Some things changed when new rules were voted in a couple years ago to add the December signing period and with the creation of the transfer portal. I was reading up since I was confused by a couple things and wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.
Here's how I understand things as they currently stand:
1. The limit of 85 total football players under scholarship still stands.
2. The limit of 25 total new football scholarships awarded in a year still stands.
3. The maximum number of early enrollees (aka, "greenshirts") that can count back to the previous year's 25 limit is 5 (only if the previous year was under the 25 limit and there's room).
4. All transfers now count as an initial scholarship and are part of the 25 limit for the year. That includes JUCO transfers, regular transfers and even grad transfers.
5. It appears that the rule on awarding a scholarship to a walk-on has not changed. If put on scholarship during his first 2 years, that scholarship goes against the 25 limit of initial counters. If awarded after 2 years then the player does not go into the initial counter calculation.
6. Rules on redshirts/ grayshirts/ blueshirts didn't seem to change other than the implementation of the new rule that a guy could appear in up to 4 games without it counting as a season of eligibility.
7. Official visit calendar was changed to allow OVs from April thru June of the recruit's junior year. Recruits can still take a maximum of 5 OVs total.
Anything I missed or got wrong?
Here's how I understand things as they currently stand:
1. The limit of 85 total football players under scholarship still stands.
2. The limit of 25 total new football scholarships awarded in a year still stands.
3. The maximum number of early enrollees (aka, "greenshirts") that can count back to the previous year's 25 limit is 5 (only if the previous year was under the 25 limit and there's room).
4. All transfers now count as an initial scholarship and are part of the 25 limit for the year. That includes JUCO transfers, regular transfers and even grad transfers.
5. It appears that the rule on awarding a scholarship to a walk-on has not changed. If put on scholarship during his first 2 years, that scholarship goes against the 25 limit of initial counters. If awarded after 2 years then the player does not go into the initial counter calculation.
6. Rules on redshirts/ grayshirts/ blueshirts didn't seem to change other than the implementation of the new rule that a guy could appear in up to 4 games without it counting as a season of eligibility.
7. Official visit calendar was changed to allow OVs from April thru June of the recruit's junior year. Recruits can still take a maximum of 5 OVs total.
Anything I missed or got wrong?