What is the % of DI prospects that sign during November vs April?

My son had a lot of interest during July from the SEC Programs (his dream is to play in the SEC and of course in the Big Show). These guys have seen him play in several high level tournaments and showcases before and after July 1st. The calls during July were exciting and promising, telling me how talented he was and looking forward to having us come up for a visit in the fall, etc.

During August, her heard from them but not offers nor offers to visit from these SEC schools. However, he has had either scholarship offers or invitations for official visit from DII and other smaller DI schools.

Curious if his mom and I are looking too much in this with the timing of visits/offers? He has a good friend that he played with that has already committed to a big ACC school. That has us concerned that he might have to set his expectations out of the SEC and into a smaller DI school.

Thoughts? Should we be concerned?

Is it a big risk for him not to sign during November?

Thanks!

Welcome to the HSBBW.
First of all, again, it is only August. Second, most players do not get early offers.
If you wish to end the process you can do the following:
Have your son touch base with the coaches of the SEC schools he is interested in. What do you have to lose?
Or he can contact the coaches who are truely interested in him and move on.

Or you can tell your son that not everyone gets early opportunities and wish to wait until the spring, if no offer comes this fall. Because nothing has happened, doesn't mean he won't play ball in college.

You need not compare what happened with another player and your son. All circumstances are different. All players are differnet and all needs of coaches are different.

Many wish to play in the SEC. However, your son, holding out and waiting for something to happen may limit his opportunity at finding the right FIT. SEC, ACC, PAC-10, etc, does not always mean that it is the right choice for all players.

Good luck!

Thanks for the help.


Curious what you or anyone else think if we should reset his expectations to smaller DI's with no offer on the table at this point???

OR are we too early?

The majority of players DO NOT have offers on the table right now

Thanks TRHit.

Is it odd to you that they have not asked him for an official visit yet either?

The smaller guys have all said, please come on XYZ date. (home football game.)

Rgds,
Jon

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Originally posted by TRhit:
The majority of players DO NOT have offers on the table right now

I can imagine that a majority of the schollys are not offered yet but does anybody have a feel for how many ARE? For example, 35% are offered early (November), 60% in April, 5% after that?

each school has different needs.

it depends on how many players they lose each season.

If you look at last year's early signing list many schools sign around 6-10 players in November. Figure schools carry between 32-35 players you can roughly make a guess what their player needs are by spring. Knowing that at fall tryouts their are probably 40+ kids trying for that 32-35 player limit.

My son did not recieve an actual offer until well into Sept... then several came in... We then waited for the one school he had been hoping for since he was 12.... who with 20/20 hindsight, did not have him as a first tier guy but a secondary in case their first offers refused. (IE his position wasn't an immeditate need)

Late Sept several offers came in, some wanted an answer within a week or so.... We let those slide as we were hoping for Son's number one choice. Then a couple visits, and all of a sudden a great FIT presented itself... and Number one, lost its place.... and this new school wasn't even on the consdieration list at the beginning of the summer... Well... come October and a couple offers are already gone, we have to make a decision. We call the other schools still in the running and tell them we have to make a decision within the week. If you want my son we need to know your offer this week.... None of the schools at that point made enough impact for us to change our minds.

And based on the first year results, we made the right decision....

But a lot of the available scholarship money goes in November. Then there are a few adjustments... Juniors that sign pro, transfers, whatever, but IMHO the bulk of the scholarship money is given out in Nov.

That said, my son had a teammate in HS without an offer in Nov, but had a great senior season, and got a very GOOD offer in May.

So sometimes it is a **** shoot... depending on what you want and how well your son performs...

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Originally posted by jonr12:
Thanks for the help.


Curious what you or anyone else think if we should reset his expectations to smaller DI's with no offer on the table at this point???

OR are we too early?

This is still early but you may want to get a good understanding of your son's skill set. Many schools go for pitching and players up the middle at this point, but if you son does not have the skill set to play in the SEC, ACC, etc time will not change it.

If you have attended good showcases like Perfect Game, they will be able to give you feed back as to what they see, or if your son is already ranked by Perfect Game or Baseball America, you may already have the answer.

Good Luck, it is hard, but enjoy the journey.