General recuiting question...

[FQDawg]

I don't really follow recruiting, so this may be common knowledge, but...

When is a school/coach first allowed to contact a potential recruit? I had always though that a school couldn't contact a prospect until July 1 (or some similar date) of their junior year in HS. But I've read a couple of recruiting stories recently and the prospect says something along the lines of "I really like school X. They've been recruiting me since I was a freshman."

Anybody have any ideas?

 

[AccountingDawg]

But I think was Florida that just got a commitment from a SOPHMORE a couple of days ago...

 

[FQDawg]

happens from time to time.

 

[slickdawg]

Coaches can watch them and talk to their coaches about them that early, but they can't earnestly recruit them. I suspect they can be talked to in general at football camps, but that's about it.