Division I Football
Recruiting Model
SCOT T CONNORS AND ERIC MAYES
Football Recruiting Model
OVERVIEW
Early Recruitment
National Letter of Intent Signing Date
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE AUG 1, 2017)
A prospective student-athlete may not sign
written commitment to attend a Division I
institution until the regular signing date as
stipulated by the National Letter of Intent (e.g.,
February of senior year in high school).
In football a PSA may not sign written
commitment to attend a Division I institution
until:
1.
*72-hour period in December (consistent
with the midyear junior college transfer
signing period) of the PSA’s senior year in
high school; and
2.
Regular February NLI signing date.
*Subject to Conference Commissioners
Association approval.
Official Visits
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE AUG 1, 2017)
PSAs, may participate in official visits beginning
September 1 or the first day of classes of the PSA’s
senior year in high school (whichever is earlier).
PSAs may participate in official visits:
1.
2.
1.
A PSA may participate in five official visits prior
to graduation from high school and not more
than one official visit per institution.
The institution is limited to 56 official visits per
year.
o 70 official visits for national service
academies.
April 1 of PSA’s junior year through the Sunday
before the last Wednesday in June prior to the
PSA’s senior year; and
o
2.
Official visits may not occur in conjunction
with PSA’s participation in an institutional
camp or clinic.
September 1 or the first day of classes of the
PSA’s senior year in high school and thereafter.
No change to PSAs’ or institutional limitations on
official visits.
Football Recruiting Calendar
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE AUG 1, 2017)
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Current NCAA football recruiting calendar.
January:
o
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June/July:
o
•
FBS Only – Add a legislated dead period the
Thursday of the week that includes American
Football Coaches Association Convention.
FBS Only – Add a legislated dead period
Monday preceding last Wednesday in June
through July 24.
August:
o
FBS/FCS – Add a legislated dead period August
1 through August 31.
Institutional Camps and Clinics
Institutional Camps and Clinics
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
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Institutions must designate two 15-day consecutive
periods in the months of June and July (August for
FCS) to conduct and participate in camps and clinics.
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Institutional camps must be held on-campus, within
the institution’s state or within 50 miles of campus (if
out of state).
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Noninstitutional camps are not held to a location
restriction.
Institutional staff members (i.e., coaches and
noncoaching staff members) are permitted to be
employed at institutional and noninstitutional camps.
Recruiting conversations with PSAs are permitted to
occur only at institutional camps.
Institutions must designate 10 days in the months of
June and July to conduct and participate in camps and
clinics.
o FCS institutions are not restricted to 10 days in
which to conduct and participate in camps and
clinics.
•
Institutional camps must be held on the institution’s
campus or at a facility normally used by the
institution for practice or competition.
•
Institutional camps must include an educational
component detailing pertinent NCAA issues (e.g.,
initial eligibility, sports wagering and/or amateurism).
Institutional Camps and Clinics
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
•
Institutions must designate two 15-day consecutive
periods in the months of June and July (August for
FCS) to conduct and participate in camps and clinics.
•
•
Institutional camps must be held on-campus, within
the institution’s state or within 50 miles of campus (if
out of state).
o
Noninstitutional camps are not held to a location
restriction.
•
Institutional staff members (i.e., coaches and
noncoaching staff members) are permitted to be
employed at institutional and noninstitutional camps.
•
Recruiting conversations with PSAs are permitted to
occur only at institutional camps.
Institutional coaching staff members may only
permitted be employed at camps or clinics operated
and conducted by other NCAA institutions.
o Noncoaching staff members may only work their
own institutional camps.
•
Recruiting conversations may occur with PSAs in
attendance at institutional and noninstitutional
camps.
Institutional Camps and Clinics – Individuals
Associated with Recruited Prospective
Student-Athletes
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
No restrictions on the employment of individuals
associated with recruited prospective studentathletes at institutional camps or clinics.
An institution shall not employ (voluntary or paid) an
IAWRP at an institutional camp or clinic.
Exception:
1. Two years have elapsed since associated PSA’s
enrollment at the certifying institution.
2. Institutions may employ countable coaches from
other NCAA member institutions without being
subject to IAWRP legislation.
IAWRP is triggered by the institution’s
recruitment of an associated PSA.
active
Coaching Personnel Limitations
Individuals Associated with Prospective
Student-Athletes – FBS Only
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
No restrictions on the employment of individuals
associated with prospective student-athletes.
During a two-year period before a PSA's anticipated
enrollment and a two-year period after the PSA's actual
enrollment, an institution shall not employ an IAWP in
a noncoaching staff member (e.g., director of football
operations, video coordinator, etc.) or strength and
conditioning position. A violation of this rule would
result in the associated PSA’s permanent ineligibility at
the hiring institution.
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Definition:
o
Any individual who maintains (or directs others to
maintain) contact with a PSA, the PSA's family, or
coaches at any point during the PSA’s participation
in basketball and whose contact is directly or
indirectly related to either the PSA’s athletics skills
and abilities or the PSA’s recruitment by or
enrollment in an NCAA institution.
1. An institution may not hire an IAWP to speak or
present at any athletically related institutional
event.
2. An institution may not provide a consulting fee to
an IAWP or to a consulting firm where an IAWP has
a financial interest.
Limitation on Countable Coaches – FBS
Only
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE JAN 9, 2018)
Limit the number of coachable coaches to
nine.
Increase the limit of countable coaches to 10.
Prospective Student-Athlete /
Student-Athlete Signing Limitation
Initial Signing Limitation – FBS Only
PREVIOUS RULE
ADOPTED RULE (EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
An institution may sign no more than 25 PSAs
to written offers of athletics aid between the
dates of December 1 and May 31.
An institution may sign not more than 25 PSAs to
written offers of athletics aid on an annual basis.
Exception(s):
Exception:
• A PSA who signs a institutional offer of
athletics aid and enrolls as a counter in the
same academic year (e.g., midyear enrollee)
is not required to count in the annual limit of
25 signees.
1. PSA or student-athlete that suffers an
incapacitating injury or illness prior to
participation in athletic activities at the
certifying institution; and
2. SA who has been in residence at the certifying
institution for more than two-academic years.