So I've been at this for awhile now at the D3 level and while I've enjoyed a decent amount of success, I'm hoping some of the real vets can chime on on a few of my questions below.

*In recruiting a D2 player, is it accurate to say that if the D2 player gets back to you with a "you're a backup option" message while also refusing any home or campus visits, it's possible to sway him via scouting trips and then persistence with the visits?

*Is the main advantage for a certain prestige level compared to the prestige levels immediately below that you get to see recruits first before they drop? Do some recruits viewable for a school with A potential never drop to a school with B potential (for example)?

*All else being equal, is a recruit more likely to accept a redshirt from a school with higher prestige?

*Sticking with redshirting, obviously the most accurate way of gauging a recruit's willingness to accept a redshirt is to offer it during the recruiting process. If you're not going to go that route though, what's the next best way to do it? Via scouting trips that reveal the recruit's character? Via information from a coach's call? From high WE?

TO me, the best indicator on redshirting seems to be "How deep you are at his listed position:

I agree. To be honest, between all my teams, I have only had 1 guy (out of a lot) who ever didn't take it well. Some of that is luck, but I rarely, if ever, redshirt a guy with less than two players already at his position.

In regards to redshirting, I don't know that recruits are more likely to accept just because you have higher prestige.

Players that the coach says "he rides the bus" are more likely to accept a redshirt than others. The players that I was told "he's really humble" always accept the shirt without problems. Others usually complain, especially if you give the redshirts sophomore year. non-bus-riders always complain about a sophomore year redshirt, in my experience.

The rest of your observations look correct. You "pull down" by using scouting trips. I also like to throw in psych evals since that's $50 they also can't reject. Other coaches disagree with this, though.