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The NCAA places different recruiting rules on sports, and it’s important for prospective collegiate athletes to understand and keep track of the rules. If you break a rule, you ruin your eligibility. If you don’t take advantage of the rules and get as much contact as possible with your favorite coaches, you may not get a place on the team.
Here is a chart of the types of contact you’re allowed to receive from college coaches off of their campuses. If you go to their campus, the only time you can’t talk to the coach is during a dead period (see the second chart).
Allowed Off-Campus Recruiting Contact by Year in High School
| High School Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshman | Colleges are not allowed to contact you. You may send letters of interest, visit colleges on unofficial visits, and talk to college staff. | Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving athletics recruiting materials September 1st of your sophomore year. |
Recruiting Materials: Permissible |
| Sophomore | Recruiting Materials: |
Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving athletics recruiting materials September 1st of your sophomore year. |
Recruiting Materials: Permissible |
| Junior | Telephone Calls: You may receive one telephone call per month through your Junior year until July 31st. |
Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving athletics recruiting materials September 1st of your sophomore year. |
Recruiting Materials: Permissible |
| Senior | Telephone Calls: |
Telephone calls: |
Recruiting Materials: |
Even during the years in high school when students are allowed to be contacted by college coaches, the coaches are limited in how they are allowed to contact the students they’re interested. The NCAA created contact periods of different types, and the types of contact allowed during each period must be followed to maintain eligibility.
Assuming your academics are good enough to make you eligible for college sports, it’s important to understand the NCAA’s Recruiting Terms. (Contact Period, Dead Period, Evaluation Period and Quiet Period).
Division I Football Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year
| Dates | Periods (Terms) |
|---|---|
| August 1 through November 29, 2008 except for (1) below: |
Quiet Period |
| (1) 42 evaluation days (54 for U.S. service academies) (see Bylaw 13.02.9) during the months of September,October and November, (not to exceed a period of 42days) selected at the discretion of the institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics; authorized off-campus recruiters shall not visit a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution on more than one calendar day during this period. | Evaluation Period |
| November 30, 2008, through January 31, 2009, except for (1) though (6) below. |
Contact Period |
| Six in-person off-campus contacts per prospective student-athlete shall be permitted during this time period with not more than one permitted in any one calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) or partial calendar week: | |
| (1) December 21, 2008 | Quiet Period |
| (2) December 22, 2008, through January 1, 2009 * | Dead Period |
| (3) January 2-4, 2009 | Quiet Period |
| (4) January 11, 2009 | Quiet Period |
| (5) January 12-15, 2009 * | Dead Period |
| * Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for mid-year enrollment, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or other offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend the institution and is required to be on campus to attend institutional orientation sessions for all students. |
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| January 16-17, 2009 | Quiet Period |
| February 1, 2009 | Quiet Period |
| February 2-5, 2009 | Dead Period |
| February 6 through April 14, 2009 | Quiet Period |
| April 15 through May 31, 2009, except for (1) below: |
Evaluation Period |
| Those days in April/May not designated above for evaluation opportunities. | Quiet Period |
| Four weeks (excluding Memorial Day and Sundays) selected at the discretion of the member institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics As provided in (1) below: |
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| (1) An authorized off-campus recruiter may use one evaluation to assess the prospective student-athlete’s athletics ability and one evaluation to assess the prospective student-athlete’s academic qualifications during this evaluation period). If an institution’s coaching staff member conducts both an athletics and an academic evaluation of the prospective student-athlete on the same day during this evaluation period, the institution shall be charged with the use of an academics evaluation only and shall be permitted to conduct a second athletics evaluation of the prospective student-athlete on a separate day during this evaluation period. | |
| June 1 through July 31, 2009 | Quiet Period |
Division II Football Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year
| Dates | Periods (Terms) |
|---|---|
| June 1, 2008, to the beginning of the prospect’s high school or two-year college football season (as determined by the first regularly scheduled practice immediately preceding the start of the regular season). | Quiet Period |
| During the prospect’s high school or two - year college football season (as determined by the first regularly scheduled practice immediately preceding the start of the regular season). |
Evaluation Period |
| November 1-30, 2008, except for (1) below: |
Evaluation Period |
| (1) For two-year college prospects, the conclusion of the prospect’s two - year college football season (i.e., the conclusion of the institution’s regularly scheduled contest rather than the conclusion of the institution’s final postseason contest) through November 30 | Contact Period |
| December 1, 2008, through March 9, 2009 except for (1) and (2) below: |
Contact Period |
| (1) December 15 (7 a.m.) through December 17, 2008, (7 a.m.) for two-year college prospects and his educational institutions. |
Dead Period |
| (2) February 2 (7 a.m.) through February 4, 2009, (7 a.m.) | Dead Period |
| March 10 through May 31, 2009, except for (1) below: |
Quiet Period |
| (1) April 15 through May 31, 2009 Four weeks (excluding Memorial Day and Sundays) selected at the discretion of the member institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics |
Evaluation Period |
| Those days in April/May not designated in (1 above) for evaluation opportunities | Quiet Period |
| The following is an exception to the Division II football calendar |
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| Authorized coaching staff members may evaluate a high school football all-star game any time of the year, provided the game occurs within the state in which the member institution is located |
Division III Football Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year
Division III Football has no dead periods, quiet periods, evaluation periods or contact periods.
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