Visit Optimizer

Simply choosing the highest grade was the conventional wisdom before our detailed study into how a recruit’s dealbreaker impacts influence gain during a visit.

For example, pitching an “A” dealbreaker motivation provides a larger influence gain than pitching an “A+” non-dealbreaker motivation.

However, pitching a “B” dealbreaker motivation provides less of an influence gain than pitching a “B+” non-dealbreaker motivation.

Here is an easy example demonstrating how to take the information from the game and input it into our tool.

Step 1: Find your recruit’s dealbreaker grade.

In this case the dealbreaker is Proximity To Home and it has an “A” grade.

Step 2: Find your recruit’s highest green check mark that isn’t a dealbreaker.

In this case, the recruit’s highest non-dealbreaker green checkmark is Championship Contender and it has an “A+” grade.

If they are the same, you can choose either one.

Step 3: Plug those two grades into our tool.

Now you know which motivation will give you the highest recruiting influence gain. In this case you should schedule a visit centered around the “A” Proximity to Home motivation.

Both! The logic remains the same in both the regular recruiting window and the transfer portal.