RecruitWire
A college-football recruiting companion that lets you follow specific prospects, get commitment-prediction updates, and see how each commit shifts your team's class rank and championship math.
SEC and Big Ten college football fanatics who follow recruiting rankings year-round
- Prospect watchlist with push alerts on predictions, official visits, and commitment flips
- Team impact forecast showing how a single commit moves 2027 class rank and projected SP+
- Canadian pipeline view that surfaces Canadian-bred prospects heading south, a niche most US apps miss
- Rivalry heatmap showing which programs are fighting for the same recruit in real time
The Gabriel Georges flip headline is exactly the kind of late-cycle recruiting win that swings class ranks and dominates fan conversation, yet fans still rely on ESPN and 247 news feeds instead of a follow-worthy personal tracker.
Major paid recruiting brands (247Sports app, On3/Rivals subscriptions) confirm a sizable paying fan base, though the cited 'david gabriel georges' Google Trends spike is unverified and recruitment interest is fragmented across ESPN, 247, On3, Rivals, and team sites.247Sports - Apps on Google Play ↗Subscribe to Rivals | On3 ↗
Market is crowded with well-funded incumbents: 247Sports (CBS) ships a full mobile app with push alerts, recruiting, transfer portal; On3/Rivals bundles national + team sites like Orangebloods with insider analysts (Wiltfong, Simmons); ESPN covers the rest. A 'follow a prospect' tracker largely duplicates existing push-notification features.247Sports for Android - Download ↗Rivals: The Best of Recruiting and High School Sports - On3.com ↗
Proven subscription willingness: On3/Rivals sells premium memberships and gift subs, team sites (Orangebloods) bundle national coverage — fans already pay $50–100+/yr. A focused tracker could charge $5–10/mo but faces conversion friction against entrenched paid products.Purchase an On3 Gift Subscription | On3 ↗Orangebloods: Texas Longhorns Football & Basketball Recruiting ↗
Recruiting follows a reliable annual cycle (junior year → senior year → signing day, plus flips and the transfer portal) and the NIL era has amplified fan engagement, making this a durable, year-round content vertical unlikely to fade.247Sports - Apps on Google Play ↗
App build is straightforward, but core difficulty is data: composite rankings (247Sports Composite, On3 Consensus, Rivals) are proprietary with no public API, and 'championship math' requires custom modeling of class-rank vs. roster impact. Scraping is fragile; licensing deals with incumbents are expensive.247Sports for Android - Download ↗