Lived it for 3 years. So frustrating and yes we had to wait until October of senior year to get a D1 to show interest. Kids that were not as good as him were getting offers, but they had "projection".
One finally figured it out, but he came into freshman fall as one of the "last guys" in all the drills, but by the end of the year, he was the 2nd guy out of the bullpen, and ended up w/ a sub 2.80 ERA with 40IP, and this year is being counted on to anchor the back of the bullpen.
A lot of those kids that threw 90 in HS but didn't win (even in high school), didn't pitch last year in college and are now moving on to JC's, as they couldn't be counted on in college.
As his summer coach says, you can't coach velocity..........but you also can't measure heart and the desire to win either, and I'd rather have a guy that will compete his butt off than a kid that throws hard, but tends to "choke".
All he needed was a chance, once he got it, he was off...........now he uses that rejection to fuel the fire.
Youngest will not be a pitcher and he'll have tools to show on the field and in the box, so hopefully I won't have a Momma that his mad at the whole baseball world.