The Importance of Camp Evaluations and Offers

There are some people that seem to be underwhelmed by guys that we offer when they earn an offer at one of our camps.

Sure, every kid can be seen on tape, at their practice, or at their games, but evaluations have to go further than that. These camps are an opportunity for guys that may have the talent to play at LSU to prove that they have the other intangibles to be an asset to the team.

LSU coaches are able to eliminate all the variables they have to work around when doing off site evals. Camps let them control the level of competition. Camps allow the coaches to put prospects through specific drills and evaluate from there. They can see how coachable a kid is and what kind of attitude he displays when he's being taught. They can evaluate the competitive nature of a kid in person, under pressure.

While the camps are huge for evaluating skills, they provide an even bigger opportunity for the coaches to evaluate the things that take place on the practice field from week to week that determine whether or not a player can be successful.

So, when a little thought of kid jumps onto the radar and earns an offer at camp, it's because he's shown that he meets several qualifications that the coaches look for in a player. Camp offers generally don't have anything to do with any other prospects situation, only the kid that earned the offer. It means that he's proved himself worthy, not that our coaches are scared we're going to lose out on another kid.