Recent graduate who played collegiate the last 3 years.
-college esports is less competitive (u wonโt play real players till the top 10 ranked school, at least in val)
If you wanna go pro college isnโt optimal (grind outside of college)
Either bet on urself or get a degree
Keep getting asked the same question why I haven't already found a new team. I'm going to put something into perspective by giving you a list of active players that were signed to tier 1 teams (Top 10) in 2022 that are still currently all free agents in 2025.
(In order of best rating *Sourced from Champions Tour North America Stage 2: Challengers*)
-yay
-NiSMO
-bdog
-BcJ
-gMd
-moose
-Boostio
-stellar
-aproto
-curry
-Victor
-dapr
-flyuh
-mitch
-JonahP
-Will
-Derrek
-Kanpeki
-seven
-Rossy
-neT
and this is just 2022... we have what? 30-40 Paid Valorant slots for the entire region? (25 for just the NA VCT Americas teams)
All of these guys could be monsters on the VCT stage but it doesnt matter. The game is random and any one of these players could be picked up or dropped by an org because there isn't any actual talent building / scouting programs that have been proven to succeed in the franchising system. It's always been about winning NOW and it always will be with the strict 8-10 game schedule per year. Teams will continue to recycle players (at random it seems) and we as players will be the ones who will most likely be put back out into the real world because Valorant esports is not what it once was.