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C/O 2028 Recruiting Rules

Current Rules Division 1 men’s wrestling NCAA recruiting rules: Any time: Athletes can receive recruiting materials from college coaches, such as camp brochures, nonathletic institutional publications and NCAA educational materials published by the NCAA. June 15 after sophomore year: Coaches can make calls and send athletes all forms of private electronic correspondence, including text messages, instant messages, direct messages and emails, as well as all recruiting materials. Coaches can also call athletes at this point. August 1 before junior year: Athletes can begin taking unofficial visits and official visits to schools. August 1 before junior year: The NCAA recruiting rules allow coaches to conduct off-campus contact with athletes at their residence or school. Coaches can take seven recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) per recruit starting August 1 before junior year. Beginning June 15 before the athlete’s junior year of high school, no more than three of the seven opportunities may be contacts each year. Proposed Rules (Not Yet Adopted) April 1st during Junior Year: Coaches can make calls and send athletes all forms of private electronic correspondence, including text messages, instant messages, direct messages and emails, as well as all recruiting materials. Coaches can also call athletes at this point. June 15 during/after junior year: The NCAA recruiting rules allow coaches to conduct off-campus contact with athletes at their residence or school. August 15 before/during senior year: Athletes can begin taking official visits to schools.
Posted: 05/04/2026 at 03:32 PM ET
(In response to this post by GoFightingGobblers)

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Robbie Wendell tweet...
KCDale 05/04/26 06:21 AM ET
Coaching News?
Hokie2000x 05/04/26 08:34 AM ET
James Green stuff probably breaks officially.**
ElbertoHokie 05/04/26 10:26 AM ET
You are probably correct ...
KCDale 05/04/26 11:20 AM ET
2 Coaches
SCA Hokie 05/04/26 11:35 AM ET
Staff
Hokie2000x 05/04/26 11:41 AM ET
Doubt there is any ambiguity for the kids we're recruiting
donjfs3 05/04/26 12:38 PM ET
Help me understand the recruiting changes for C/O 28.
GoFightingGobblers 05/04/26 02:50 PM ET
Hokie2000x has the answer, the proposal pushes every step back 9 months
donjfs3 05/04/26 04:04 PM ET
C/O 2028 Recruiting Rules
Hokie2000x 05/04/26 03:32 PM ET
The proposed changes compress the timeline too much for the kids**
UpperQuad 05/04/26 04:37 PM ET
Protecting Athletes and the Schools
Hokie2000x 05/04/26 04:44 PM ET
Thanks for the info. What is the purpose of the proposed changes?
GoFightingGobblers 05/04/26 04:12 PM ET
Early commitments leading to too many changes
donjfs3 05/04/26 08:43 PM ET
James Green
Hokie2000x 05/04/26 01:49 PM ET