Went to the Yale camp yesterday. My son killed it...and fucked up.
His 40 was 4.6. Not that great, but good enough for 2nd best time? His long jump was 3rd best time. Blah blah blah. He was top 5 in everything. Not number one in anything. EXCEPT he fucked up his bench press. Dumb ass didn't know that the two benches for 135 and 185 were for warming up BEFORE hitting the 225. And the kid that was taking down the 225 scores was busy...with the 225 kids. He repped the 135 till exhaustion. Only did the 225 3 times.
The last race was a suicide to the 5 yard line. He ran to the 10. He never caught up. was in the middle of the back for that 40 yard dash. He runs it AGAIN 30 seconds later with the running backs and receivers right after...Only comes in like 5th. They were only taking the top 3 kids from each heat for the finals. Kid that won it was the kid who had the better 40 time, so he never would have won that anyway. But he missed a chance to shine.
Three times they worked with him on the side with the multiple coaches (there were the same 5 kids or so). Enough that parents approached me to ask me what that was all about.
Yale...is Yale, and they explained everything on how they recruit. No BS. They know what they are offering. No fucks given. Loved it.
They don't do verbals.
1200 minimum SAT score. Minimum 3.2. Both can slide against each other.
They have a maximum of 8 scholarships pretty much each year for their camps. They usually hand out 2-3 after about 5 camps of 200 kids.
They need you to fit in with the team. No ego's no assholes.
It will take them until the end of the summer to evaluate everyone. If they are interested you will know immediately though.
They grade you 1 to 4. 1 they offer you a scholarship. 4 no interest.
My son is a 2.
He has no SAT scores. Only two years of transcripts. Only 16. Even though he graduated 10th grade...He is a transitional sophomore they called it. He has only one year of game film...which they have looked at. They said that film was good not great.
Someone here said it. Almost all his highlights are him barely being touched. That won't happen in D1. He relies strictly on speed and strength. That's fine, they want to see more of him with technique against real comp. They understand that probably won't happen because of the competition/league/his growth. I was just happy they knew he had film!
They will evaluate his camp film the next couple weeks. He is on their radar AFTER his SAT scores. (He is a 3.6 GPA). They asked me to bring him next year with work on a few items. (drills that he never ran). One coach pulled us to the side, and said just do what he is doing and he's 100% positive they won't want to lose him if he is still interested in Yale. They REALLY want his SAT scores.