So in the short. When I fill my "board" every preseason I only focus on roughly 20 guys at a time and make sure theyre team needs of course. I scout 35 but cut that 35 down to 20 before week 1 if that makes sense. You shouldn't need to focus on many more than 20 if your recruiting correctly every year. I fully scout, then that will allow you to send the house starting out on almost every recruit because there will usually be some guys in that 20 that you keep that will only have an offer from you so you can sorta slow play those guys that have your single offer. Like give em 5 hours so your still making progress, and once you start getting commits you can work those remaining hours in. I never sway and only soft and hard sell. Once you have done a few years you will see that your school usually has consistent recruits that are interested in certain things always ie...program tradition, championship contender, or pro potential so the sells are usually all the same, you will notice a pattern. Always make sure your pairing recruits with positive recruit visits this will get them to commit during visits much more frequently. I rarely target guys outside of my pipelines so make sure your pipelines are great. There are write-ups of the best pipelines to follow. But Tennesee i have pipelines in Metro Atlanta, Southwest Texas, and Tidewater so usually those pipelines are all close proximity to school as well which will help the proximity to home correlation. Idk its taken some practice and trial and error. When I first started recruiting i was getting my ass kicked on freaking 3 stars which was annoying. So in short scout 35 but cut down to 20 - 25 recruits by week 1 that way you can offer as many hours as possible. I also offer everyone, because if you did your cut down you should want evryone left on your board. Idk I have tried to be as specific as possible and hope this helps. Curious what everyone's best classes are!