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Link: DJ Fluker Essay on Recruiting in "The Players Tribune": Marry Your School

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Did you know Wednesday is a national holiday? That’s right. It’s a day when everything stops, ESPN forgets all about other sports (yes, even the NFL) and TV cameras are propped up at high school gyms across the country waiting to find out where The Next Big Thing will play college football. It’s National Signing Day.

If you’re one of the top recruits in the country set to make your decision, I know what you’re thinking when you’re looking at those hats lined up on the table in front of you. You’re thinking about the campus visits. You’re thinking about how you’re gonna look in each team’s colors, where you’ll have the best chance to play right away and which school is in the best position to win.

And the campus girls. You’re definitely thinking about the girls. But focus, man. You have an important decision to make.

Look, I’m not here to tell you which school to go to. I’m just gonna tell you my story and drop some advice that helped me make what turned out to be the best decision of my life.
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BamaFossil

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Re: DJ Fluker Essay on Recruiting in "The Players Tribune": Marry Your School

Wow!! I wish every HS athlete being recruited by colleges would read this. Outstanding.
 
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This article made me cry! I loved every word of it!! DJ was a man of few words but WOW does he have a lot of great information to share!! Just posted this for my sister to show my nephew. Thanks for sharing!
 
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Well done D.J. Excellent representative for Alabama and excellent advice for recruits.
 
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Heart + Talent + Hard Work = D.J. Fluker
 
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Re: DJ Fluker Essay on Recruiting in "The Players Tribune": Marry Your School

Sound advice from a guy that's been through it. Gotta love the fact DJ felt compelled to write this.
 
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10Bama54

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Great article and great advice.

RTR
 
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Re: DJ Fluker Essay on Recruiting in "The Players Tribune": Marry Your School

Great article. I would let all of my college bound athletes read this. Thank you for sharing.
 
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Wonderful article! Thanks to DJ for being so articulate, thanks to Coach Saban and the staff for being excellent at "doing their thing" and thanks to RTR for posting. Roll Tide!
 
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One of the best parts:

I was an Academic All-American not because I was smarter than anybody else, but because I was dedicated. You don’t wanna spend a year at juco because you can’t make the grades and have to transfer. When I was getting recruited, the coaches guaranteed my parents I’d graduate, and that’s what made me work so hard.
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JDCrimson

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That is really awesome. I am sure coach will put that in his recruiting playbook. You cant describe the process any better than he did.
 
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Re: DJ Fluker Essay on Recruiting in "The Players Tribune": Marry Your School

What a credit to himself and Alabama. Here is a guy that did it right.
 
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