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Startup Scorability wants to revolutionize college sports recruiting as NIL takes off

By Jessica Golden

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Startup Scorability wants to revolutionize college sports recruiting as NIL takes off

Scorability provides data, discovery and AI-driven evaluation tools to college coaches combing through thousands of hopefuls from their computer. Many coaches travel all over the country seeking out their future players.

“With the way our calendar is, we don’t have a lot of time to make these decisions,” Shannon Dawson, offensive coordinator for the University of Miami, said in another testimonial. “You don’t have 6 months, 10 months to get to know a kid, sit down with their family, do home visits. Those days are over.”

In the 2024-25 academic year, the NCAA reported a record of more than 550,000 student-athletes competing across nearly 20,000 teams. With more players than ever entering the transfer portal, the opportunity to use the platform has never been greater, according to Cruver.

Scorability is free to use for parents and athletes. College athletic programs pay between $10,000 and $40,000 annually depending on their type of access.

“This is a problem solver on both ends of the market for something that’s increasingly economically important,” said Bobby Sharma, Bluestone Equity Partners founder. “This is a huge, multi-billion opportunity.”