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Robert Denson - Diamond in the Rough Football Recruiting

Robert Denson recognizes the importance of exposure for qualified student athletes based on his personal experience and knowledge of the recruiting industry. The athletes he works with are given a “tremendous” advantage over other qualified prospects from around the country. Why? Because they have chosen not to leave their future to chance, and through Diamond in the Rough Football Recruiting they are getting targeted professional exposure to college coaches on every level of football.

Robert is a national college recruiter helping many of students-athletes since 2004 continue their academic and athletic careers in college. Robert is building a national recruiting network that consists of more than 2,500 college coaches at over 200 colleges and universities nationwide. They have all come to rely on Robert as their source for obtaining information on student-athletes for their athletic programs.

His company’s goal is really quite simple -- to help as many student-athletes as possible achieve their dreams of playing at the next level.  His experience has shown that many students-athletes are often ignored by colleges simply because of “Lack of Exposure.”  Robert believes that if you can play on your High School team, you can play in college.

A father who has been thru the recruiting process with his own son, Robert is a graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration‎.

Married to Theresa Butler, the father of four Jeffrey, Cori, Jessica, and Charity, with one grandson Jeffrey III 

Marlynn Jones - The Eligibility Coach

Marlynn R. Jones, Esq. is fiercely committed to guiding parents, high school coaches and guidance counselors to achieve admissions and eligibility certification for prospective collegiate student-athletes. Knowing that one simple mistake can turn a scholarship celebration into a frantic search for $15,000-$60,000 to finance the first year of college, Jones serves as a personal coach through the maze of legislation involved in acquiring an intercollegiate athletic scholarships.

Bit by the journalism bug in high school when named a teen columnist for the Durham Morning Herald, Jones continued to develop her writing skills at the University of North Carolina’s Journalism School, where she received her Bachelor’s Degree, and at Virginia Commonwealth University’s [VCU] Graduate School of Mass Communications, where she received her Master’s Degree.

She was able to marry her love of journalism with her passion for sports as a graduate assistant in the Office of Sports Information at VCU. This position led to her first full-time job in athletics at the National Collegiate Athletic Association where she served as the first advertising manager for The NCAA News.

After being named 1999 Outstanding Law School Student of the Year at the University of Miami, and working for five universities, the Orange Bowl Committee, and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Jones has settled back home in Durham, NC, where she resides with her daughter Faith.