What's New
Updates we've shipped to the app. Want the how-to? Read the recruiting guide.
- New
Coach tools follow the team's plans
High school team coaches on a free team get My team, the locker room and their players' profiles. The coach tools open when 5 of their players are on a paid plan, at the best plan 5 of them share. Picking a player in a tool uses that player's plan (free profile = locked). College coaches show only for schools on a paid player's list, at that player's plan. Coach emails can't name a free-profile player or carry his profile link.
- Improved
Easier testing entry
Measurables now list each test in its own unit: type your 40 in seconds, vertical in inches, broad jump in feet and inches, lifts in pounds. Fill in the ones you have and tap Save testing once. Numbers that can't be right (like a 2-second 40) get flagged before they save.
- New
Parent guide video
A 3-minute, step-by-step video for parents: signing up, sending your athlete his login, editing the profile, adding testing and film, emailing coaches and seeing who's watching. It's in the parent tutorial and on the Guide page.
Open → - New
Link your family
Parent made the account? Send your athlete his own login from your dashboard or Account (Text it, Email it or Share). The athlete can invite a parent the same way. Everyone shares one profile and one plan. Parents can now edit the profile too.
Open → - Improved
Early access: post your poster first
On Get started you can save your early access poster, post it in 2 places and send the proof right away, before your profile is done. Your features open once Next Level approves the posts and your profile is 100%, in either order. Or pay for a plan and everything opens right away.
Open → - New
Make your own email
Write coach emails in your own words. Drag a box like Coach's last name, College, My film links or My verified stats into your email (or tap it to drop it where your cursor is) and every coach gets his own email with it filled in. A preview shows exactly what the first coach gets. In mass send and in Smart Follow Ups (Use a template → Make your own email). The ready-made emails are still there.
Open → - New
Changed schools? Transfers
Profile → School history → Changed schools. Your old school stays on your record, your stats and games from there stay labeled with it, and coaches see Transferred on your profile.
- Improved
Pick a plan when you sign up
Choose a plan on the sign-up page and you go straight to secure checkout. Fill in the rest of your profile after. Early access accounts can buy a plan right from the Get started page too.
Open → - New
D1 and numbers graphics
New Promo kit graphics: Every D1 coach, D1 by the numbers, who gets D1 coach emails, and every program and coach from FBS to JUCO.
Open → - Improved
D1 coach emails on All-American and Five-Star
Every D1 coach's email (FBS + FCS) and the recruiting staff who run recruiting are now on All-American and Five-Star. On Basic and Premium, D1 schools show the program's recruiting inbox, questionnaire and staff names, and your emails go to that inbox.
- Improved
More schools and sends
Premium now holds 50 schools and mass sends 15 at a time (60 a month). All-American holds 150 schools with 250 mass sends a month. Five-Star mass sends 60 at a time (500 a month).
- Data
13,000+ college coaches
Our directory now has more than 13,000 college coaches and about 9,700 coach emails across 890+ programs in all 50 states, plus thousands of coach X accounts, questionnaires, admission rates, test score ranges and costs.
- New
Graphics studio
Make offer graphics (verified offers only), game day stat lines and camp or visit posts in story, square and X sizes. Plus printable camp cards with a big QR to hand to coaches.
Open → - New
Your recruiting journey
A new Journey tab tells your whole recruiting story month by month, from real activity: film, emails, coach views, replies, camps, offers and verifications.
- New
Recruiting map and How you stack up
Premium and up: see your schools on a US map by fit and where coaches looked at you, and see how your testing and size rank against other athletes at your position (once 10 or more are on Next Level).
- New
Your week
A 7-day recap on your dashboard: coach views, emails, replies and new schools, with one next step.
- New
Biggest movers
Top Recruits and Leaderboards now show who moved up the most each week.
- Improved
Smart Follow Ups, way better
Every follow-up comes ready with the right coach and the email written. Send one with a tap, or pick several, review them and send them all. 7 templates for real moments: after a camp, a thank you, new film and more. Every email counts toward your plan's monthly sends, and you see what's left right where you send.
- Improved
Send with the Next Level email
The Next Level email is now the recommended way to send: it comes from Next Level Prospects, the recruiting service run by Coach Smoot, and replies come straight back to you. Each athlete can send 25 a day this way. Your own Gmail or Outlook is still right there.
- New
Team scoreboard for coaches
High school coaches: My team has a sortable scoreboard (coach views, emails, replies, verified offers), team totals for the week, a team offer board graphic, and a Who needs a push list with a Nudge button.
