NCAA Recruiting Calendar: Understanding Periods

NCAA Contact Period, Evaluation Period, Quiet Period and Dead Period

Do you know your NCAA Calendar?

The NCAA Recruiting Calendar can be a nightmare of terms.  Understanding the NCAA Recruiting Periods is key to your athletic scholarship journey and recruiting timeline.  There are four periods: Contact Period, Evaluation Period, Quiet Period and Dead Period.  Each of these periods have strict rules on how, when and where the coach can contact  and meet the athlete and their parents.  For an extensive article on the topic, see below:

NCAA Recruiting Calendar Periods: Contact Period, Evaluation Period, Quiet Period and Dead Period

Also, you can get to the NCAA Recruiting Calendars here to see timelines for each sport:

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