Thomas Pettis Florida

A passion for recruiting

It has been said, and rightfully so, that recruiting is the lifeblood of every college football program.

That being the case, high school football is the vein that provides that lifeblood and first-year Crestview football coach and athletic director Kevin Pettis wants to make sure college coaches know they can get a healthy transfusion from his program.

“There are 859 colleges that play college football,” he said. “My job is to get every one of my seniors a chance to go play football.

“I get more joy from that than anything I do. I love to watch those kids go out and play. Here’s the way I look at it, if you want to play college football, there is a place for everyone to end up playing.”

The task of placing players with college programs is a little coaching, a little marketing and a lot of hard work.

Bob Kellogg has spent more than 35 years coaching high school football in Northwest Florida and he said he’s never seen anything like the system Pettis has in place.

“When you see his system, it is unbelievable,” Kellogg said. “When you see his contacts and what he puts out on kids. He said that it’s all about marketing kids more than them (college coaches) finding the kids.

“In this part of the state we always think they will find them, but they won’t find them. That’s where we’ve missed the boat when the Internet and all that came out. He’s doing a great service to them and it saves them (college coaches) time. I’ve never seen so many guys in my life.”

Pettis has countless contacts with coaching staffs from across the country and those contacts are already paying off.

“We had 71 schools through here (during the spring evaluation period) and that was pretty neat watching our kids react to it,” he said. “We had all three big state schools (Florida, Florida State and Miami) here. I had every school in the state of Florida came through here.”

Most of the schools from the Atlantic Coast Conference dropped by and every school from the Southeastern Conference but Vanderbilt was on campus.

Despite the fact that Crestview sits on Interstate 10 and that countless thousands of people come through town on their way to the beach each year, it still wasn’t easy for Pettis to get the recruiters to Crestview.

College Football Performance Awards Announces 2009 Trophy ...

Davidson, NC (PRWEB) January 11, 2010

After a thorough review of existing data, literature, and evidence, the College Football Awards Performance proudly announces the 2009 award recipients CFPA. Conferment with 20 players this season, CFPA is the largest single organization in the price of college football. The list of recipients includes three winners of the Trophy series Overall series winners 5 offensive, 3 defensive Series winners, five special teams winning series, and four winners of the Elite Series.

The 2009 CFPA National Performer of the Year is Arkansas quarterback, Ryan Mallett. Mallett is the recipient of the world’s largest crystal football award – the ‘Philosopher’s Trophy’ – a 32 inch K9 optic crystal pyramid with a 13 inch K9 optic crystal football on top. Other Overall Series winners include 2009 CFPA Defensive Performer of the Year, Adrian Clayborn of Iowa and 2009 CFPA Freshman Performer of the Year, LaMichael James of Oregon.

2009 Trophy Recipients:

2009 National Performer of the Year Trophy – Ryan Mallett (Arkansas) 2009 Elite Tight End Trophy – Cody Slate (Marshall)

2009 Elite Performers:

National Performer – Case Keenum (Houston), Tim Tebow (Florida), Colt McCoy (Texas), C.J. Spiller (Clemson), Toby Gerhart (Stanford), Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame), Jeremiah Masoli (Oregon), Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan)

Defensive Performer – Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska), Jeremy Beal (Oklahoma), Jerry Hughes (TCU), Von Miller (Texas A&M), Earl Thomas (Texas), DeAndre McDaniel (Clemson)

Freshman Performer – Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech), Dion Lewis (Pittsburgh), Chris Borland (Wisconsin), Aldon Smith (Missouri), Bernard Pierce (Temple)

Quarterback Performer – Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame), Ryan Mallett (Arkansas), Tim Tebow (Florida), Max Hall (BYU), Russell Wilson (N.C. State), Kellen Moore (Boise State), Joe Webb (UAB), Todd Reesing (Kansas), Jerrod Johnson (Texas A&M), Jeremiah Masoli (Oregon), Levi Brown (Troy), Colt McCoy (Texas), Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan)

Running Back Performer – Toby Gerhart (Stanford), LaMichael James (Oregon), Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech), Mark Ingram (Alabama), Jacquizz Rodgers (Oregon State), Ryan Mathews (Fresno State), Dion Lewis (Pittsburgh), C.J.

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