Jason Kelce says being a zero star recruit was actually an advantage over five star recruits “I was a silhouette on Rivals. No stars and not even a picture. I actually think it was one of the best things that could have happened for me. I thought highly of myself. I thought I was one of the best athletes in the area. Then the offers never end up happening.” “It’s a humbling experience to not get a scholarship offer and think, ‘Am I good enough? Are these coaches wrong? Am I wrong?’ When you’re a walk-on, you have to earn it. The only way you get a scholarship is by performance, so you better show up every single day.” “I think there’s a lot of guys that are so talented that because they’re the five-star recruit, because they’re so good in college, they never have to develop the intangible things that they’re going to need at that further level.” “Eventually that talent gets equalized. And those little things — work ethic, technique, studying, end up actually making a huge difference.”