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“Would be tough to compete with 24-26-year-olds”: Former coach Carl Reed Jr. sounds the alarm for high school recruits taking the non-JUCO route
College football analyst and former head coach Carl Reed Jr. is concerned about the high school recruiting process and what it can mean for young athletes. On Thursday, he posted about this issue on Twitter:
"You could get a kid after two years of Juco, followed by 4 years of D1 ball. Playing with 24 and 25 year olds! Would be tough for high school kids to compete with guys 24-25, some even 26. The mid-tier high school recruit has to rethink his route," Carl Jr. wrote.
In October, Carl Reed also raised the issues associated with 4,000 college athletes entering the transfer portal. According to him, a tiny pool of athletes make it, but what about the rest?
"Now those guys who are playing great ball, then they leaving because they can get millions of dollars in other places — that's a small group of guys. We're not talking to those guys, right? Out of the 4,000 guys that are going to go in the transfer portal this year, we talking to 3,900 of you, right,” said, Carl Reed.
Even Colorado coach Deion Sanders expressed his agreement with Reed, commenting "Preach" in the comments section.
Former Lutheran North head coach Carl Reed is an analyst for 247Sports and CBSsports. He is active on social media, and be it providing an experienced perspective or tweeting about the current happenings in the football world, he is eager to voice his opinions.
Carl Reed Jr. praises Colorado coach Deion Sanders
Carl Reed also appears on his YouTube channel, "Coach Reed Live," where he gives a unique perspective on college and pro sports. The YouTube channel is part of Well Off Media, run by Deion Sanders Jr. and produced by Trevor Trout.
As reported by Coachtube, Reed is also the creator of a recruiting database, named "Coach Reed Live Recruiting Community." It has data on 3,000 student-athletes, which helps avail scholarship programs to NCAA and NAIA competitions.
In early November, Reed praised Sanders for what he has achieved in Colorado and defended him from the criticism he faces online. Sanders is something of a media magnet with the Colorado Buffaloes, which often brings criticism as much as it does praise. Reed said the following on Coach Reed Live:
"Coach Prime is one of the most brilliant football minds I’ve ever been around…… The fact that people would think that he didn’t know ba-l, it was just alarming to me. It takes a lot to take a team from nothing to a $200 million empire."
Given that the Buffaloes have seen such improvement under Sanders (culminating in Travis Hunter taking home the Heisman Award), the Colorado coach's detractors must find it hard to counter Reed's opinion.
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