Football's Second Season: Scouting High School Game Breakers

by Tom Lemming, Taylor Bell (Contributor)

Tom Lemming wasn't college football's first "recruiting analyst", but he definitely perfected the role. He began in 1978 - one of the first prospects he interviewed was a promising quarterback from Pittsburgh named Dan Marino - and filed his first report in 1979. In his first year, he had only one subscriber to his newsletter. Since then, Lemming has become the most celebrated, controversial, and influential player in the business. Competitors describe him as the "Godfather of recruiting." He annually travels 55,000 miles, visits as many as 47 states, and personally interviews the top 1,500 players in the country to produce the Prep Football Report, a 300-page must-read for every college coach. This book chronicles Lemming's journey and his passion for his profession, warts and all.

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2007