NCAA Recruiting Calendar for Oklahoma Prospects
When college coaches can watch, call and visit — mapped to the OSSAA season.
Right now: Evaluation period
Sept. 1 – Nov. 30 — College staff may go off campus to assess a prospect's academic qualifications and playing ability — attending Friday-night games and visiting the high school — but may not make in-person, off-campus contact with the prospect.
Bowl Subdivision recruiting periods
- Aug. 1 – Aug. 31Dead period
August dead period
- • Quiet period from 48 hours before a home contest played in August or on Sept. 1–2 through 48 hours after that contest ends.
- Sept. 1 – Nov. 30Evaluation periodNow
Fall evaluation period
- • Thirty-three evaluation days (42 for U.S. service academies) may be used during the fall evaluation period.
- • This is the window in which college staff can be in Oklahoma stadiums on Friday nights.
- Dec. 1 – Jan. 4Dead period
December signing dead period
- • Jan. 1–4 is a quiet period for two- and four-year transfers intending to enroll midyear.
- Jan. 5 – Jan. 31Contact period
January contact period
- • Jan. 11 is a quiet period.
- • Jan. 12–14 is a dead period.
- Feb. 1Quiet period
Signing-day quiet period
- Feb. 2 – March 1Dead period
February dead period
- • For the national service academies, Feb. 6 through March 1 is a quiet period.
- March 2 – April 14Quiet period
Spring quiet period
- April 15 – May 23Contact period
Spring contact period
- • One hundred forty recruiting-person days (180 for U.S. service academies).
- May 24 – May 27Dead period
Memorial Day dead period
- May 28 – June 21Quiet period
Summer camp quiet period
- June 22 – July 31Dead period
Summer dead period
Source: the official NCAA Division I Football recruiting calendars, which run Aug. 1 through July 31. The NCAA has not yet published the 2026-27 PDF, so the month and day anchors above are carried forward from the most recently published cycle and should be confirmed against your compliance office before travel.
What each period means
- Quiet period
- In-person recruiting contacts are permissible only on the college's own campus. No in-person, off-campus contacts or evaluations may be made.
- Dead period
- No in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off campus, and no official or unofficial visits to campus. Calls and written correspondence are still allowed.
- Evaluation period
- College staff may go off campus to assess a prospect's academic qualifications and playing ability — attending Friday-night games and visiting the high school — but may not make in-person, off-campus contact with the prospect.
- Contact period
- College staff may make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations. This is when coaches come to the school and the home.
The Oklahoma season inside the calendar
- OSSAA regular seasonLate August – late October
Ten regular-season games. This sits inside the NCAA fall evaluation period, so college staff can be in the stands.
- OSSAA playoffsNovember
Playoff film is the last live evaluation most seniors get before the December dead period begins.
- Early signing periodDecember
The bulk of Oklahoma FBS signees sign here, during the NCAA December dead period for FBS staffs.
- January official visitsJan. 5 – Jan. 31
Contact period. In-home visits and late official visits for remaining seniors.
- Traditional National Signing DayFirst Wednesday in February
Quiet period on Feb. 1 in the NCAA calendar; most remaining Oklahoma seniors sign.
- Spring evaluation and campsApril 15 – May 23
Contact period. Oklahoma juniors get evaluated in spring ball; camp invitations follow in June.