[Federated provision, FCS only]

11.7.5 Football.

[11.7.5.1 unchanged.]

11.7.5.2 Limit on the Number of Off-Campus Recruiters. In bowl subdivision football, an institution may designate up to 11 institutional staff members who may contact or evaluate prospective student-athletes off campus. In championship subdivision football, an institution may designate up to 13 institutional staff members who may contact or evaluate prospective student-athletes off campus. An off-campus recruiter remains in the position for the duration of the year (August 1 through July 31) unless the individual is replaced through normal attrition (resignation or termination).

(a) Bowl Subdivision Football. In bowl subdivision football, an institution may designate up to 11 institutional staff members who may contact or evaluate prospective student-athletes off campus. An off-campus recruiter remains in the position for the duration of the year (August 1 through July 31) unless the individual is replaced through normal attrition (resignation or termination).

(b) Championship Subdivision Football. In championship subdivision football, an institution may designate up to 13 17 institutional staff members who may contact or evaluate prospective student-athletes off campus. An institution may designate its off-campus recruiters in January, April, August and December. The individual remains in the position until the next opportunity to designate off-campus recruiters (e.g., January, April, August, and December), unless the individual is replaced through normal attrition (resignation or termination).

[11.7.5.2.1 unchanged.]

11.7.5.2.2 Requirement to Engage in On-Campus Coaching Duties. An institutional staff member must regularly engage in on-campus coaching activities with student-athletes to be designated as a permissible off-campus recruiter (see Bylaw 13.1.2.8.1).

[11.7.5.2.3 through 11.7.5.2.5 unchanged.]

[11.7.5.3 through 11.7.5.6 unchanged.]

[Federated provision, FCS only]

13 Recruiting

[13.01 unchanged.]

13.02 Definitions and Applications.

[13.02.1 through 13.02.10 unchanged.]

13.02.11 Recruiting-Person Days -- Football. In football, a recruiting-person day is defined as one off-campus recruiter engaged in an off-campus recruiting activity of a football prospective student-athlete on one day (12:01 a.m. to midnight); two off-campus recruiters engaged in recruiting activities on the same day shall use two recruiting-person days. Football In bowl subdivision football, staff members shall not exceed 140 (180 for U.S. service academies) recruiting-person days during the spring contact period. In championship subdivision football, staff members shall not exceed 350 recruiting-person days from January 1 through December 31. [D]

[13.02.11.1 unchanged.]

[13.02.12 through 13.02.21 unchanged.]

13.1 Contacts and Evaluations. Recruiting contacts (per Bylaw 13.02.4) and telephone calls by institutional staff members or representatives of the institution's athletics interests are subject to the provisions set forth in this bylaw. [D]

[13.1.1 through 13.1.4 unchanged.]

13.1.5 Contacts.

[13.1.5.1 through 13.1.5.2 unchanged.]

13.1.5.3 Bowl Subdivision Football. In bowl subdivision football, after January 1 of a prospective student-athlete's junior year each institution shall be limited to two recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) per prospective student-athlete during each contact period, which shall include contacts made with the prospective student-athlete's family members but shall not include contacts made during an official visit per Bylaw 13.6 or an unofficial visit per Bylaw 13.7.5. An institution shall not exceed 140 (180 for U.S. service academies) recruiting-person days during the spring contact period. [D]

13.1.5.3.1 Exception -- Fall Evaluation Period. The one evaluation per prospective student-athlete per year during the fall evaluation period shall not count as a recruiting opportunity.

13.1.5.3.2 Additional Restrictions -- Contacts During the Junior Year. During the two permissible recruiting opportunities during each contact period following January 1 of a prospective student-athlete's junior year, one contact may occur at any location and one contact may occur only at the prospective student-athlete's educational institution. [D]

13.1.5.4 Championship Subdivision Football. In championship subdivision football, after January 1 of a prospective student-athlete's junior year each institution shall be limited to six recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) per prospective student-athlete.  An institution is permitted up to four recruiting opportunities from January 1 through May 31, with no more than one per week, one during the fall contact period and one in December. Recruiting opportunities shall include contacts made with the prospective student-athlete's family members but shall not include contacts made during an official visit per Bylaw 13.6 or an unofficial visit per Bylaw 13.7.5.
[D]

[13.1.5.4 through 13.1.5.13 renumbered as 13.1.5.5 through 13.1.5.14, unchanged.]

[13.1.6 unchanged.]

13.1.7 Evaluations.

[13.1.7.1 through 13.1.7.3 unchanged.]

13.1.7.4 Evaluations -- Football. In football, institutional staff members shall be limited to one evaluation per prospective student-athlete per year during the fall evaluation period. [D]

13.1.7.4.1 Evaluation Days. In bowl subdivision football, each institution is limited to 33 (42 for U.S. service academies) evaluation days (see Bylaw 13.02.7.1) during the fall evaluation period. [D]

[13.1.7.4.2 through 13.1.7.4.5 unchanged.]

[13.1.7.5 through 13.1.7.19 unchanged.]

[13.1.8 through 13.1.10 unchanged.]

[13.2 through 13.18 unchanged.]