Recruiting has certainly changed over the years as sites like Rivals and 247Sports have soared the last two decades and seemingly every high school football player who sees the field has their own Hudl to display their skills.
Not that long ago the recruiting world was quite a bit different, however. For instance, when soon-to-be Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman was being recruited one of the biggest outlets to learn about the future college stars was in “Tom Lemming’s Prep Football Report”.
Lemming was one of the first to really start to cover high school players and recruiting in the capacity it’s done now. Lemming is still active in the craft and on Thursday morning shared Freeman’s profile from his 2003 edition.
New ND HC Marcus Freeman was a 5* in May 2003 summer magazine. I interviewed him in Jan 2003 when he was a JR. I noticed his leadership qualities right away and selected him for the 2004 US Army All American Game. He was 18 going on 30. Dedicated, motivated and goal oriented. pic.twitter.com/eEySECTS4m
— Tom Lemming (@LemmingReport) December 2, 2021
It reads exactly like that of the elite recruit Freeman was when the Wayne (Dayton, Ohio) High School star took his talents to Ohio State.
Freeman will turn 36 on January 10 which just so happens to be the date of this season’s College Football Playoff championship game.
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Photos Gallery – Marcus Freeman through the years