Mark A. Collins

Owner, President, CEO

Entrepreneur, Coach, Professional Athlete

As a former student at Cal-State Fullerton and a cornerback and safety in the National Football League, I recognize the value and the need for today’s talented young athletes to attend college and fulfill their athletic dreams on the collegiate level. There are millions of high school athletes around the country, but without a direct means to effectively demonstrate their talents to the right people, such as college recruiters and coaches, those dreams may not become realized.

With the viable online presence of 2Fivesports.com, today’s aspiring college athletes have at their disposal an online forum that allows them to showcase their abilities, gain the attention of college coaches and recruiters, and begin the successful transition from high school sports to college athletics, armed with scholarships and the necessary means to succeed not only on the field, but in the classroom, as well.

In my professional football career, I was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1986 NFL Draft after I completed my college football career at Cal State-Fullerton. I also played for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Green Bay Packers, and the Seattle Seahawks. While with the Giants, I was a two-time Super Bowl Champion. However, at the beginning of my college career, I faced the challenges of finding a scholarship that would enable me to earn my degree and play football at the same time. It is now my passion and my mission to help student athletes across the country make that vital connection with the right people so that they can get the athletic scholarships they need and deserve.

With 2Fivesports.com, today’s talented high school athletes and their parents have at their fingertips the ability to showcase and demonstrate their athletic abilities to a large and captive audience in an effort to secure an athletic scholarship. It can simply be too overwhelming to figure out the typical process involved. In today’s competitive market, scouts will not just knock on a student athlete’s door. Today’s young athletes have to make themselves known to all the college coaches in their particular sport in order to potentially obtain that coveted scholarship. How is that done? With 2Fivesports.com!

With the assistance of your funding and support, these student athletes can enter the field of college sports armed with the information, ability, and financial means to make their dreams a reality. When students register on our site, they can create their own profiles which allow them to upload a bio, photos. They have 24/7 access to the feedback they receive from colleges, and they can communicate with coaches, friends, and other student athletes. In the competitive world of college sports, this is truly a win-win scenario.

It easily narrows the field and readily opens more doors for both the student athlete and the coaches and recruiters…in just a few simple clicks! 2Five Sports provides online recruiting services for high school and junior college athletes who would like to continue their athletic and academic careers on a sports scholarship. We offer an online profile that includes athletic and academic information, photos, and video viewing (highlight clips).

Joseph Lisi is a member of the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America), the Maxwell Football Club and the National Football Foundation. He is the owner of the website: www.goforthe2.com and hosts a weekly college football radio show on SB Nation Radio and FNSTY Sports Radio from 10-12pm EST every Saturday morning. Listen live at: www.sbnationradio.com or www.fntsy.com/radio. Joseph is a former college football researcher for ABC Sports and has been featured on: SportsXRadio with Ken Thomson, ESPN Radio, Sirius XM Radio, FNTSY Sports Network, the Sid Rosenberg Show (640 AM Sports-South Florida), 1560 AM CBS Sports Melbourne, FL and multiple media outlets throughout the nation. Joe appears every Friday with Ken Thomson on SportsXRadio for the Football Fiasco in which every game on the college board is broken down during the show.