It was not long ago, in 2016 to be precise, that many Canadian high school players who wanted a shot with an FBS football program were reportedly on the outside looking in to pursue opportunities to play American football at the collegiate level. To sum it up in a nice package, there were certainly many talented and qualified Canadian players available, but American college programs didn’t particularly put forth the effort to pursue them. This forced a perpetual cycle of players either moving to the States as a high schooler, trying to walk-on to a program post-graduation, or pursuing Canadian USports for decades.
The secret to Ohio football’s recruiting success: scouting Canada
