PPNA recruiting profile is the single page that decides whether a scout keeps reading or clicks away. Do it right and you're findable, credible and easy to contact. Here's how to build one that works.
What every profile needs
- Position and role — be specific (see positions explained).
- Measurements — height, weight, wingspan, and age/class year.
- Current stats with level and competition context.
- Highlight film plus at least one full-game clip.
- Academics/eligibility where relevant to college paths.
- Clear contact and a professional photo.
Your highlight reel, done right
Film is the most-watched part of your profile — and the most often done badly. Follow the same rules that get players scouted:
- Best clips first, in the opening 30 seconds.
- Show two-way play: defense, passing and rebounding, not only buckets.
- Mark which player is you.
- Add one unedited game segment for credibility.
- Keep it current to this season.
More on this in the getting scouted guide.
Stats and measurements that matter
List PPG, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks — but always with the level and games played. Add shooting splits (FG%, 3P%, FT%) to prove efficiency, not just volume. Accurate measurements matter too: teams filter by size for a position, so keep them honest and current.
Get verified — it's the difference-maker
Anyone can type numbers into a form. Verification is what makes a scout trust them. On PPN Sports, moving through verification levels signals that your information is real, which pushes you higher in searches and gets more responses. An unverified profile with big numbers is easy to ignore; a verified one is hard to skip.
Profile checklist
- ✓ Specific position and role
- ✓ Height, weight, wingspan, class year
- ✓ Current-season stats with context
- ✓ Shooting splits
- ✓ Highlight reel + one full-game clip
- ✓ Academics/eligibility (if applicable)
- ✓ Professional photo and clear contact
- ✓ Verified
What a coach does in the first thirty seconds
A coach opening your profile is not reading it. They are scanning, in a fairly predictable order: position and measurements, level and competition, the first few seconds of film, then production. If those four things do not add up to someone who could help their team, they close the tab, and nothing further down the page is ever seen.
This is why the order of a profile matters as much as its contents. Position, height, graduation or availability year, current level and a working film link belong at the top. A long personal statement does not — it is read, if at all, after a coach has already decided you are worth the time.
Make contact details impossible to miss, and make sure they work. A surprising number of otherwise complete profiles end the first thirty seconds with a coach who is interested and has no obvious way to reach the player, or who emails an address nobody checks.
A profile goes stale faster than you think
The most common failure is not a bad profile but an abandoned one. Film from two seasons ago, a level you have since moved past, and statistics that stop mid-way through a year all tell a coach the same thing: this player is not actively looking, or is not organised enough to keep a page current.
Set a rhythm instead. Refresh production and film at the end of each season, update measurements when they genuinely change, and add new competitions as you play them. If something significant happens mid-season — a strong run of games, a move to a new programme, a change in role — add it while it is recent.
The same applies to availability. If you have committed somewhere, say so. If you are open to offers, make that explicit. Coaches work backwards from availability, and a page that leaves them guessing is a page they skip in favour of one that does not.