There are a lot of myths out there about the college football recruiting process that tend to hold young athletes back from getting into division I or II college football. These common misconceptions are the biggest reason that most young athletes aren't as successful as they'd like to be in the college football recruitment process. If you want to learn how to get recruited for college football, here are a few myths that you can avoid:

The first myth is that the college football recruitment process begins while you're still in high-school and sending highlight reels to coaches. The truth is, the recruitment process actually begins long before this point. Getting recruited for college football can start as early as the seventh grade, and let me explain why. Even though in high-school, coaches may not be allowed to contact players regarding recruitment, you're still allowed to contact them. You can call text or email coaches whenever you want. This is a great add-on to going to summer camps held at the colleges. It's never too early to start getting in contact with coaches about your future in college football.

The second myth is that it's your coaches job to get you recruited or get you a scholarship to play college football. The truth is, although coaches can be your biggest asset, and a tremendous help in getting recruited by the college of your choice to play football, ultimately it's up to you to find a way to get recruited. Coaches have a lot of athletes to worry about amongst their other responsibilities, and therefore may not be able to give you enough individual attention. You have to be willing to take on that responsibility - especially in the case that you have a coach who is simply unwilling to help you get recruited for college football. Use the help of your coach whenever you can, but in the end, you're the one that needs to come up with the plan and put in the effort.

Myth 3 about college football recruitment - if you don't have an awesome highlight video you can't get recruited to play college football. Too many young football players get discouraged because they think they need a better highlight film or combined numbers if they're going to have a chance at getting recruited for college football. While both of these things can be very helpful, there are a couple other ways you can impress the coaches. Two things that can ruin a team are poor attitudes and bad work ethic - therefore, no matter how talented you are, if a coach feels you're going to bring the team down, they won't recruit you. However, if you're able to show a coach that you're going to raise the attitude and work ethic of the team, you'll get chosen over the competition nearly every time.

You've probably recognized some of these myths before either in yourself or others. After seeing these misconceptions it should be easy to see why so many high-school athletes get stuck in the college football recruitment process. If you take the lessons from this and apply them to your recruitment efforts you will notice a big change in your results. Not only will this allow you to soar past your competition in getting recruited for college football, but you'll also be able to maximize your chances of playing football for the college of your choice. Keep going, work hard, and never give up!