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| Recruiting Calendar 2008-09 Division I Football Recruiting Calendar
The NCAA restricts the type of contact Division I college coaches may have with student prospects throughout the year. Each day of the year is designated by one of the following four types of contact: Contact period - During a contact period coaches may make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations. Dead period - During a dead period coaches may not make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits. Evaluation period - During an evaluation period coaches may attend off-campus activities to assess your academic qualifications and playing abilities. However, coaches may not have any direct contact with you. Quiet period - Coaches may make in-person recruiting contacts with you only on their campus. | Dates(s) | Period Type | | August 1, 2008 through November 29, 2008 (except for below) | Quiet | | (1.) In NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, 42 evaluation days (see Bylaw 13.02.9) 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. | Evaluation | | November 30, 2008 - January 31, 2009 (except for below) | Contact | | 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: | | | Exception 1: December 21, 2008 | Quiet | | Exception 2: December 22, 2008 - January 1, 2009* | Dead | | Exception 3: January 2-4, 2009 | Quiet | | Exception 4: January 11, 2009 | Quiet | | Exception 5: January 12-15, 2009* | Dead | | Exception 6: January 16-17, 2009 | Quiet | | * Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for mid-year 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. | | | February 1, 2009 | Quiet | | February 2-5, 2009 | Dead | | February 6, 2009 - April 14, 2009 | Quiet | | April 15, 2009 - May 31, 2009 (except for below) | Evaluation | | Four weeks (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. | | Those days in April/May not designated above for evaluation opportunities | Quiet | | June 1, 2009 - July 31, 2009 | Quiet |
2008-09 Division II Football Recruiting Calendar
The NCAA restricts the type of contact Division II college coaches may have with student prospects throughout the year. Each day of the year is designated by one of the following four types of contact: Contact period - During a contact period coaches may make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations. Dead period - During a dead period coaches may not make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits. Evaluation period - During an evaluation period coaches may attend off-campus activities to assess your academic qualifications and playing abilities. However, coaches may not have any direct contact with you. Quiet period - Coaches may make in-person recruiting contacts with you only on their campus. | Dates(s) | Period Type | | June 1, 2008, to the beginning of the prospect's high school or two-year college football season (as determined by the first regularly scheduled practice immediately preceding the start of the regular season): | Quiet | | During the prospect's high school or two-year college football season (as determined by the first regularly scheduled practice immediately preceding the start of the regular season): | Evaluation | | November 1-30, 2008 (except for below) | Evaluation | | (1.) For two-year college prospects, the conclusion of the prospect's two-year college football season (i.e., the conclusion of the institution's regularly scheduled contest rather than the conclusion of the institution's final postseason contest) through November 30: | Contact | | December 1, 2008 - March 9, 2009 (except for below) | Contact | Exception 1: December 15, 2008 (7 a.m.) - December 17, 2008 (7 a.m.) for two-year college prospects and his educational institutions; | Dead | Exception 2: February 2, 2009 (7 a.m.) - February 4, 2009 (7 a.m.) | Dead | | March 10, 2009 - May 31, 2009 (except for below) | Quiet | | April 15, 2009 - May 31, 2009 (except for below) | Evaluation | | (1.) Four weeks (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. | | | Those days in April/May not designated above for evaluation opportunities | Quiet | | The following is an exception to the Division II football calendar: | | | (1.) Authorized coaching staff members may evaluate a high school football all-star game any time of the year, provided the game occurs within the state in which the member institution is located. |
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