Recruiting Confidential

ESPN’s Bruce Feldman shares his insight into the methodology of big-time college recruiting Since 1994, ESPN The Magazine’s senior writer Bruce Feldman (left) has been tracking college football at its highest level. He’s been in dozens of football war rooms and seen hundreds of player evaluations and highlight tapes. He has even had the opportunity to trail some major college programs such as Texas Tech, Miami and, most recently, Ole Miss. He is the author of two books: ‘Cane Munity: How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment, and his newest title, Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting, which has been at the top of nearly every sports best sellers list. If anyone knows recruiting, it’s Feldman. Which is why we asked him about what he calls the “intangibles” of recruiting. It’s the inside information that every high