The recruiting process can be a stressful time for elite prospects, with coaches frequently calling, making promises about the future and gunning hard for a player to commit to their school.
For 5-star tight end Arik Gilbert (Marietta, Georgia), he does not just listen to what a coach tells him, he actually studies to see if it’s true. And he’s looking forward to watching film on every team recruiting him this season.
“I don’t miss anything when I’m studying a team,” Gilbert told Jason Jordan of USA Today High School Sports. “That’s what I’m most looking forward to this season; seeing if the coaches do what they tell me they’re gonna do with me.