Well, here's what my take would be on it. Maybe someone else has another idea, but I'm guessing this is what's going on. Not sure what you mean by "scout". Colleges don't use "scouts". Their own coaches, whether it's a head coach, recruiting coordinator or assistant coach do all of the scouting. There are scouting services....that are hired by the player himself ....who will go watch a kid, get the particulars then promote him to particular colleges. In my experience, there is absolutely no purpose for these guys. In most cases, they are typically just looking for $$$ from the player and don't end up doing much (if anything) for the kid as far as getting him recruited. If he was fairly local, he probably knew your son's name from hearing about him from HS. Did he as for money or offer to help your son in any way?? If so, he's a probably with a scouting service of some kind