Division II Football Recruiting Rules
Letters
- Letters to you from coaches, faculty members, boosters and students are not permitted until September 1 at the beginning of your junior year.
Telephone Calls
- Calls from coaches are permissible on or after June 15 before your senior year.
- After June 15, coaches are limited to one telephone call to you per week.
- Coaches may make unlimited calls to you during the following periods:
- During any contact period.
- The five days immediately before your official visit.
- On the day of the coach's off-campus contact with you.
- On the initial date for signing the National Letter of Intent through the following two days.
Contacts
What is a contact? - A contact is any face-to-face meeting between you (or your parents or relatives) and college coach that includes any conversation other than "hello." If a college coach meets you in-person at your school, or at one of your game's or practice's or at a pre-arranged meeting it is considered a contact even if no conversation takes place.
- A college coach may contact you in person off the college campus only on or after June 15 before your senior year.
- Coaches may contact you off the college campus up to three times.
- A college coach may visit your high school only once per week during a contact period.
Evaluations
What is an evaluation? - An evaluation is any off-campus (college campus) activity used to assess your academic qualifications or athletic ability in which no face-to face contact between you the college coach occurs beyond a "hello." Examples include watching you practice or compete in a game.
- College coaches may evaluate you an unlimited number of times.
- Evaluations must be during evaluation periods (see Recruiting Calendar).
Official Visits
- You make one expense-paid (official) visit to a particular campus beginning on the opening day of classes of your senior year.
- You may take up to five official visits. (five different schools)
- Before you make an official visit you must first provide the college with your high school transcript and a score from the PSAT, SAT, ACT or PACT Plus taken on a national test date.
- Your visit may not exceed 48 hours.
- You may receive round-trip transportation between your home and the campus.
- You may receive meals, lodging and complimentary admission (general seating only) to campus athletic events.
- A student host may help you become acquainted with campus life and may spend $30 per day to cover all costs of entertaining you.
Printed Materials
- Coaches may provide you with printed recruiting materials on or after September 1 of your junior year.
- College coaches may show you a highlight film/video, but may not leave it with you or your coach.
- Coaches may provide you with a questionnaire, camp brochure and educational information published by the NCAA at any time.
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The NATS Events calendar provides you with critical dates for both academic and sports related events.While every effort is maintained to ensure the accuracy of the calendar, it is important that you verify important dates and events independently.
