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JOEinDenver
National Championship or Bust
It is nice to see CU get guys from Colorado that are in demand instead of who is remaining. Big improvement.
BUffsNation
Newest Tool
Not much to go on. Will be waiting for next years highlights
bpc5180
Well-Known Member
Played behind Mccaffreys son who is committed to Michigan.
dyemeduke
Well-Known Member
History question for you guys. So I have this memory of Chris Guarnero (sp?) committing to GB back in the day, and he was our first commit for the new class shortly after signing day. My memory may be fuzzy or just clear wrong, but I want to say that at the time, Chris committed to the Buffs on the first day HS underclassmen could commit to a school. I know that sounds odd, because how can the NCAA restrict when a kid decides to give a non-binding, verbal agreement to attend a school. However, that's my memory...
Was there ever a rule or mandate in place that said HS juniors could not commit to a school until such-and-such a date? When did that change, where we now see kids commit to schools early all the time?
Was there ever a rule or mandate in place that said HS juniors could not commit to a school until such-and-such a date? When did that change, where we now see kids commit to schools early all the time?
I've seen players verbally committed their freshman year in high school, so I don't know that there's a rule here. There is a rule about when official offers can be extended in writing (beginning of senior year), but tons of guys commit before that.
jizzrag85
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I knew that!
AlferdJasper
Well-Known Member
Closest rule I can think of would be that football coaches can't initiate contact a recruit BY PHONE until their junior year; but they can mail them earlier (and even offer a scholarship offer earlier.) But I can't recall that the NCAA restricted a student-athlete's ability to commit to a school, nor could they restrict a high school student-athlete from calling the coach or anyone on the coaching staff. There are restrictions on coaches visiting a recruit's High School in person as well, but can't recall anything about age limits on commitments. And high school athletes can visit the college campus any time, same as you and me.
This sort of straddled the weasel's and Barnett's time at CU, but I remember reading that Goff offered Champ Bailey a UGA scholarship when he was in 6th or 7th grade, and that Champ was a verbal commitment from that point forward.
And speaking of early recruiting of Georgia kids named Bailey, anyone notice the string of offers the 2020 GA QB has? As of July, the kid hadn't played a down of HS football and already had offers from Bama, LSU, UGA, UF, and Ole Miss...
And speaking of early recruiting of Georgia kids named Bailey, anyone notice the string of offers the 2020 GA QB has? As of July, the kid hadn't played a down of HS football and already had offers from Bama, LSU, UGA, UF, and Ole Miss...
somebody
Well-Known Member
Unpossible. I have it good authority that top 20 programs don't do that.