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Built For
The 98%.

Fewer than 2% of athletes go pro. Nobody built anything for the rest — until now.

Freshman, senior, or done playing — your agent starts where you are.

Build Your Profile → See The Problem
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When your agent starts

The Problem

You've Been An Athlete Your Whole Life. What Happens When That's Not The First Thing People See?

Your sport gave you discipline, leadership, and performance under pressure. The professional world doesn't speak athlete. And nobody taught you how to translate.

It's not a talent gap. It's a language gap. Whether you're still competing, counting down to your last game, or already done — the gap is real and closeable.

"I played at the HBCU level, walked off the court with no plan, and spent years figuring out how to tell my story. I built athletIQ because that Tuesday morning was real for me."

Fred Underwood · Founder, athletIQ · Former College Athlete · Alabama State University
📵 Your coach hasn't texted in three weeks
📅 The schedule that structured your entire life — gone
🏟 Your teammates have scattered
💼 No LinkedIn. No résumé. No plan.
❓ Your non-athlete classmates have a 2-year head start on the professional world. You have 4 years of performance data they'll never have. Let's use it.
26% of elite athletes experience severe mental health crisis at career end · IOC, 2023

Where You Start

Your Agent Starts
Where You Are.

No four-year requirement. No wrong time to start. Whether you're still competing, heading into your last season, or already done — your story translates.

Still Competing

Build While You Play.

Your career starts before your last game. Every season, every role, every rep becomes professional language while you're still in it. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors — start now and compound for years.

Start Building →
Senior Season

Your Window Is Now.

Six months to get the story right. The agent moves fast — LinkedIn done, career paths mapped, recruiter messages drafted. You're not behind. You just haven't had the right translation yet.

Start Building →
After Sport

You're Not Behind.

Done playing doesn't mean starting over. Your athletic career is career capital — it just hasn't been translated yet. The agent works the same regardless of whether you're still in uniform.

Start Building →

The Agent

Your Athletic Career Speaks. The Agent Translates It.

Tell the agent who you are. It builds your professional identity — and keeps building it, every week, whether you're in-season or out.

◆ Career Translation Engine Instant
◎ LinkedIn Profile Builder Session 1
→ Career Walking Deck Ongoing
⬡ Recruiter Outreach Week 2
◉ Schedule-Aware Coaching Always on
✦ Sunday Briefing Every week
athletIQ Career Agent · Active
AQ
Marcus — point guard, Alabama State '27, interested in sports business. Your LinkedIn headline is ready:
LinkedIn Headline
"D1 Athlete | Sports Business & Brand Strategy | Alabama State '27"
Your leadership on the court maps directly to brand management. Want your top three career paths — or your full About section first?
MW
Career paths first
AQ
Your top three — matched to your sport, major, and interests:
01Brand Partnerships — your NIL experience translates directly to client-facing roles
02Sports Operations — your court IQ maps to strategic thinking under pressure
03Business Development — you negotiate, lead, and perform when it counts
This week's action · 8 minutes
Google Digital Marketing cert — free, 6 hours, opens doors immediately. Start between film and dinner.
AQ
Deja — you've got an interview with ESPN in 6 days. Track captain, sports media major, Norfolk State '26. Let's get you ready. First — your interview answer for "tell me about yourself":
Interview Answer · Tell Me About Yourself
"I've spent four years competing at the Division I level while building toward this moment. As track captain, I led 24 athletes through two seasons — managing performance, conflict, and team culture simultaneously. That's the same thing a media producer does every day. I'm here because I want to bring that same intensity to storytelling."
DJ
What questions should I prep for?
AQ
Three questions ESPN will ask — and how your athletic background answers each one:
01"How do you handle pressure?" → Your answer: the conference championship meet, what was at stake, how you led.
02"Tell me about a time you led through conflict." → Your answer: the team dynamic issue junior year — the resolution and what you changed.
03"Why media?" → Your answer: the intersection of performance and storytelling — you've lived both.

What It Builds

Eight Skills.
One Agent.

Every output is specific to your sport, your major, your career stage — and your schedule. Nothing generic.

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Career Translation
"I played point guard for four years"
→
"Led a 12-person unit under real-time pressure, making split-second decisions with game outcomes on the line"
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LinkedIn Builder
"Student-athlete at Alabama State"
→
"D1 Athlete | Team Captain | Strategic communicator with 6 years of performance under pressure"
→
Career Walking Deck
A résumé you update once a year when you need it
→
A living career portfolio that updates automatically and compounds every semester
✦
Sunday Briefing
Career tasks you remember to do when you have time (never)
→
Every Sunday morning — 3 actions for the week, timed to your schedule. The agent shows up. You don't have to ask.
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Schedule-Aware Coaching
Advice that assumes you have free time
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Every action includes a time stamp. "8 minutes. Do it between film and dinner." No vague homework.
⬡
Career Archetype Engine
"I don't know what career I want"
→
Mapped to your sport, major, and goals — Corporate Operator, Creative Builder, Mission-Driven Leader, or Entrepreneur
⊕
Capital Translator
Practice hours, leadership, community work — unlisted
→
Every form of athletic capital converted into language an employer understands immediately — NIL or not
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Career Progress Index
No idea where you stand relative to where you need to be
→
Know exactly where your profile stands, what's missing, and what to do about it this week

Early Pilot Athletes

Built By An Athlete.
For Every Athlete.

Within 10 minutes I had a LinkedIn headline and three career paths that actually made sense for me. This is what I needed freshman year — not senior year.

MW
Marcus W.
Basketball · Junior · D1 HBCU

It wrote my LinkedIn About section and it sounded like me — my event, my leadership role, my training. Recruiters are reaching out now.

AJ
Aaliyah J.
Track & Field · Sophomore · D1

I was a senior with no plan and an interview in two weeks. The agent prepped me in one session. I got the offer.

DC
Devon C.
Football · Senior · D1
Early pilot athletes · Illustrative experiences based on beta testing · July 2026 pilot cohort in progress

FAQ

Real Questions.
Real Answers.

Yes. Build your profile and talk to your agent — completely free. No credit card. No school approval needed.
That's exactly who it's built for. Direction comes from the conversation. Tell the agent your interests — it maps the paths. You don't need a plan to start.
No. The agent works the same whether you're in uniform or not. Your athletic career is still career capital — it just hasn't been translated yet. Start today.
Yes. athletIQ serves every career path — corporate, nonprofit, creative, entrepreneurial, and everything in between. Your athletic experience translates to all of them. The agent maps to where you're actually headed.
ChatGPT doesn't know you're a junior point guard at an HBCU interested in sports business. athletIQ does — and carries that context in every response, every week, for your entire career.
No. Sign up directly today. You own your data. If your athletic department joins later, your profile connects automatically.

Don't Wait For
The Tuesday
Morning.

That day is coming. Build now — before it hits.

Build Your Profile — It's Free → Talk To The Team
Free · Every sport · Every career path · No credit card
🔒 Your data stays yours. We don't sell it, share it, or train on it without your permission.