Brandon Collier

How a UMass alum turned Europe into an emerging football recruiting area
By AFI on 11/29/2023
By Matt Vautour/UMass FRANKFURT, Germany — Brandon Collier just didn’t want his football career to be over. The chain of events that led the former UMass defensive...
Brandon Collier launches PPI Recruits offshoot International Coaches Network
By Daniel MacKenzie on 10/07/2023
Following the overwhelming success of the international recruiting agency PPI Recruits, Brandon Collier has announced the launch of the International Coaches Network. The International Coaches...
PPI’s Brandon Collier named to Sports Illustrated’s Top 20 Most Influential Black Figures in College Football
By Daniel MacKenzie on 03/06/2023
Brandon Collier, owner and founder of Premier Players International (PPI) Recruits, has been named by Sports Illustrated as the fifth most influential Black figure in...
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Europe the ‘next frontier’ in US college football recruiting
By Associated Press on 12/18/2020
By Ken Maguire When Brandon Collier first called college football coaches on behalf of European kids, one of them asked, “Are they kickers and punters?”...
Europe’s Elite, PPI busy again this weekend
By AFI on 07/24/2020
The crews of both Europe’s Elite and PPI will be spreading the word of football and providing great instruction to young, aspiring football players in...
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PPI Showcase camp in Finland Sunday, July 19
By AFI on 07/19/2020
Brandon Collier and the Premier Players International crew are headed to the Helsinki Velodrome in Finland Sunday, July 19 for a PPI Finland Showcase event....
German teenage LB Maurice Heims path from Germany to the University of Washington
By 247Sports on 06/24/2020
By Steve Wiltfong In April of 2019, 247Sports went across the pond to Amsterdam for a joint combine with PPI Recruits, where a young German...
Ed Willes: DreamChasers may be key to CFL survival, global expansion
By The Province on 09/20/2019
By Ed Willes, [email protected], Twitter.com/willesonsports OPINION: The CFL launched its 2.0 initiative this off-season with its first draft of international players. As for Randy Ambrosie’s global ambitions,...
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Euro steps: Top football programs discover European recruits
By Associated Press on 06/28/2019
By RALPH D. RUSSO Jairo Faverus, a defensive back from Amsterdam, was hanging out in Alabama’s football facility for about 20 minutes before a Crimson...
A visit to college football’s next recruiting pipeline: Europe
By 247Sports on 04/19/2019
By BARTON SIMMONS To drive a car in Amsterdam takes expertise. The roads are narrow and winding. They’re partitioned out for shared access with trolleys,...
Former Winnipeg Blue Bomber Brandon Collier helping cultivate international football talent
By TSN on 03/29/2019
When Brandon Collier went to play football in Frankfurt, Germany, after being cut by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2013, he wasn’t sure what to...
‘It’s a gold rush’: Penn State football coaches heading to Europe to find raw recruits
By York Daily Record on 03/13/2019
By Frank Bodani York Daily Record James Franklin and his staff are going overseas looking for recruits. Penn State coaches already have worked satellite camps in high-profile...
247 Sports heading to Europe for major camp in Amsterdam
By AFI on 03/02/2019
Over the past three years, Premier Players International and founder Brandon Collier, through camps, combines and tours, have identified and helped countless athletes from Europe find their...
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German DE Joseph Darkwa heading to Penn State
By AFI on 02/12/2019
Brandon Collier’s tireless efforts have paid off for another young European football talent as Dusseldorf Panther prospect Joseph Darkwa has committed to Penn State University’s...
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Swedish US college connection keeps growing: Robin Jutwreten commits to Rutgers
By Roger Kelly on 02/12/2018
A third young Swedish player in the last few weeks is headed to a major US college on a football scholarship as Robin Jutwreten from...
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Trust, Faith and Persistence make Zavier Scott’s dreams come true
By Anthony Rouzier on 07/28/2017
Zavier Scott rolled into the University of Connecticut (UConn) in Storrs, Connecticut on Wednesday where he will begin his college football career as wide receiver/running back...
Michigan Wolverines mining operation for recruits opens up to European expansion
By Land of 10 Michigan on 06/22/2017
By Kevin Goheen, Land of 10 ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh likes to say, “We’re miners panning for gold” when it...
Belgian, Austrian linemen headed to U.S. colleges
By AFI on 02/07/2017
Defensive linemen Tibo Debaillie from Gistel, Belgium and Maxi Hradecny from Vienna, Austria have signed to play for American colleges without having played high school football in...
Austrian Maxi Hradecny Courting 6 Scholarship Offers
By John McKeon on 12/23/2016
Defensive lineman Maxi Hradecny from Vienna, Austria has returned from a tour of top American football colleges in the United States. And the trip, it...
Maxi Hradecny From Austria Recieves Scholarship Offer From UMASS
By AFI on 12/01/2016
Defensive lineman Maxi Hradecny from Vienna, Austria is currently in the United States visiting a number of major American colleges. All are interested in signing the promising...