Will Straka

Former @UWPlattFootball @BCfootball | Helping 🏈 recruits earn scholarships | Trusted by 600+ Football Families since ‘23 | For Education, Results Not Typical

[Jeronimo Mendoza @12jeroo]

Had a great visit yesterday at @HCUFootball Big thank you to @dcoleknows for taking time to talk with me me and the hospitality. Loved the atmosphere and scheme, can’t wait to schedule another visit in the near future!
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[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

Stop asking the same selfish questions as every other recruit 👇🏼

“What are you looking for at my position?”
“How do I fit into your scheme?”

Both are about you. Both get a conversation that goes nowhere.

Picture it: Sunday afternoon, your dream coach finally has five free minutes, and his inbox is full of that exact question from a hundred different kids.

Then he sees:

“What’s up Coach — who you got tonight, Cowboys or Packers?”

And he replies: “Packers. J Love fan through and through. Who you got?”

That’s a conversation. Not an evaluation request.

You don’t build trust with selfish questions. You build it by being someone he actually wants to talk to.

Comment "QUESTION" and I’ll send you my list of counterintuitive questions that turn follows into offers.

[Walker Pugh @WalkerPugh0]

Week 7 Highlights vs Barbe #8 team in the state!

@shanesavoie @STMCougarFB @coachwillstraka

[Jax Potts @JaxPotts54]

Had an incredible time at the UT vs Florida game, it was an amazing atmosphere!

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

How I made my D3 highlights print D1 offers 👇🏼

As a 5'11 white boy from the middle of nowhere Wisconsin.

Here’s exactly what I changed:

First, I pulled every tackle for loss and every sack.

Then I added the part most recruits skip — shedding blocks and doing my job. That doesn’t show up in a stat sheet, but it’s half of what a linebacker coach is evaluating. He needs both to offer you.

Then I posted it as an unlisted YouTube video and sent the link straight to D1 coaches.

Over 500 views.

Three months later: multiple D1 offers.

That’s what happens when you run the Exposure Engine.

Comment "EXPOSURE" and I’ll send you the exact system — make sure you’re following so it reaches your DMs.

[William Lecomte @WilliamLecomte9]

Week 5 vs Wyoming Seminary
KO: 3/6 (TB), long of 68 yd, avg 60yd
FG : 2/3 (one blocked)
Punt : 40 yd, 3.33s
PAT : 2/3

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[Reggie Broberg @reggiebroberg]

Forest Lake Highlights

10 Tackles

2029 SS | Sophomore Varsity Highlights

@coachwillstraka @jackctravis10 @PrepRedzoneMN @MisterLilly

[AJ Huber @AJHuberNS]

Thank you @CoachBWilson for the gameday invite! Excited to check out Western Illinois!!

@DLCoach @athletesU_

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

Twitter with 0 offers vs. Twitter with multiple scholarship offers.

Here’s how we turned AJ’s into an offer machine — without him getting new film 👇🏼

1️⃣ SHOWCASE
No new training clips. No new film. Just taking the ability he already had and making it easy for coaches to see.

2️⃣ EYEBALLS
His film sent directly to his target schools — not copy-paste emails that land in spam.

3️⃣ CLOSE
Most recruits wait for camps or live in Twitter DMs. iMessage and phone calls are where real recruiting happens — and it’s how he lined up VIP visits.

30 D1 coaches followed him in one week.

He started with 100 followers and zero offers. He’s over 350 now.

Same film. Same kid. Different system.

Comment "MACHINE" and I’ll show you how it’s worked for other guys too.

[Rafael Salvatierra IV @rafasalvatierr]

I’m blessed to announce my commitment to Davidson College.
All Glory to God, I’m HOME!!!🏡
@DavidsonFB @CoachKasabian @bryce_pm @Coach_Thakkar @cclunie40 @jcorey_bass @CoachKKennedy @Coach_Wright7

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

I chose D3 over D2 and there were 3 reasons — the last one might surprise you 👇🏼

1️⃣ They had my major.

2️⃣ The D2 school was 8 hours from home in northern Minnesota, and I never even visited.

3️⃣ I thought I’d get more playing time.

I’d been one of the best players in the state. So I figured I’d walk in and play.

I didn’t start my first three years.

Finally got one year of film — then transferred up to D1, where I got on the field faster than I ever did at D3.

Here’s why that last one fools everybody: before you commit, you don’t know the playbook. You don’t know the scheme. And not even the coaches know what that roster looks like 12 months from now.

