Combine Expert Discusses Involving Young Students In Recruiting Process

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National Underclassmen Combine's David Schuman explains the importance of involving young football players in the college recruiting process.

One 1208 Ab In 2005, when David Schuman launched the National Underclassmen Combine in an armory in Teaneck, N.J., he expected 70 or so high school freshmen and sophomores to show up and test their football skills. He got twice as many. In 2008, the 34-year-old Schuman, an MBA who majored in finance as a starting linebacker at the University of Connecticut, attracted nearly 10,000 aspiring collegians to more than 60 events nationwide - including Ultimate 100 camps, at which Schuman and his staff rank the nation's elite talent in each class. Beginning next year, the combines will expand to allow eighth-graders to shop their wares among college coaches. Paul Steinbach asked Schuman, who also runs performance training facilities, to describe his veritable fountain of football youth.

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