


Recruits will need to wait until August 1 of their junior year to take official visits and receive verbal scholarship offers.įor more information about these new rule changes, check out this blog article. In addition, recruits can also begin to take unofficial visits at that time. College coaches can begin to contact recruits starting January 1 of their sophomore year. D1 men’s ice hockey only: Men’s ice hockey adopted slightly different rules, recognizing the unique challenge facing elite recruits who are considering turning professional.If the recruit happens to bump into the coach on campus, they can’t have any recruiting conversations at that time. However, if athletes want to take unofficial visits now, they cannot schedule them with the coach-they should treat the unofficial visit just like any other student would. Before the rule change, unofficial visits were an easy way for underclassmen to visit a college camps, meet with the coach and get an early verbal offer. Quick refresher: Unofficial visits are any campus visits paid for entirely by the recruit’s family. Unofficial visits: College athletic departments-this includes college coaches-are not allowed to be involved in a recruit’s unofficial visits before August 1 of a prospect’s junior year.In fact, it had become common practice for college coaches to extend verbal scholarship offers to top recruits during camps. Previously, there weren’t really any rules that prevented coaches from talking about recruiting to underclassmen during camps. Camps and clinics: Recruits and college coaches are not allowed to have any recruiting conversations during camps prior to June 15 after sophomore year of high school.In the past, official visits weren’t permitted until September 1 of the athlete’s junior year of high school, so this rule is actually bumping them up! Official visits: Recruits can now start taking official visits starting August 1 before their junior year of high school.
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Get a full breakdown of the recruiting rules for all sports below. Men’s ice hockey has also changed their rules, but the dates are different than those listed below.

For most sports, coaches can begin reaching out to athletes starting June 15 after sophomore year or September 1 of their junior year of high school. One of the most common questions families ask is when college coaches can start contacting their athletes. The NCAA recruiting rules can be detailed and tricky to understand.