So choose on the things that don’t change. Academics. Campus. Culture.

Be careful choosing on the things that do.

There’s one warning every football family should hear before they commit.

Comment WARNING and I’ll send it over.

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

Don't post this for your first offer 👇🏼

This is what I posted my first time through. Zero D1 offers.

This is what I posted my second time through. Multiple D1 offers.

The only thing I posted that second time was my commitment post — after the whole process was already over.

I'd been told to post three times a week minimum. All that did was get me the wrong views.

So I stopped posting for people who couldn't offer me and started getting my film in front of the coaches who could.

It was never about how much you post. It's about who's actually watching.

Comment "VIEWS" and I'll show you how to get the right coaches watching your film.

[Reggie Broberg @reggiebroberg]

Mid Season Highlight Reel (Through 4 games)

34 Tackles (4 games)

2029 SS | Sophomore Year Varsity Highlights

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

3 steps to turn your Twitter into an offer machine 👇🏼

1️⃣ COACHES SEEING OTHER COACHES FOLLOW YOU
Recruiting is social proof. When a coach checks your profile and sees who's already following, you stop being a cold evaluation.

2️⃣ PROOF POSTS — NOT JUST FILM AND VISITS
Most recruits post two things: highlights and visit photos. The 1% post the stuff that makes a coach go find the film in the first place.

3️⃣ TURN ONE GAMEDAY VISIT INTO THREE POSTS
Most guys get one photo out of a visit. There's a lot more there if you know what to shoot.

He had film and no offers.

Comment "TWITTER" and I'll send you the full breakdown.

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

Hundred plus followers = Big Ten phone calls.

Because offers don't go out in DMs 👇🏼

1️⃣ SHOWCASE
He didn't need new film. Just needed to show D1 linebacker coaches what they actually want to see first.

2️⃣ EYEBALLS
His film sent directly to his target schools.

3️⃣ CLOSE
Most recruits live in Twitter DMs. iMessage and phone calls are where real recruiting happens.

He started with [X] followers and zero offers.

Same film. Same kid. Different system.

Comment "MACHINE" and I'll show you how it's worked for other guys too.

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

The Halloween trap 👇🏼

If you have D1 coaches following you on Twitter, do this before Halloween.

The season's moving. So are recruiting boards.

November gamedays shift into January official visits — and by then that staff has the list built, the budget set, the travel booked, and they know which coach is picking you up from the airport.

Once that's locked, it doesn't get rebuilt for you.

So the guys taking officials in January are the guys who were on a gameday in November. And the guys on a gameday in November are the ones who asked in October.

That's the whole chain. Miss the first link and you're not a few weeks late — you're out of the sequence.

It's why iMessage separates the 1% this fall.

Comment "iMessage" and I'll show you how to turn game film into blue bubbles and phone calls.

[Rome Duncan @Romeduncan13]

Had a great time at @LouisvilleFB! Awesome conversations with @deionbranch84 and @CoachMills56! The atmosphere was insane❗️
#GoCards
@ScottSemp @XOScoaching @HaydnTanner3 @JDWright64 @CSmithScout @_Elite3 @RileyElite3 @PattonBoy_11 @HeathWilli9 @LemmingReport @CSmithMedia

[Cooper Beaty @CooperBeaty_9]

Excited to be back on campus and watch the Huskies battle today @NIU_Football. Thanks @liamwhelan2001 and @CoryConnolly for the Game Day Invite.

@PrepRedzoneIL @mfarrellsports @EDGYTIM @AllenTrieu @scottybscout @OJW_Scouting @mwfbrecruiting @sixstarfootball @ChiPlayerWatch @NP4Football_OT

[Walker Pugh @WalkerPugh0]

Leading the state of Louisiana with tackles with 81 through week 6

@shanesavoie @STMCougarFB @coachwillstraka

[Will Straka @coachwillstraka]

If you can dunk a basketball, you should be on the phone with college football coaches.

Whether you like it or not, coaches love athletic playmakers who can run, jump, and catch.

And a dunk clip proves all three in six seconds — no stopwatch, no testing card, no camp required.

That's a proof post.

It's not your highlight tape. It's the stuff that makes a coach stop scrolling and go find your film.

Just like our guy Roman.

Comment "PROOF" and I'll send you the other 5 kinds of proof posts that turn a Twitter profile into invites and offers.