What Football Scouts Actually Look For in a Player | Todd Worly

And then, um, so obviously being with, with the Hula Bowl, um, coming into busy season now as football's about to kick off, so what does a, a day-to-day look like for Todd as you're getting into, uh, kind of your busiest season of, of all?

Yeah, it really depends on the time of the year.

So ri- right now, I'm trying to get as much information as possible.

Um, you know, we, we talk to every school in the country, every college program in the country, and, um, my staff and I do.

And, and, and so we're getting intel on the players.

Obviously, like, like- Some schools will give you their own assessment on the player's talent, but that's not what we're, we're looking for.

What's he like behind closed doors? What's his character like, his work ethic like? Injury history, um, how does he learn? W- um, how does he work in the classroom? How does he work in the weight room? What are his relationships like with his teammates?

Mm-hmm.

And so those are the things we're trying to learn about the guys.

And then as the film starts to really pick up big time, then, then we have to turn as much of our sights as possible on the actual evalu- the, the actual scouting portion itself.

But the, in terms of ...

Because scouting is so, so much of this is projecting human potential the next, in the future, right?

Yeah.

And so how they're ...? In the future.

And so if you, it's one thing to know how he's performing now, but you do need to know the player's makeup to, in order to try to project, okay, so now he's on campus at, on a college campus now, but eventually he's gonna be in a prof- in an NFL city-

Mm-hmm

... on his, in a new, in a new setting.

Some days he, some, he's gonna have some great days, he's gonna have some bad days.

How's he gonna handle that? How, who's his support system? So I think all that, the, the more you know about the player, about his wiring and his makeup, I think that helps you really ...

It, it's not an exact science by any means, but it does help you become more accurate in your evaluations.

Interesting.

And do you think, uh, kind of circling back to your social media, uh, comment earlier, do you think that's been easier to kinda see people's character, what they're like behind, behind the scenes i, i- you know, in theory, I guess? Or do you think it's made it harder, easier? Uh, what do you think?

Ooh, great question.

Um, could be easier, but then it's also, like, such small snippets that it's like, how valuable is this? I think-

You don't wanna read too much into it.