Tag: Official visits

Texas Football Recruiting: Five 2022 prospects Texas needs to focus on going into the summer

The dead period has been lifted, allowing ’22 prospects to take visits. Here are five prospects Texas should focus on before visits begin.

Recruiting is in a bit of a lull right now as the calendar turns toward the summer. The NCAA has lifted the dead period, allowing 2022 prospects to officially take visits. Texas has already scheduled a ton of visits, with their big weekend being in the middle of June.

Texas currently has eight commitments, headlined by four-star running back Jaydon Blue. Five of the commitments come from the defensive side of the ball, with safety Bryan Allen Jr. leading the way. Steve Sarkisian and his staff have done a great job laying down the foundation for the ’22 cycle.

Much more is still needed before national signing day in December. Not only is quantity needed but quality as well. Here are five prospects Texas needed to focus on going into the summer visit period:

Auburn football recruiting roundup, targets and official visits

Here is a look at Auburn’s current commits for the 2022 class and some of the Tigers top targets as well as any visits they have planned. 

Bryan Harsin and his staff have yet to host any players on an official visit due to the NCAA’s recruiting dead period that was put in place due to COVID-19. The end may be in sight as the period is expected to expire on May 31 and recruits will once again be able to take an official visit. 

With that approaching here is a look at Auburn’s current commits for the 2022 class and some of the Tigers top targets as well as any visits they have planned. 

This one stings – Notre Dame loses four-star commitment in 2021 class

Notre Dame lost one of its biggest recruits in the 2021 class on Friday.

Notre Dame has received bad news this week in regards to a COVID-19 outbreak that postponed their scheduled game at Wake Forest for this Saturday until December.  Now the Fighting Irish have taken a hit in the recruiting game, too, four-star corner back Philip Riley has de-commited from 2021 recruiting class.

Riley, a four-star corner from Valrico, Florida helped raise up the spirits of Notre Dame fans when he committed to the program shortly after the Irish lost out on prized running back Will Shipley earlier this year.

Riley seemingly has his pick of the litter in terms of college choices as he holds 41 offers from schools. For what its worth, 247Sports has now listed USC as the only program as “warm” under Riley’s potential choices.

It’s hard enough to make a college decision to begin with but then factor in that Riley wasn’t being able to make an official visit to Notre Dame due to the NCAA restrictions right now and it’s hardly a surprise.  I would expect plenty more de-commitments coming nationwide, not just with Notre Dame, as a result of an incredible unique recruiting cycle.

Riley exiting the class leaves a whole at defensive back where now only Ryan Barnes, Chance Tucker and Justin Walters remain committed.  Expect Notre Dame to try and fill this sudden void before National Signing Day in late December.

Related – Get familiar with Notre Dame’s current 2021 recruiting class

NCAA Again Extends Recruiting Dead Period

The NCAA again has extended their recruiting dead period. Find out for how long this time….

It hardly comes as a surprise but the NCAA has again extended it’s recruiting dead period, this time doing so through the New Year.

The announcement came on Thursday afternoon that official visits and perspective players or their family members meeting with any coaches remain prohibited.

Despite the troubles of getting players to make visits to Notre Dame’s campus the Irish have been on a solid recruiting run recently.  Now can they finish the job with a few of their final 2021 targets with them in all likelihood not being able to get on campus before signing day?

There may be some surprisingly good news that comes with this and recruits that ultimately commit despite not making a visit but I wouldn’t be surprised if you see a de-commitment or two as a result.

Just be prepared and don’t freak out too badly if and when it does.

Related: Notre Dame Football: Meet the 2021 Recruiting Commitments

NCAA Extends Recruitng Dead Period Through June

The NCAA extended their recruiting dead period again on Wednesday, this time through June. What happens now? Your guess is as good as mine

If you were looking for good news from the NCAA in terms of things carrying on and getting back to normal, Wednesday was a bad day for you as the organization announced that the D-I recruiting dead period that has been in place since March has now been extended through all of June.

June had become a hot-spot for official visits and commitments across the college sports landscape but the visit part of that clearly won’t be happening this year.

Another key part of June on the football calendar in terms of recruiting are the annual summer camps that have all now been cancelled as well.

Could official visit move back to July or August now, provided the dead period lifts after June?  I can sit and pretend to know but like almost everything else in regards to college sports, specifically football right now, your guess is as good as anyones,