Ole Miss assistant baseball coaches Mike Clement and Carl Lafferty said the coronavirus presented the recruiting process with several challenges. During the pandemic, the process has relied on technology to recruit future Rebels, furthering the need for phone calls, livestreams and video recordings to evaluate recruits’ abilities.
Since the NCAA has suspended coaches from traveling for in-person recruiting through Aug. 31, Lafferty, the pitching coach, said they have had to rely more heavily on watching players via their highlight reels. Before the restrictions, Lafferty recorded games in person. Now, the players are recording themselves and sending the video to him.