About
I am Robby Kendall. I came out of high school a zero-star recruit with no idea how the college process worked, went junior college to Division I, then spent eight seasons playing professionally in Europe. I have sat on both sides of this: the athlete trying to get seen, and the coach evaluating the athletes who wanted to be. Atlantic Grid exists because nobody handed me a map, and I have watched too many European players lose years to the same avoidable mistakes.
2007–2010 · High School
Zero-star recruit with no clue how to get recruited. Played cornerback as a senior: All-High Desert League, Defensive Player of the Year, 80 tackles and six interceptions. But I had no idea how the college process worked or what it took to get seen. Most athletes in Europe are in the exact same spot.
2010–2012 · Junior College
Started as an unrecruited athlete trying to figure it out. Redshirted the first year. Sophomore season: 86 tackles, 10.5 tackles-for-loss, three interceptions, All-NorCal Conference on a 10-1 team that won the State Center Bowl. That is the path most European athletes take, and it works.
2013–2014 · NCAA Division I
Transferred as a safety. Injury-shortened first year. 2014: 92 tackles in 10 games, third-team All-Big Sky. Zero-star recruit to All-Conference. Most production happens in a smaller window than you think.
2015–2016 · Combine Preparation
Trained as a defensive back and went through full combine preparation. This is where I learned the detailed approach to combine drills: what the numbers actually mean, how they are tested, and what separates a good time from a usable one. It is the same methodology I use when I evaluate an athlete's measurables today.
2017–2024 · Professional Football in Europe
First season in Italy in 2017, then eight years across GFL 1, GFL 2, the Italian football league, and the European League of Football. Teams: Pesaro, Paderborn, Elmshorn, Düsseldorf, Berlin. Coached youth teams in Elmshorn and Berlin alongside playing. What stuck with me was the passion of the guys over there. There are far more of them who could play in the US than anyone realizes. They just never get shown how.
2024–2025 · MBA & National Championship
Played for the UWE Bullets and won the national championship. While there, completed an MBA and wrote my thesis on the exact problem Atlantic Grid solves: Challenges to the Growth and Sustainability of American Football in Europe. Interviewed coaches, managers, and program directors across Germany, Italy, the UK, Serbia, and Poland. The barrier is not hostility, it is clarity. No roadmap exists for European athletes. That gap is what Atlantic Grid fills.
NCAA Division I eligibility now runs on an age-based clock. It can start whether or not an athlete has enrolled anywhere or played a single college snap. Most families find this out a year too late.
European athletes routinely aim at programmes that were never realistic, ignore the ones that were, and burn twelve to eighteen months learning the difference the expensive way.
A highlight reel that impresses a coach in Europe often tells a US position coach nothing he needs. Knowing what he actually looks for is the difference between a reply and silence.
Camps and agencies exist. An affordable, honest orientation tool built by someone who has played and coached on both continents did not. That is the gap Atlantic Grid fills.
The eligibility assessment is free and takes about five minutes. You get your division outlook and your remaining eligibility window before you spend anything.
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