Let's say youre the coach.

It does not matter when they make the Varsity team or what their stats are, some schools are so strong that very good players commit to D1 schools before they ever play one Varsity game, while other schools or conferences will not send any players to a college team.

What the player can bring to the school is what a college coach will look at, will he fit the program (skill and personality), and can he stay eligible.

Different programs will look for different things.

Sounds like a "Homerun x"s 4" to me!

If he can stay out of trouble (legal issues) and is a great hitter or pitcher, we can keep him eligible and at worst case, "keep him out of our conference"

I want a good athlete with at least one skill that is plus, plus and is a very strong student.

I will throw in work ethic, leadership ability and attitude also.

If any of those are missing, I would probably pass. To much risk.

Depends on the reason as to why he is questionable.

Is he a motivated, hard working kid that tries hard to understand subjects but is simply not a top tier type of student? Those kids can be tutored and can probably keep themselved eligible to play.

Is he relatively intelligent but just plain lazy? That sends up warning flags to me. This could be a kid that gets easily distracted by the college life and the fun (and trouble) that you can get in. I think we can all remember the trouble that we could (and sometimes I did) get into.