Something with great potential is coming together here at MHR, and I am very excited to be able to introduce a few tidbits of information over the coming weeks to help out.

I am talking, of course, of MHR Scouting Services, founded by Jon Tollerud, and the information I would like to share will be a little of what I have learned from watching college players in order to assess their NFL capabilities.  A lot of it will be very basic, and old hat to many of you, but I am hoping it will still be useful to members who are new to the idea of scouting, and perhaps those of you who already have a good eye for assessing the talented players will be able to pull an interesting point or two from the articles.

Getting Started Means Getting Organized

These first few posts won't really be about scouting per se, but about the organization that will make you a better scout.  I maintain a list of almost 1000 players (at any given time), and the key to getting any use out of that list is Organization.  I'll talk a little bit about setting up a database, how to make the best use of your time, and the things that you should have on hand, but first I would like to talk a little about the overall idea of Organization.  Click below to follow along....

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