The Recruit that Got Away

[nl15]

Have you ever had that player that you tried so hard to get on your team and he committed somewhere else? In NCAA 13 I created Bo Jackson jr. and was planning on recruiting him to my Miami team. Somehow I let him get away and sign with my rival, Florida State.

[Alexander Dragoev]

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I just lost a recruit on 14,1#RB from pennyslvania..I'm using penn state,I put 700 points on him top 350 weekly bonus,was leading by not much but alabama came in with their visit and he was gone..
Then as true freshman destroyed my defense..

[cusefan74]

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I think everyone has had this happen to them. I lose 1 or 2 guys every year that I really want.

[montesixpac]

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I believe it was in '12 I found a punter listed as a 4.3 40 that I went after in the offseason and didn't get him. I really wanted to pick him up for the heck of it.

[XXstormmXX]

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Have you ever had that player that you tried so hard to get on your team and he committed somewhere else? In NCAA 13 I created Bo Jackson jr. and was planning on recruiting him to my Miami team. Somehow I let him get away and sign with my rival, Florida State.

In a Nebraska dynasty I did awhile ago I made a Johnny Manziel clone called Johnny Football but then couldn't recruit him and he ended up playing for Oklahoma. *facepalm*

[Chardon]

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Usually just myself that I create. I'm on my second season being the OC at Texas State. I created two versions of myself with a different first name. The first time I created myself as a QB and he came out a 3* and he signed with us on Signing Day. 2nd season in I created an OLB. We are in his top 3 all season long. I really needed depth at the LB position, so I really needed him. Boom, he signs with New Mexico State.

Right now Texas State is still a 1* Star school, so I am not really looking to get the big time recruits in just yet.

[MrSerendipity]

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One thing I always do every other season is recruit the player with the fastest 40 time. It doesn't matter if they're a five star or a one star player, I'll bring them in if they have the fastest 40 time. Then I typically use them as a kick returner. I've won the award for Best Kick Returner with two different players thus far using that method.

But there have been three separate occasions where the player was a three star player and chose a school like Texas Tech, Louisiana Monroe and FIU over my school. Partially because I'm playing with North Carolina and I'm still building pipelines/championships. But on the other hand I think they really just want to be able to start. It kills me though as I have no problem bringing in 4 Star after 4 Star but I've lost out on two 3 Stars and one 2 Star that I've really coveted.

[Alexander Dragoev]

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Actually recruiting by stars and overall is not the best way,just find the ratings you want in a player.and furthermore when ur a big sch,they easier to get.

[The_Wise_One]

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I control the safety on defense and the #1 FS named Rodney King (6'5'' 215) in my Mizzou dynasty had 95 speed with mid-80's in both coverage and tackling attributes. Ended up loosing him to Notre Dame where he was a two time All-American. I remember that he was most concerned about playing time so what does ND do? Redshirt him of course . Kinda hoped he would transfer but wasn't lucky enough. He was a 99 OVR as a RS Sophomore and didn't leave early. He was great for the Irish, but he would've been a legend in the black and gold!

I finally got to draft him in Madden after 5 long seasons. Won DROY of course.

[CBoller1331]

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I took th HC job st Ball St in the offseason, so I was basically going into the offseason recruiting blind. So I found that thy already had a 4 star duel threat QB targeted and was about 500 or so points ahead of the next team. So I put a sh*t load of points on him. When I go to signing day, I found out he signed with Akron. AKRON!! AKRON!!! I had qb troubles through the whole season, so i was looking to jump ship during the offseason. somehow i got the Texas OC job. if i wouldve got the qb i probably would have stayed at Ball St. I thought the CPU was working on rebuilding Akron cause the signed 2 4* recruits and they hired Charlie Weis, but they went 1-11 and they fired Weis after one season.

[RDMercer]

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I took th HC job st Ball St in the offseason, so I was basically going into the offseason recruiting blind. So I found that thy already had a 4 star duel threat QB targeted and was about 500 or so points ahead of the next team. So I put a sh*t load of points on him. When I go to signing day, I found out he signed with Akron. AKRON!! AKRON!!! I had qb troubles through the whole season, so i was looking to jump ship during the offseason. somehow i hot the Texas OC job. if i wouldve got the wb i probably would have stayed at Ball St. I thought the CPU was working on rebuilding Akron cause the signed 2 4* recruits and they hired Charlie Weis, but they went 1-11 and they fired Weis after one season.

AKRON!! AKRON!!! Lmbo

[DFogarty3]

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So i was in my 3rd year as OC for Indiana, coach mode dynasty, i run the option/flex offense and needed a QB seriously. I went after an Ath, Trey Williams, 6'3 215lbs and was a 4* 74ovr. I scouted him and he was a gem and went to 79ovr with 90spd 87thp 80tha, he could of played QB, HB, WR. It was between Ohio State and myself most of the year and i scheduled a visit with him against OSU. I was leading in points at the time of the visit. It was a good game but we lost 34-30, after that visit to Indiana, the next week he commits to OSU!

[Mach_Lei]

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This one really ticked me off, and personally I think it's a bug more than anything.

I'm building a new dynasty in NCAA 13 with a 1* cupcake TeamBuilder team. I really needed to sign two DT's in my first year (2012).

I managed to sign one. In the last week of recruiting (week 5 post-season recruiting), I had a single scholarship left to give, and three DT's on the board, any one of which I would have been happy to land.

I talked to the first, gave my best pitches, etc... hopefully he will sign.

I talked to the second, gave my best, etc... hopefully he will sign.

I talked to the third - BAM - instacommit! Awesome! I am set, had a PERFECT recruiting year!

Went ahead and removed the other two from the board, looked over my 25 hard-committed recruits, smiled, clicked "Advance..."

Signing day - my insta-commit guy is now hard-signed to TCU. What the heck?!? I was 1st on his list and they were 2nd, and they were at like -1020 behind me! ... now they are "Most", I'm last on his list at like 2000, and apparently his "insta-commit" never happened.

That has GOT to be a bug... so ticked off right now.

-Mach

[thesportsguru11]

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NCAA 07 with my created Massachusetts State Mountaineers.

Looking for a new quarterback, figuring whoever committed would win the job.

In-season recruiting, the #1 QB in the country, Darrin Tepper, shows some interest, so I put him on the board. I take the lead on him mid-season, and after a loss or two toward the end of the season, Oklahoma snatches him up.

4 seasons later, Tepper wins the Heisman and is an All-American.

[miami 305 136]

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started at south alabama eventually ended up at miami then im recruiting a FS names Jake Bush i really needed a safety so i recruit him but alabama ends up with him then 3 years later as a junior Miami V Alabama in the Rose Bowl were down 17-10 with 1 min remaining we are driving bang pick 6 jake bush biggest dagger ever