I know it has no meaning, but my son (2016) got his first paper questionnaire today and its from his dream school! In fact, the letter was sent to his school. He's pretty excited about it and I told him the most important thing is complete it and get it back fast.
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Congratulations! I remember the excitement when the mail started to show up. Enjoy the ride!
Fill them all out, you never know where the journey will end.
Great excitement! Most important thing is to study hard and take care of academics. 2015 is seeing the value as his journey begins.
Stats do not get you recruited.
Filling out a questionnaire also does not get you recruited.
But fill the thing out so that your sons info gets in their database. Most big schools have pretty impressive software that keeps track of everything related to a kid. Obvious stuff like bio info, but also they keep track of every piece of communication, links to player websites, links to video, etc.
Rich
Reinforcing the above, keep in mind that questionnaires are "one size fits all," and they're intended to collect the lion's share of what each program considers important. As a result, it's not unusual for them to include data that can't be expected to be available for players who are early in the process.
Coaches understand this as well or better than anyone; so, always fill out what you can and send it in with a note explaining why certain information is omitted. Then, when far enough along to provide more, send that into them.
Recruiting is a cumulative process. No reason why the information provided can't follow along in that way.
