’re spending more hours to *maybe* get a good sway to catch up to where you would’ve been if you just contacted friends/family instead for instance. Thanks for the replies! I appreciate you

[@chikmnunget]

I have found that the AI go after Oline very aggressively and DBs much less so. I have a 95 ovr defense at Rice University in dynasty because of this😂

[@rosssummey8406]

How do you budget scouting and hourly recruitment when you’re dealing with 10 5* 20 4* 5 3* due to winning championships and being very competitive after 5 yrs I’ve had number one class twice and top 30 every year. But I do want to scout because of a few safeties and wide outs that didn’t work.

[@asmith0827]

Anyone know if there is an overall rating range for the different star players? Like 5 star 74-80 overall, 4 star 70-75 overall, 3 star 65-70, etc..

[@paraflax9198]

I've had many 4 stars at 76-78. Hard to say

[@outclassed_and_angry276]

I noticed you went to Georgia to pick all of your initial recruits. If im playing as new mexico. They only have like 4 recruits. Do i filter all pipeline states? Or start eith texas or arizona or something?

[@maxplayscfb]

yeah wayyyy back when i did this, i thought starting with. georgia was smart -- but now i feel like just ensuring you are recruiting pipeline guys is pretty solid