That's where a website like this is so handy. My son is a 2018, but we already have a recruiting plan mapped out based on the information we've found on this site. Although my son is talented, there are lots of talented kids on his team. Plenty of kids that could play at the next level, whether that is JC, D3, NAIA or D1. However, most of them have no idea what to do.
My husband had a discussion with the father of a Junior earlier this Spring. He told him all about this site and the information available. That dad's reply was to basically say he thought it was the HS coach's job to find places for his kid to play. My hubby tried to educate him, but I am betting he hasn't visited this site at all since the talk.
Kids and parents need to realize this is a marketing game. There are lot of talented kids, but unless you get them in front of the right people and target the appropriate level, a lot of them will end their careers after their senior year. Coaches are chomping at the bit for the highest level recruits, but they don't have time to see every player out there, especially if they don't even know a kid is available. How much work do you think all these unsigned kids have done to get noticed? If a kid really can play and they have marketed themselves, I find it hard to believe that they haven't gotten some level of interest, even at the JC level. We made one of our seniors create a Field Level account. Based on that account alone, he was contacted by multiple JCs and one D2 school. He never updated the profile beyond the original creation, but even that minimal level of action got him some contacts. Based in my 2018's Field Level account (the free version - I am not paying for any of their other services), he already has JC interest. It's a little comical that a JC coach is following a Freshman, but whatever. At least we know his name is getting out there.