Sport -- All Sports except Football, Soccer, Track & Field, and Cross Country
Dates -- Mon., Nov. 8 though Thur. Nov. 11
This dead period surrounds the initial signing date (November 10) for the National Letter of Intent early signing period.
A National Letter of Intent may not be hand-delivered during this dead period.
The dead period remains in effect for the full four days, even if a prospect sign a National Letter of Intent during this dead period.
Permissible recruiting activities
- Correspondence to prospects not at competition site.
- Correspondence (including electronic correspondence) sent directly to a prospect who is on-call but not at the competition site or who has been released by the team. (Prospects who are on-call and at their competition site may not be sent correspondence.
- Telephone calls, including unlimited telephone calls from November 10-12
More about dead periods
Generally speaking, contacts and evaluations (either on or off-campus), official visits, unofficial visits, and appearances by coaches at meetings or banquets at which prospects are in attendance are prohibited during dead periods.