Open → - New
25 promo videos
The Promo kit's videos are rebuilt: 20 videos from 30 seconds to 3 minutes (a full app tour, a parents' guide, Coach Smoot's story and more), ready for Reels, TikTok, YouTube and Stories.
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20 promo videos
The Promo kit now has 20 short videos for Reels, TikTok and Stories: 10 to build hype before launch and 10 for launch day and after. Each one has a voiceover, music and a caption ready to copy. Tap Share to post.
Open → - New
Have a code?
Got a promo code? Type it on your plan card (or open a link with it) and it's used at checkout in place of the launch deal. Codes don't stack.
- New
Checklist tab
Every profile has a Checklist tab: what's done, what's left, and a button to fix each one. On every plan.
- New
A poster for every feature
The Promo kit has a pre-launch poster for all 44 features, with our 10 hot features marked, plus an Every feature list you can post or print.
Open → - New
Sneak peek graphics
24 pre-launch graphics in the Promo kit that show 12 real features on a phone (demo account), each with a caption ready to copy.
Open → - New
Pre-launch hype pack
56 new pre-launch graphics in the Promo kit: hour countdowns, early access posts, Coach Smoot quotes, a 5-slide carousel, a profile picture frame and more.
Open → - Improved
Early access, said clearly
The front page, rankings, coach lists and player links now say we officially launch Monday, Oct 26 and that everyone here is an early access member.
- Improved
What to add next, on the profile
The profile Overview shows what's missing and a fix button for each item, for the athlete, his parent and his coaches and Next Level staff.
- New
13 new feature graphics
The Promo kit has posts and stories for the camp finder, mass send, coach contacts, school list, who viewed you, tracker, evaluation, Top Recruits, leaderboards, vault, Five-Star, privacy and the home-screen app.
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Early access
Player links, the front page, team pages and rankings say we just launched: profiles are filling in and Next Level ranks will move as athletes add and verify their info.
- New
You pick which numbers show
On your Sharing tab, uncheck any testing number or stat line, or your ACT, SAT or Next Level grade. Coaches, rankings, post cards and emails won't use it. You still see it.
- Fixed
Scores and times on phones
Game scores now have two boxes (Us / Them), and film times take 0.42 as well as 0:42, so the phone number pad works.
- Improved
Profiles start public
New profiles are public from day one so coaches can open your link right away. Contact info stays private, and you can still make your profile private on the Sharing tab.
- Improved
Cleaner school list
No more confidence label on every school. Tap Why this fit to see the reasons.
- Fixed
Smart Follow Ups for team coaches
High school coaches on Next Level teams now see their players in Smart Follow Ups.
- New
Promo kit in the app
Open Promo kit in the menu to download or share the launch graphics, flyers and posters, with a caption ready to copy.
Open → - Improved
Faster, steadier pages
Pages load only when you open them, so the app stays quick and stops timing out when lots of people are on.
- New
Post cards for Insta, TikTok and X
On your Sharing tab, make story, square and X graphics with your name, your numbers (verified ones marked Verified by Next Level), a QR code and your profile link. Free on every plan.
- Improved
Add players to teams
Next Level can add or move players already in the app onto a team, and high school coaches can add their own school's players to their team.
- New
Put it on your home screen
The welcome tour now ends with the exact taps to add Next Level Prospects to your phone's home screen (one tap on Android). Your dashboard shows the same steps until it's added.
- New
Send with Next Level Prospects email
One big blue button sends your reviewed email from the Next Level Prospects inbox, with coach replies going straight to you. Your own Gmail, Outlook or email app still work too.
- New
Setup progress bar
A red, yellow, green bar shows how ready your profile is and the next step to finish.
- Improved
Easier to read
Shorter words everywhere, the main button first, and details tucked under How this works.
- Improved
Plan colors
Each plan has its own color. Locked features show the color and name of the plan that unlocks them, and upgrade buttons are yellow.
- New
Team locker rooms got an upgrade
New team pages with team colors, roster cards, real team stats, and a coach dashboard with each player's progress.
- New
Recruiter home and Next Level grade
Verified college coaches get hot recruits, lists by position, class and state with See more players, and a Next Level grade on each athlete that shows what every score is based on. Not a college evaluation.
- Improved
Camp finder moved to Premium
The camp finder and camp search are now part of Premium and up.
- New
Yearly plans: 2 months free
Premium, All-American and Five-Star can now be paid yearly: pay for 10 months, get 12 ($299.90, $499.90 or $1,199.90 a year). Pick Monthly or Yearly when you sign up or upgrade. Already monthly? Tap Switch to yearly on your plan card; you only pay the difference. The launch deal and new-member discount work on your first yearly payment too, and yearly plans renew at the regular yearly price until you cancel.
