COLUMBIA, Mo. — What should be a nonstop month of recruiting kicked off for college teams across the nation Tuesday as the NCAA officially lifted its recruiting dead period that had been in place since March 2020 at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
For more than a year, safety and health protocols prohibited in-person recruiting, forcing coaches to build their rosters remotely with endless Zoom meetings and virtual tours of their respective facilities. But this week, the doors to those facilities re-open. For the next four weeks, teams are allowed to host recruits on official and unofficial recruiting visits.