NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision Football Recruiting Calendar
August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017
(See NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.17.4.1 for Football Calendar Formula)
(a)
August 1 through November 26, 2016 [except for (1) below]:
(1)
(b)
Quiet Period
Forty-two (42) evaluation days (54 for U.S. service academies)
(see Bylaw 13.02.7.2) during the months of September, October
and November, 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 27, 2016, through January 28, 2017 [except for (1) and (2)
below]:
Contact Period
Six (6) 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)
(2)
December 11, 2016, for all junior college prospective studentathletes who intend to enroll midyear:
Quiet Period
December 12, 2016, through January 11, 2017: [applicable to all
prospective student-athletes (see Bylaw 13.02.5.5.2)]:
Dead Period
(c)
January 29, 2017:
Quiet Period
(d)
January 30 through February 2, 2017:
Dead Period
(e)
February 3 through April 14, 2017:
Quiet Period
(f)
April 15 through May 31, 2017 [except for (g) below]:
One hundred sixty-eight (168) evaluation days (216 for U.S. service
academies) (see Bylaw 13.02.7.2) (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]:
(1)
An authorized off-campus recruiter may use one evaluation to
Evaluation Period
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 academic evaluation only and shall be permitted to
conduct a second athletics evaluation of the prospective studentathlete on a separate day during this evaluation period.
(g)
(h)
Those days in April/May not designated above for evaluation
opportunities:
Quiet Period
June 1 through July 31, 2017 [except for (1) below]:
Quiet Period
(1)
Dead Period
June 26 through July 9, 2017:
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2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
August 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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Quiet Period: August 1-31.
Yellow - Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
September 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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2
3
Evaluation/Quiet Period: September 1-30 (days not designated for evaluations are quiet periods).
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30
Orange – Evaluation/Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
October 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Evaluation/Quiet Period: October 1-31 (days not designated for evaluations are quiet periods).
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31
Orange – Evaluation/Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
November 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Evaluation/Quiet Period: November 1-26 (days not designated for evaluations are quiet periods).
Contact Period: November 27-30.
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2
3
4
5
Evaluation/Quiet
Period:
1-26
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Contact Period:
27-30
Orange – Evaluation/Quiet Period
Green – Contact Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
December 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
JC PSAs Enrolling Midyear
Contact Period: December 1-10.
Quiet Period: December 11.
Dead Period: December 12-31.
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
All Other PSAs
Contact Period: December 1-11.
Dead Period: December 12-31.
Contact Period:
December 1-10
4
11
JC PSAs Enrolling
Midyear: Quiet Period
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
Dead Period:
December 12-31
All other PSAs:
Contact Period
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19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Green – Contact Period
Yellow - Quiet Period
Red – Dead Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
January 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
Dead Period: January 1-11; and 30-31.
Contact Period: January 12-28.
Quiet Period: January 29.
1
Dead Period:
1-11
8
Contact Period:
12-28
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Quiet Period:
29
Dead Period:
30-31
Red - Dead Period
Green – Contact Period
Yellow - Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
February 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
Dead Period: February 1-2.
Quiet Period: February 3-28.
Dead Period:
1-2
Quiet Period:
3-28
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Red – Dead Period
Yellow - Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
March 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
Quiet Period: March 1-31.
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Yellow - Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
April 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Quiet Period: April 1-14; 16; 23; and 30.
Evaluation/Quiet Period: April 15-30 (Sundays and days not designated for evaluations are quiet periods).
1
Quiet Period:
1-14
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
8
15
Evaluation/Quiet
Period: 15-30
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
24
25
26
27
28
29
Quiet period
23
Quiet period
30
Quiet period
Yellow - Quiet Period
Orange – Evaluation/Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
May 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Evaluation/Quiet Period: May 1-31 (Sundays and days not designated for evaluations are quiet periods).
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2
3
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5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
15
16
17
18
19
20
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Quiet Period
Quiet Period
Evaluation/Quiet
Period: 1-31
7
Quiet Period
14
Quiet Period
21
Quiet Period
Yellow - Quiet Period
Orange – Evaluation/Quiet Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
June 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
Quiet Period: June 1-25.
Dead Period: June 26-30.
Quiet Period:
1-25
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Dead Period:
26-30
Yellow – Quiet Period
Red – Dead Period
2016-17 Division I Bowl Subdivision Football
Recruiting Calendar
July 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Dead Period: July 1-9.
Quiet Period: July 10-31.
1
Dead Period:
1-9
2
9
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
19
20
21
22
Quiet Period:
10-31
16
17
23
24
30
31
25
26
27
Green - Contact Period
28
29
Red – Dead Period
Yellow – Quiet Period