2017-18 Division I Football Recruiting Calendar Quiet Period: No off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations. Only on-campus recruiting (e.g. campus visit) is allowed. Fall Evaluation Period: 42 evaluation days during September, October and November. Authorized off-campus recruiters may not visit a prospect’s educational institution on more than one calendar day during this period. An evaluation day is defined as one coach engaged in the evaluation of any prospect on one day (12:01 a.m. to midnight). Two coaches making evaluations on the same day shall use two evaluation days. All other dates are considered a quiet period. Spring Evaluation Period: April 15-May 31; 168 Evaluation Days (selected at CU’s discretion, excluding Sundays and Memorial Day). An institution may evaluate a prospect twice, once for academics and once for athletics. An academic and athletics evaluation performed on the same day is counted as an academic evaluation only. Every day outside of the 168 days are “quiet period” days. Visiting a signee at his school counts as one of the two visits to the school. The head coach may NOT engage in off-campus recruiting activities during the April 15-May 31 evaluation period. One phone call can be made to a prospect who is a junior in HS. Contact Period: Six in-person, off-campus contacts per prospect are permitted. No more than one contact is permitted in any calendar week (Sunday-Saturday) or partial calendar week. During this period, permissible phone calls to recruits are UNLIMITED. Dead Period: During the December 12—January 11 dead period, CU coaches may have contact with a prospect who has been admitted for midyear enrollment, provided the prospect has signed a NLI or other offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend CU and is required to be on campus to attend orientation. NLI Signing Day (still a dead period) Regular Signing Period Feb 7- April 1, 2018 Midyear JC Transfer Signing Period: Dec 20, 2017 - Jan 15, 2018
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