Scholarship Question

[liquidcowboy]

The recruitment of the dual sport athletes got me thinking. If Golden and Coach L both recruit a player to come and play football and basketball, and this player starts for both teams, which sport does his scholarship count towards? And could some of these guys be brought in for basketball and play football and have the scholarship count towards basketball to be able to sign 25+? Just curious.

 

[ace]

The recruitment of the dual sport athletes got me thinking. If Golden and Coach L both recruit a player to come and play football and basketball, and this player starts for both teams, which sport does his scholarship count towards? And could some of these guys be brought in for basketball and play football and have the scholarship count towards basketball to be able to sign 25+? Just curious.

No. If a player is recruited (offered a scholarship in a sport, or is offered an official visit in a sport, the coaches make more than one phone call to him or his parents, or ...) for football and any other sport and attends the school on an athletic scholarship, he counts against football the first year whether he practices or plays football or not. After the first year, if he either practices or plays football, he counts against football. If a guy is not recruited for football and is receiving athletic financial aide, he can practice football without counting against the football total, but if he plays fooball, then he counts against football.

 

[nadiamufdi]

Ace is correct. You heard both Elder and Griffin say they are planning on playing bball too. They arent included in the bball signing class

 

[liquidcowboy]

So for example, if Elder and Griffin were brought in as basketball recruits they could play and start for the football team and not count towards the 85 limit?

 

[nadiamufdi]

So for example, if Elder and Griffin were brought in as basketball recruits they could play and start for the football team and not count towards the 85 limit?

Not positive on that. I think you can have 85 scholarship players on your roster. Thats why Shannon had to always say that one dude from Ohio was a track guy and he couldnt comment on kids from other sports.

 

[bomb]

There is an NCAA ranking. It goes:

Football
Basketball
Baseball
Olympic Sports

If you are a scholarship athlete, your scholarship counts towards the sport highest on that list you see the field with.

Even before you get to school, your scholarship counts towards the highest sport on that list that recruited you. You can't hide kids very easily anymore. If Golden and Larranga both recruit a kid, the kid is on football for at least a year, even if he just goes and plays hoop.

 

[ace]

So for example, if Elder and Griffin were brought in as basketball recruits they could play and start for the football team and not count towards the 85 limit?

No. In their cases they were both offered football scholarships and will count as football their first year whether they play football or not.

If a player wasn't recruited for football, he could come in and practice football (but not play) and not count against the football 85. However, even in this case where he was not recruited for football, he would count against the 25 and 85 for football if he plays because he is on an athletic scholarship (the other sport).
Jimmy Graham counted against football the year he played. Latwan Anderson came on a track scholarship and was allowed to practice but not play because UM already had 85 players on scholarship.

Some of the things that by themselves make you recruited for a sport are:
(1) you are offered a scholarship in that sport
(2) you took an official visit for that sport
(3) the coaches in a particular sport made more than one call to you/your parents

As was mentioned above, Randy would reply "go ask the track coach" when asked about Anderson to try to make it clear that football was not recruiting him.