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Recruiting for college sports can be a unique and challenging process, especially with the impact of COVID-19. A key aspect that you emphasized is the importance of showing respect and care to coaches, as their first impressions are crucial. It's also clear that academics played a significant role in your decision to choose Michigan. Additionally, your experience of being recruited as a long snapper and eventually playing offensive line highlights the flexibility and adaptation that often comes with the recruiting process. In terms of what coaches look for on the field, leadership, mentality, and work ethic are crucial factors. Your story about the freshman player being offered a scholarship despite not having played yet serves as a reminder of the unpredictability of the process and the importance of seizing opportunities.

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

I think there's something that they're gonna look at and that's gonna , it's definitely gonna build a negative opinion that they would have about you off the field . I think when it comes to recruiting , something important is just showing respect and that you care to coaches first impressions mean everything . That's something everybody's heard throughout their life .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

We want you to come on and do both . So that was kind of my recruiting process with Michigan . So on the field , I think the biggest things coaches are looking for is your leadership , your , your mentality and just how hard of a worker you are .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

Overall matters a lot . When it comes to the recruitment process , I chose Michigan because academics meant a lot to me . So when I was deciding I was between Michigan Cornell and Rutgers , I kind of sat there and I was like , ok , well , if Cornell and me , Michigan have the best academics and Rutgers isn't and they're good , but it's not on the same level .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

He's just a freshman and that's just something that you gotta overcome and try not to compare yourself to others . Just always know that I gotta make sure I have the right mentality when it comes to the recruiting process and , and just making sure that I believed in myself and I trusted my abilities . So my recruiting process wasn't what the normal one was just because we had COVID going on and , and had to deal with that .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

Just always know that I gotta make sure I have the right mentality when it comes to the recruiting process and , and just making sure that I believed in myself and I trusted my abilities . So my recruiting process wasn't what the normal one was just because we had COVID going on and , and had to deal with that . I remember specifically with , uh Michigan , even though I'm an offensive lineman here , I was originally recruited as a long snapper .