Listen guys. Played in this league, trust me. Coaches get sent 30,000 tapes of shit D3 players (like me) from these small schools off the beaten path. The general idea in California recruiting is if you play at a big school or in a big league on a bad team and do well you’ll get buzz. Go to camps and all that shit. And buzz comes your way.
If you play at one of these small schools or bumfuckville places, unless you’re putting up legit hardcore results as a true freshman or sophomore you ain’t getting noticed no matter how good you are. Coaches won’t even watch the film of a nobody who didn’t play his junior year at a bumfuck school.
This kid literally fits the profile of the late bloomer who goes to Boise or Colorado state or some shit and does really well and we wonder why he didn’t want to come here to a big time school. Could be good, probably won’t. Most aren’t. But this offer doesn’t bother me at all, take him over the big name school guy who got beaten out, looking at you James Smith.