- New
My features
One page with everything your plan includes, one tap to open each. Features your plan doesn't have stay in the menu with a lock and show exactly which plan unlocks them.
Open → - Improved
Email coaches from anywhere
Every send screen (Mass send, Email coaches, Smart Follow Ups, Follow-ups and a coach's page) offers My email app (Mail, Gmail or Copy; works with iCloud, Yahoo and school email), your connected Gmail or Outlook, and for Next Level staff the Next Level Prospects mailbox. New Coach replied button on Smart Follow Ups, and coach emails only use your verified stats, testing and offers.
- New
Approve & share your evaluation
Approve your Prospect Evaluation and put it on your profile in one tap. You decide; no parent sign-off needed.
- Improved
Why this fit
Every school shows the reasons behind its fit. A missing ACT/SAT or 40 time is never held against you.
- Improved
Sharing your profile got easier
Share, Copy, Text and Email buttons, a downloadable QR code, personal links for one coach (Premium), and one Show my GPA switch you control. Pasted profile links now show your photo, name, position and class, and college coaches can request info without an account.
- Improved
Manage your plan and billing
Your plan card shows when you renew, lets you switch plans (you only pay the difference), turn off auto-renew, update your card from Manage billing, and warns you if a payment didn't go through. Your plan stays on through every month you paid for.
- Improved
Honest rankings and lists
Rankings, leaderboards and lists say exactly how each one works and have Verified only filters. Anyone can report outdated college staff, and Next Level-checked college coach accounts show a Verified coach badge.
- Improved
Your own dashboard when you sign in
Players and parents land on their dashboard, high school coaches on My team, and the menu is organized into My recruiting, Rankings and Manage. Your dashboard also shows your recruiting activity and your school or team.
- Improved
Sharper on your phone
The bottom bar fits every screen and gets out of the way while you type, small links are easier to tap, and saves always finish on the page you were on.
- New
Connect your Gmail or Outlook
Connect your own Gmail or Outlook once, then tap Send now on any email you've reviewed. It goes out from your address, so replies come straight to you. We can only send what you approve and never read your inbox. You can still use Mail, Gmail or copy and paste instead, and staff can send from the Next Level Prospects inbox.
Open → - New
Discover and recruiter tools
College coaches and recruiters can search public athletes by class, position, state and measurables, save a watchlist, compare players side by side and leave private notes. Only what each family made public shows up.
- New
Prospect evaluations and the Workspace
Staff can write a full prospect evaluation (strengths, areas to improve, level projection). The athlete sees it first and decides if it gets shared. No parent sign-off needed. The new Workspace puts your profile, film, emails, follow ups and to-dos on one screen.
Open → - New
Team updates and progress
High school coaches can post team updates and see each player's recruiting progress (profile done, film added, emails sent) in one place.
- Improved
Faster on phones
Bigger tap targets, clearer focus outlines, faster profile loading and better offline loading for the home-screen app.
- New
We're Next Level Prospects now
Next Level Recruiting MN is now Next Level Prospects. Same people, same coach, new logo, new app icon and a cleaner front page at www.nxtlvlprospects.com.
- New
Send recruiting emails from your own email
Every athlete, parent and coach now sends coach emails from their own Mail or Gmail. We write the email for you, you tap Mail or Gmail, send it, then tap "I sent it" so we can track it. Coaches see a real person writing to them, and replies come straight to you.
- New
Smart Follow Ups
Build a priority list of the schools you care about most. We tell you when it's a good time to follow up with each coach and get a draft ready for you to review and send yourself.
- New
Coach visit alerts
Get an alert when we can confirm a college coach looked at your profile, with a ready-to-send thank-you note. A profile visit is a good sign, but it is not an offer.
- New
Verification for offers, stats, testing and achievements
Ask our staff to verify an offer, your season stats, your testing numbers or an award. Add proof (a link, a screenshot or a letter) and you'll see Pending, More info needed or Verified on each one. Verified items get a green check on your profile.
- Fixed
iPhone layout fixes
Cleaner spacing around the notch and home bar, menus that don't get cut off, and pages that fit the screen without sideways scrolling.
- Data
Bigger coach database
Our college coach directory now has more than 9,000 coaches, and we link to about 750 official recruiting questionnaires, from FBS to junior college.
- New
Recruiting guide
A short, plain-English guide to using the app and running your own recruiting: profile, film, emails, offers, verification and follow ups.
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