How To Get 3 Division 1 Football Offers in 1 Day (Aiden Trasatt)

Aiden Trasatt had zero college coaches talking to him. No offers. No real communication. Just a junior year with a lot of blocking film and a family that wasn't sure where to start. Then he went to a camp, outperformed every tight end on the field, and walked away with three Division I scholarship offers in a single day. I sat down with Aiden and his dad to break down exactly how that happened and what your son needs to do differently right now.

What Happened at That Camp Changed Everything

The day started with a triple broad jump. Aiden launched further than every other player there, and the coaches noticed immediately. His dad told me coaches were literally lining up, clipboards in hand, waiting their turn to talk to him. Two or three guys trailing him everywhere he walked. That's what happens when a player dominates an athletic drill in front of a room full of evaluators.

Western Illinois didn't waste a second. Their coach walked straight up to Aiden and said he wanted to be the first one to give him a Division I offer. Cornell caught him walking to get water and offered him on the spot. Southeast Missouri State pulled him aside during one-on-one drills, thinking they were first in line. Three offers. One day.

That does not happen by accident. It happens because Aiden showed up prepared, competed in every single drill, and didn't hold anything back. If you're waiting for an offer to arrive before you start taking camps seriously, you've got it backwards.

Zero Traction Before He Started the Right Process

Before joining Next Play, Aiden's words were simple. There were no college coaches talking to him. His family didn't know how to get the ball rolling. They weren't sure if it was already too late, especially heading into junior year without any real recruiting activity.

That feeling is more common than most families admit. Parents watch other kids post about offers on social media and assume their son missed the window. Aiden's family felt the same way. What changed wasn't Aiden's athleticism. That was already there. What changed was that he learned how to communicate with coaches, what to say, when to follow up, and how to show up to a camp with a plan instead of just showing up.

The tools matter. But as I told Aiden on the podcast, you have to do the work. The system gives you the blueprint. You have to run it.

How Aiden Handled His First College Visit

Before Aiden visited Bucknell, he got on a call with me the day before. He had never been to a college football visit. Didn't know what to expect, what to ask, or how to carry himself in front of coaches who were evaluating him in person.

We prepped. We talked through the questions that matter and the ones that don't. And when he got in the room with Bucknell's offensive coordinator and the coach asked if Aiden had any questions, Aiden looked at him and said, "Where am I in your recruiting process and what are the next steps?" The coach's exact response was, "That's a great question, Aiden."

That one question signals something to a coach. It tells him your son is serious. It tells him your son has thought about this before walking into the room. Most kids freeze up or ask about the food in the dining hall. The kids who ask about where they stand in the process are the kids coaches remember after a long visit weekend.

What Happened When He Got Hurt

A few weeks after the three-offer day, Aiden went up for a pass at an Under Armour camp, came down wrong, and broke his wrist. That's the kind of moment that ends a lot of recruiting stories before they finish.

Aiden's dad told me he pulled him aside and told him this was a test. How do you respond when something gets taken away? Do you quit or do you fight?

Aiden chose to fight. He got invited to combines at Northwestern and Ohio, showed up in a cast, and couldn't run a single drill. You know what he did instead? He stood on the sideline with coaches and scouts while everyone else was going through reps. Every coach walking by asked him what happened. He talked to more people that day than any kid on the field. He came home with new names and new numbers.

If your son gets hurt, he is not done. The injury changes his role at a camp. It doesn't have to change his opportunity. Aiden's dad said they laughed the whole way home because Aiden had made more connections in a cast than most healthy kids make in a full day of competing.

The Mindset That Carries Players Through a Long Process

I asked Aiden what advice he'd give to other players thinking about going through this process. His answer was short and direct. Stick with the process. Trust time.

He said there will be stretches where other kids are getting interest and your phone is quiet. You won't know what to do or if any of it is working. That's normal. That's the process. What separates the kids who land offers from the kids who don't isn't always talent. It's who keeps showing up when nothing seems to be happening.

Aiden also told me the accountability structure made a real difference. Scorecards, one-on-ones, knowing what coaches had texted and what needed a follow up. He said it helped him build a routine and kept communication at the front of his mind instead of something he'd get to eventually. College coaches are not going to wait for eventually.

What Your Son Should Take from This

Three Division I offers in one day sounds like a headline. The real story is everything that came before it. Aiden learned how to email coaches and follow up. He prepped before a visit instead of winging it. He went to camps ready to compete, not just to be seen. And when things went sideways with an injury, he found a different way to stay in the room.

Your son does not need to be the biggest or the fastest player at a camp. He needs to be the most prepared. He needs to know what to say when a coach walks over. He needs to follow up after that camp, keep the conversation going, and show coaches through his behavior that he will show up the same way every single day in their program.

That's the system. That's what Aiden did. And three Division I coaches saw exactly what they were looking for.

Join the Free Live Workshop

If your son is in the same position Aiden was before all of this started, no offers, no real coach communication, and no clear next step, I cover the exact recruiting system in my free live workshop. I walk through how to get coaches interested, how to prep for visits, and how to build the kind of profile that gets noticed at camps.

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