Printable Recruiting Calendar
NCAA Position
The recruiting process must balance the interests of prospective student-athletes and the Association’s member institutions. The NCAA recruiting bylaw is designed to promote equity among member schools in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes and to shield the recruited individuals from undue pressures that may interfere with their scholastic or athletics interests.
Glossary of Terms
2010-2011 Division I Football Recruiting Calendar
Publish date: Aug 13, 2010
NCAA Division I Football Recruiting Calendar
August 1, 2010 through July 31, 2011
(See NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.17.4 for football calendar formula)
The dates in this calendar reflect the application of Bylaw 13.17 at the time of publication of this document but are subject to change per Constitution 5.2.3.1 or if certain dates change (e.g., National Letter of Intent signing dates).
(a)
Quiet Period
August 1 through November 27, 2010 [except for (1) below]:
(1)
Evaluation Period
42 evaluation days (54 for U.S. service academies) (see Bylaw 13.02.6.2) during the months of September, October and November, (not to exceed a period of 42 days) 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.
(b)
Contact Period
November 28, 2010, through January 29 2011 [except (1) through (7) below]:
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)
Quiet Period
December 12, 2010, all junior college prospective student-athletes who intend to enroll midyear.
(2)
Dead Period
December 13-16, 2010, all junior college prospective student-athletes who intend to enroll midyear [except for (a) below]:
(a)
Contact Period
Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for midyear 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.
(3)
Quiet Period
December 17-18, 2010, all junior college prospective student-athletes who intend to enroll midyear.
(4)
Quiet Period
December 19, 2010:
(5)
Dead Period
December 20, 2010, through January 3, 2011, [except for (a) below]:
(a)
Contact Period
Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for midyear 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.
(6)
Quiet Period
January 9, 2011:
(7)
Dead Period
January 10-13, 2011, [except for (a) below]:
(a)
Contact Period
Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for midyear 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.
(c)
Quiet Period
January 30, 2011:
(d)
Dead Period
January 31 through February 3, 2011:
(e)
Quiet Period
February 4 through April 14, 2011:
(f)
Evaluation Period
April 15 through May 31, 2011, [except for (g) below]:
One hundred sixty-eight evaluation days (216 for U.S. service academies) (see Bylaw 13.02.6.2) (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 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.
(g)
Quiet Period
Those days in April/May not designated above for evaluation opportunities:
(h)
Quiet Period
June 1 through July 31, 2011:
The National Collegiate Athletic Association
June 4, 2010
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