Speed and athleticism are essential for quarterbacks, but scouting every prospect is time-consuming. The trick is to use the playing time dealbreaker for CUT 26 Coins three-star athlete quarterbacks.

Add all three-star athlete quarterbacks to the recruiting board, then sort by the playing time dealbreaker. Prospects with an A+ grade are typically the best quarterbacks in the class, often outperforming some five-star players. This grade indicates a higher overall entering freshman year. While it doesn't guarantee elite development traits, it signals strong base attributes without the need for exhaustive scouting.

This method is adaptable to other positions as well.

Identifying Fast Running Backs

Running backs vary significantly in speed and play style. Contact-seeking backs are generally slower, but some arrive with 90+ speed.

Recommended process:

Select all four-star contact-seeking running backs in the recruiting menu.

Sort by the playing time dealbreaker.

Focus on prospects with A+ grades, which often correlate with higher overall and gym status.

This approach has proven reliable. In one recruiting class, every A+ contact-seeking running back scouted arrived at the gym with strong speed-89–91-providing immediate impact potential even for a slower archetype.

Finding Elite Receivers

The speedster archetype is the prime target for receivers. The process:

Sort by position: receiver, then archetype: speedster.

Add all four-star prospects to the board.

Examine the playing time dealbreaker.

Prospects with A+ grades consistently arrive with 93–94 speed and solid acceleration, saving resources that would otherwise be spent upgrading speed. Size trends are also noticeable: taller prospects often combine height and speed effectively. State trends matter too, particularly Florida, where four-star speedsters almost always deliver elite speed and size.

Defensive Gems: Field Corners and Bump-and-Run

Defensive backs can also be identified efficiently. Field corners tend to be slower, but focusing on A+ playing time grades within this archetype uncovers prospects with 89–90 speed, faster than the typical field corner.

The bump-and-run archetype produces some of the fastest cornerbacks. Sorting four-star prospects by playing time dealbreaker reveals players with 94–95 speed and 95 acceleration, capable of matching up with top receivers.

The principle remains consistent: archetype plus playing time dealbreaker equals efficiency. Scouting can be minimized while still targeting elite players.

Linebackers and Linemen

For linebackers, the athlete thumper archetype produces high-speed, high-potential players. Scouting A+ prospects in this group often reveals 89–90 speed, exceptional for the position.

Offensive linemen: athlete centers are the fastest O-line prospects and can be converted to tackle if needed. Defensive linemen: convert athlete linebackers or speed rushers to buy CFB 26 Coins edge rusher roles to acquire fast, explosive players in the trenches.