The NCAA announced on Wednesday that it has extended the 2020 recruiting dead period until January 1, 2021. This decision comes as a result of COVID-19 concerns and means that there will be no on-campus or off-campus visits or evaluations, no involvement in camps or clinics and no visits (whether official or unofficial) through the end of the calendar year.
“The Council has been reviewing the dead period on a regular basis since April,” the NCAA said in a statement. “A dead period precludes all in-person recruiting. Phone calls and correspondence can continue to occur.”
For a head coach at a new program like Lane Kiffin, it isn’t ideal, but every program in the nation is dealing with the same restrictions.