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“We have more connections with college coaches than AT&T!”
CJ Cavazos
Cell: 210-882-0807 Email: [email protected] www.cjrecruiting.com
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CJ Cavazos
Cell: 210-882-0807 Email: [email protected]
My Background
My name is CJ Cavazos and I established CJ Recruiting in 1995. I grew up in Alice, Texas and went
to Alice High School where I ran track (400m), played football (WR/CB) and also lettered in
basketball. I earned a football scholarship to Blinn College in 1988, then went to Texas Tech in
1990 on a track scholarship. I also played football at Texas Tech, and graduated in 1993. After
college, I coached high school football at Hidalgo, Donna, Mission and Dallas Carter. I also
coached at Trinity Valley Community College, and was an NFL Sports Agent from 2000-2001. In
2002, I participated in the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Internship program with the Arizona
Cardinals.
I am married to Melba, and have six children who each have participated in athletics:
Jerry – First Team 5A All-State cornerback at Mission Sharyland 2009
CJ Junior – Scholarship to run Track at University of Texas at El Paso (signed 2013)
Josh – Scholarship to play Football at Texas A&M Kingsville (signed 2014)
Michael –Graduated from Edinburg Vela High School, and currently runs track at
Texas A & M-Kingsville.
Chloe – Currently runs Track at Desoto High School and has various Division 1 Track
Scholarship offers. She graduates in June 2017
Lejond – Currently is an 8th grader at Desoto and is an All-American Hurdler and a Football
Player. Graduates in 2020
Why I do this
My passion for helping high school athletes began while I was a coach at Dallas Carter High
School. While there, I worked for Bruce Chambers, who is now the Tight Ends Coach at the
University of Texas. Our football teams at Dallas Carter were legendary for the high quality of
athletes that they produced. We regularly sent players to schools like Miami, Notre Dame,
Purdue, Texas, Texas A&M, LSU, UCLA, USC, etc. We became a mandatory stop for college
coaches and recruiters from all levels and all regions of the country. Many of these coaches were
assistants that are now famous coaches today, like Urban Meyer, Kevin Sumlin, and Steve
Kragthorpe. My time spent with these coaches taught me what college coaches are looking for
in high school athletes. And I’m happy to say that I formed lasting relationships with most of the
coaches that I met. These relationships are very important to me today, and I work hard to keep
their trust in me. It is vital to what I do. They will give me honest evaluations of the athletes
that I introduce to them. I want to help kids and parents that deserve to succeed in their efforts
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to play college sports and reduce the cost of getting a college education. Most parents don’t
have the necessary connections and representation to make this happen, but I do. I succeed by
helping students, parents and coaches succeed.
How I do this
The obvious objective is to make college coaches aware of your son/daughter and what his/her
athletic abilities are. Most readily available recruiting services evaluate your son/daughter during
a phone call or meeting, then build a profile that lists his/her accomplishments and showcases
his/her athletic abilities in videotape from the most recent season. But what do they do to make
coaches aware of your son/daughter? They may email coaches a database of coaches, or even
have you email coaches, with a link to his/her profile. Frankly, almost every college athletic
program publishes the email address of their coaches or recruiting coordinators on the school’s
website. So coaches already receive countless emails from prospective athletes, and it’s difficult
to make your son/daughter stand out. Videos are now usually readily available, especially for
football, so they can be posted on the Internet quite easily for coaches to review along with the
athlete’s personal information. Students and parents can easily create their own profiles.
We do things differently. We will evaluate each prospective athlete as a staff to determine if we
feel they have a realistic chance of competing at the next level. If we believe they do, then I will
meet with you and your son/daughter personally to review his/her athletic and academic
accomplishments, to listen to what the family would like to accomplish, and to form my own
opinion of where the athlete might best fit in. I will be completely honest with you about my
thoughts and will only offer to represent kids that I believe have the ability to play sports at some
collegiate level. Then I will personally speak to college coaches about your son/daughter. This is
where I am different from most recruiting agencies. Very few recruiting services actually reach
out to specific coaches about athletes like I can do. I pick up the phone, or go see them if possible.
Coaches trust me and my evaluation of athletes. They will give me honest feedback that I will
pass along to you. We need to find the right place for your son/daughter to go to school, where
they have the best odds of being offered a scholarship. Based on feedback from the coaches
themselves, we can then chart a path that has a high chance of success. This path will include
attending camps where I believe your son/daughter will receive the proper attention and
feedback. Exposure for your son/daughter is obviously important – I provide exposure directly
to coaching staffs to increase the odds in your son/daughter’s favor!
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My team will review your son/daughter’s transcripts, and deliver an analysis that will help you
understand what college coaches will look for, and how your son/daughter can maximize the
number of schools that will be interested in them.
Facts, Fiction and My Opinion
In 2015, there will be 125 Division I FBS college football programs, including four programs that
join the FBS that year. Each can offer financial aid to 85 players, so 85 players each get a full ride.
In 2015, there will be 129 Division I FCS college football programs. Each can offer the equivalent
of 63 ‘full’ scholarships, but can divide them amongst 85 players.
There are currently 282 Division II college football programs. Each can offer the equivalent of up
to 36 ‘full’ scholarships, and split them amongst athletes as they see fit.
There are approximately 240 Division III college football programs. None can offer athletic
scholarships, but can give athletic scholarships to athletes. However, athletic skill cannot be a
factor in awarding academic scholarships, and the percentage of scholarships awarded to
athletes is not supposed exceed the percentage of athletes vs. non-athletes at the school.
