Northern Cambria Linebackers Coach | Saint Vincent College Alum | Bishop Carroll H.S. Alum ✝️Fiat Voluntas Dei ✝️
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Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Recruiting is a brutal place to discover your son has been lied to.
College football at any level—D1, D2 or D3—can be the best years of your life. D1 comes with expectations and physical demands you need to understand.
Football is a big man’s game, and anyone telling you size doesn’t matter is full of shit. Exceptions exist, but naming an undersized player who made it does not establish that your son has his ability.
That’s one reason the old youth football weight limits are foolish and have been replaced with unweighted divisions in today’s leagues. Dominating opponents in a division with weight limits can create a false picture of where you stand. When adults sell that success as a projection, kids inherit expectations they were never prepared to meet.
On Long Island, daddy ball can preserve that illusion for years. A board position, manipulative donations, a friendly coach and a protected role can make a family comfortable. None of it tells a high school or college staff whether the kid can play against the athletes they recruit.
Measurables are only part of the evaluation. TALENT, athleticism, SPEED, body composition, bend, football IQ, character, grades, coachability and work ethic all matter. A sloppy 300 pounds that cannot bend, redirect or sustain effort is no advantage just because it looks impressive in a bio. Coaches need to see how you carry that weight and what you can do with it.
Build your college list around verified measurements, honest film evaluation, academic fit, projected development and what each program recruits at your position. Study their players and recent signees. Target schools where your ability gives the staff a legitimate reason to recruit you.
A parent’s insistence that his son belongs at a certain level is not evidence. The film, physical tools, production and transcript must support that argument.
Your kid deserves a recruiting strategy that can survive outside your zip code.
My recruiting app walks players through everything from a very young age building a realistic college list and teaching families how to communicate with coaches. Click the link to sign up studio.com/apps/benjamin/byr…
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
RECRUITS: Don’t post your film on Saturday….
CFB Coaches are focused on winning their GAME, not watching your film.
Post on Sunday or Monday when the coaches are on Twitter watching💯
@5StarFBRecruits 💫
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Shady Prediction Market Gambling Partnership ✅
Scamming parents of HS Kids ✅
Using AI Slop responses to justify all of it ✅
not all money is good money.
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
After a great conversation with @CoachJohnstonWJ I’m blessed to receive my first offer from Washington & Jefferson College!!!
@WJFootball
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Week 0-2 Highlights
5’11, 200lbs, c’o 27, MLB/OLB
39 tkls
2.5 tfl’s
.5 sack
@mlessard44 @vinnie19972 @ColtsRecruit @derekbearer10 @zach_daisley
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
The 2026 Northern Cambria Linebacker group. From right to left:
@ConnerRiddell class of 2029
@tommy35costello class of 2027
Jude Dumm class of 2027
David Montinaro class of 2028
Hunter Smith class of 2027
@ZakKirsch class of 2027
Highlights and recruiting info in the replies:
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Coaches, here's one you need to keep tabs on. Big frame for a sophmore at 6'3" 215 77" wing.
@ConnerRiddell
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Week 1-3 Highlights
6’3” 215 lbs | 77” Wing | ‘29 EDGE/OLB Northern Cambria HS (PA)
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Thank you @CoachJohnstonWJ for having me on a game day visit! Can’t wait to get back out! @mlessard44 @vinnie19972 @derekbearer10 @ColtsRecruit
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Coaches, check out class of 2029 Linebacker/ Edge @ConRid53
Elite frame for a sophmore at 6'3" 215 lbs and 77" wingspan
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Favorite plays from the scrimmage and week 1. Refuse to be blocked💪.
6’3” 215 lbs | 77” Wing | ‘29 EDGE/OLB Northern Cambria HS (PA)
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Consider this. Share it with your athlees.
You’ve spent hundreds of hours preparing for Friday night.
Lifting. Running. Summer workouts. Practices in the heat.
And how much actual football might you actually play?
10 minutes.
Do the math.
A game has roughly 120 plays.
Half are offense. Half are defense.
An average play lasts about 5 seconds.
120 plays × 5 seconds = 600 seconds.
That’s 10 minutes.
Hundreds and hundreds of hours of work for five minutes of actual football.
And I’m not asking you to give me 10 minutes all at once.
I’m asking for five seconds at a time.
Five seconds as hard as you can possibly play.
Get up. Get back in the huddle. Do it again.
And again.
Until there are no five seconds left.
Hundreds of hours for five minutes.
Don’t waste a second.
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
The next 12 months will be when 80% of the 2028 class’s recruitment will happen.
You need both a plan for the next level AND a plan for your current level.
Planning your recruitment the next 12 months is invaluable even if / when the goal posts inevitably move.
BUT also, the best way to set yourself up for that next level of CFB is to crush it at your current HSFB level.
Being a great teammate, a great student and great players makes ANY recruitment plan easier to execute.
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
@WTAJSports talks with 2027 Linebacker @ZakKirsch and Head Coach @SamShutty about his upcoming senior season and recruitment in his Sportsbeat top 10 interview.
wtaj.com/sports/sportsbeat/s…
Vinnie Lessard retweeted
Good Luck to Junior Daniel Farrell today as he takes on the New Balance Outdoor Nationals at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Daniel will be competing in Flight 2 of the Championship Boys’ Triple Jump event at 2PM
