Football Recruiting At North Central College

Welcome to North Central College’s first football recruiting post. As the recruiting coordinator, I would like to explain a little bit about our process and program through a question and answer session. I will post some of the frequently asked questions and our program’s response.


1. When does North Central begin contacting recruits?

A: We will begin mailing and emailing as early as the spring of your junior year. Some coaches will begin calling to introduce themselves in the summer. Most coaches will begin calling recruits once we finish with our pre-season camp in September.

2. How do you collect my contact information?

A: I will send out questionnaires (mail and email) to all Illinois high school coaches asking for student athletes who are interested in continuing their football career in college. This goes out during the spring of your junior year. We also purchase recruiting information from a private vendor who contacts high school coaches individually.

3. When should I start to visit campus?

A: As early as your junior spring/summer you should begin to visit college campuses. Our coaches will have an opportunity to sit down and talk with you when you are on campus. We also invite recruits to campus on Saturday’s during our season to view a game and meet the staff.

4. How many athletes do you plan on recruiting each year?

A: Because of our “Make it Fun” philosophy, we have established an 8 game Freshman Program. In order to maintain a functional freshman and varsity team we will always strive to enroll 50-60 new student athletes. These numbers will include walk-on participants.When you consider a 2-deep roster is composed of 44 players, the addition of kickers & punters will quickly bring this number up to 50 new players.

5. Can freshmen participate on the varsity?

A: Absolutely. Each year we have 10-12 players from the freshmen class earn a letter for varsity participation. In fact each of the last 7 years freshmen have earned starting positions on the varsity roster.

I will continue to post questions/answers that frequently arise during the recruiting process. In addition, I will begin to post updates on our current recruiting class. As of this writing, we have secured 15 outstanding recruits for this year’s class along with another 15 verbal commitments. This weekend we will have 9 recruits on campus from Florida, 1 from Missouri, and 1 from Maryland. There is still lots of work to do, but this class is shaping up nicely.


Coach Ponx
Assistant Head Coach
Recruiting Coordinator
reponx@noctrl.edu