Josh Allen reveals he had zero scholarship offers coming out of high school so he sent 1,000 emails with his highlights attached to every coach in the country, only two responded
āThe email said something like, Hey, Iām Josh Allen. Iām 6ā5ā, 220 pounds. I feel like Iād be a great fit for your program. Hereās my Hudl. These are my stats⦠I literally just went copy, paste, copy, paste and sent it to every single coach I could find an email for.ā
āI played in a small town called Firebaugh, California. I had zero offers out of high school. I had no preferred walk-ons. A couple Division III schools were trying to give me academic scholarships so I could go play there, but I didnāt want to make my parents pay for me to go somewhere.ā
āSo I went the junior college route. I felt like I was good enough to play, which is obviously why I kept going. I wanted to go to junior college, earn a scholarship and kind of pay my family back for everything they had done for me.ā
āI also played football, basketball and baseball. I was a three-sport guy, so I didnāt spend my summers going around to every quarterback camp. I got the chance to play different sports, feel different emotions, meet different types of people and learn how to deal with all of it.ā
āI think thatās something a lot of kids need to continue doing, play more sports. Every sport teaches you something that you can ultimately use later in life.ā