We've got a week left in our series and about two weeks until college football season begins. Now that you know a little bit more about the process, I wanted to point out some of the things on the site that you might find helpful.

 

Background checks: In case your son's head coach advises him on what agent to choose, or an agent makes a presentation to the entire team about the process, it might be helpful to know who represents him, which you can do here, going back four years. As I've mentioned previously, as agencies contact you about your son, you can sort through the records of agent terminations here. Find out if those agencies have been draft-relevant the last few years by checking the entire NFL draft, pick by pick, with every player and his representation here for 2018 and here for 2017. Check out the players that each agency represented that went to the 2018 combine here. Find out where the top 1,100 players in the '18 draft trained, what all-star game they played, who they signed with, and whether or not they went to the combine here.

 

All-Star and Draft Grids Collection: This page is one of the best-kept secrets of our site, and a page that you can reference for all kinds of relevant information. We have the rosters for all the major all-star games going back several years, and we have the complete draft boards and NFL combine lists going back to 2003, the first draft we covered at ITL. We've also got dozens of ways to measure and compare agencies, either by looking at their total draft points by agency each year; which agencies sent players to the combine but saw them go undrafted; which ones helped get players drafted despite not getting invited to the combine; which trainers have gotten players drafted each year since '03; and a complete draft-day scoreboard for every agency going back to the 2011 draft. You can also figure out how many players at your son's position were drafted, signed post-draft, invited in for tryouts, or snubbed entirely going back four years ( here's last year). If you spend a little time on this page, I guarantee you'll get a fuller picture of each agency that's reached out to you or your son.

 

Rep Rumblings: Inside the League is the only service that reports on the inner workings of agencies and scouting departments on a day-to-day basis. If you want to get past the superficial and really begin to understand how football businesses work, consider clicking here and reviewing our reports from this year. I grant you, there's a lot there, but I promise you it will be an informative learning experience for you.