There are 85 NAIA college football programs. Most of these schools can offer 24 ‘full’
scholarships that can be split amongst any number of athletes.
Assuming that each school only offers 1/4th of their total scholarships each year, then for 2015
there will be:
- 2,656 FBS Scholarships available
- 2,032 FCS ‘full’ scholarships available
- 2,538 DII ‘full’ scholarships available
- No DIII athletic scholarships
- 510 NAIA ‘full’ scholarships available
Recruiting services all pitch lack of exposure as the reason an athlete will not get recruited. While
exposure is important, that exposure must be at the correct level of athletic program coupled
with the correct team with the correct current position needs. You must know where your
athletic abilities give you a chance to play. And in order to optimize your chances of receiving a
scholarship, you must know not only what positions the coaches need to fill in a given year, but
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what type of athlete they are looking for to fill that need. No amount of exposure will help you if
a coach doesn’t even consider athletes with your size or skill level. The reality is that while the
number of graduating high school football players is huge, and the number of available positions
in college is relatively small, the most important factor is matching the athlete’s size and skills
with the particular needs of certain colleges and universities. If you can figure out that match,
your chances of getting a scholarship go up drastically!
Parents and athletes must be realistic about their abilities and where they best fit. This doesn’t
mean that we will not expose them to upper-division schools, but parents and athletes must be
mentally prepared for honest feedback from me, and from college coaches. This information is
necessary to find the right place for the athlete, and the right athlete for the team.
2016 Clients
Mariah Kuykendoll – Track – Converse Judson Kansas
RJ McNitzky – Long Snapper – SA MacArthur Stanford
Connor Heffron – Baseball – SA Reagan Texas Tech
Timothy Vasquez – Center – Rio Hondo UTSA
Givon Washington – Track – Liberty Christian Nebraska
Bryce Martinez- Football- Victoria East HS Midwestern State University
2015 Clients
Brucks Saathoff – LB – SA Reagan Texas A&M University– Commerce
Garrett Strauss – Safety – SA Reagan University of North Texas
Nick Wildberger – Long Snapper – Judson Blinn Junior College
DJ McClintock – WR – Spring East Texas Baptist University
Marcus O’Dell – LB – New Braunfels Lamar University
Patrick O’Brien – Kicker – New Braunfels Navarro Junior College
Julius Montano – Kicker – Manvel Lamar University
Trey McCausey – Kicker – Lake Travis University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Collin George – Track – SA Warren University of Houston
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Other Players Placed by CJ Recruiting
Daryl Jones – WR – Dallas Carter University of Miami
Chris Lewis – WR – Dallas Carter University of Oklahoma
Ennis Haywood – RB – Dallas Carter Iowa State University
Ralph Turner – Safety – Dallas Carter Purdue University
Jamaar Taylor – WR – Mission Notre Dame/Texas A&M University
Ricky Cardoza – DE- Mission Texas A&M University
Danny Longoria – Track – Mission Stephen F. Austin
Warrie Birdwell – DT- Mission SMU
Earvin Taylor – WR – Mission Texas A&M
Al Pena – QB – Leander Georgia Tech/Oklahoma State University
Alex Villareal – DT – Hidalgo NE Oklahoma/University of Texas at El Paso
C.J.Cavazos – Track – S.A. Reagan University of Texas at El Paso
Kyle Keller – QB – S.A. Reagan Blinn Junior College
Kyle Heffron – Deep Snapper – S. A. Reagan Texas Tech University
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Division I Programs Where I Have Relationships
ALABAMA
University of Alabama
Auburn University
Troy University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
ARIZONA
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas
Arkansas State University
CALIFORNIA
University of California, Berkeley
California State University, Fresno
San Diego State University
San Jose State University
University of Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles
COLORADO
University of Colorado, Boulder
Colorado State University
CONNECTICUT
University of Connecticut
FLORIDA
Florida International University
University of Florida
Florida Atlantic University
Florida State University
FLORIDA cont
University of Miami
University of South Florida
University of Central Florida
GEORGIA
University of Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia State University
HAWAII
University of Hawaii at Manoa
IDAHO
Boise State University
ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
INDIANA
Indiana University
University of Notre Dame
Purdue University
IOWA
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
KANSAS
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
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KENTUCKY
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
LOUISIANA
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana State University
Tulane University
MARYLAND
University of Maryland, College Park
MICHIGAN
Central Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
Western Michigan University
MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi State University
University of Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi
MISSOURI
University of Missouri
NEBRASKA
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
NEVADA
University of Nevada, Reno
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico
New Mexico State University
NEW YORK
University at Buffalo, The State University of
New York
Syracuse University
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University
East Carolina University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina State University
OHIO
University of Akron
Bowling Green State University
University of Cincinnati
Kent State University
Miami University
The Ohio State University
University of Toledo
OKLAHOMA
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
University of Tulsa
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OREGON
University of Oregon
Oregon State University
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania State University
University of Pittsburgh
Temple University
SOUTH CAROLINA
Clemson University
University of South Carolina
TENNESSEE
University of Memphis
Middle Tennessee State University
University of Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
TEXAS
Baylor University
University of Houston
University of North Texas
Rice University
Southern Methodist University
Texas Christian University
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at San Antonio
Texas State University-San Marcos
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
University of Texas at El Paso
UTAH
Brigham Young University
University of Utah
Utah State University
VIRGINIA
University of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
WASHINGTON
University of Washington
Washington State University
WEST VIRGINIA
Marshall University
West Virginia University
WISCONSIN
University of Wisconsin-Madison
WYOMING
University of Wyoming