JoJo Garcia commits!

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Welcome aboard JoJo, loved the photos with the coaches!
 



So I get confused about recruiting processes in football and basketball. Is this the kind of commitment where JoJo is a Gopher for sure, or the kind where he has "committed" but his recruitment is still open? Certainly not trying to be a downer, just trying to understand the system. He looks like a great get and I'm excited to see him play for us.
 

bleedsmaroonandgold said:
So I get confused about recruiting processes in football and basketball. Is this the kind of commitment where JoJo is a Gopher for sure, or the kind where he has "committed" but his recruitment is still open? Certainly not trying to be a downer, just trying to understand the system. He looks like a great get and I'm excited to see him play for us.
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I'd say he's about as solid of a commit as there is.
 



bleedsmaroonandgold said:
So I get confused about recruiting processes in football and basketball. Is this the kind of commitment where JoJo is a Gopher for sure, or the kind where he has "committed" but his recruitment is still open? Certainly not trying to be a downer, just trying to understand the system. He looks like a great get and I'm excited to see him play for us.
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He hasn't signed yet, if that's what you're asking. This is what some might call a "solid verbal."
 

afurry91 said:
He hasn't signed yet, if that's what you're asking. This is what some might call a "solid verbal."
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That is what I was asking, thanks for the info. Is this at the phase where he can't yet sign?

As to Pig Man, I wasn't suggesting I thought his recruitment was "open" in the sense that I thought he individually was shopping around, more curious if he was now precluded by rule from going elsewhere.
 

Letters can not be signed until the first Wednesday of February.
 



bleedsmaroonandgold said:
That is what I was asking, thanks for the info. Is this at the phase where he can't yet sign?

As to Pig Man, I wasn't suggesting I thought his recruitment was "open" in the sense that I thought he individually was shopping around, more curious if he was now precluded by rule from going elsewhere.
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I may be wrong here, but I'll try anyways. I believe the difference between Football and Basketball is that there is an early signing period in Basketball.

The early signing period for the 2015 class in basketball is November 12-November 19, 2014 where kids can sign. There is then a spring signing period that start on April 15, 2015 where kids can sign. For the 2016 class, just push everything back another year.

This is different for Football. In football, the 2015 class can begin signing on February 4, 2015. There is no early signing period.

JoJo is a 2016 recruit, so he will not be able to sign his letter until February 2016. So there is still 15 months for him to change his mind if he wants to. However, most are confident that he will stick around.

So Basketball players can sign pretty close to a year before their first college games, and Football players are signing about 7 months before their first college games. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm off.
 


Early Signing Period for Football

afurry91 said:
I may be wrong here, but I'll try anyways. I believe the difference between Football and Basketball is that there is an early signing period in Basketball.

The early signing period for the 2015 class in basketball is November 12-November 19, 2014 where kids can sign. There is then a spring signing period that start on April 15, 2015 where kids can sign. For the 2016 class, just push everything back another year.

This is different for Football. In football, the 2015 class can begin signing on February 4, 2015. There is no early signing period.

JoJo is a 2016 recruit, so he will not be able to sign his letter until February 2016. So there is still 15 months for him to change his mind if he wants to. However, most are confident that he will stick around.

So Basketball players can sign pretty close to a year before their first college games, and Football players are signing about 7 months before their first college games. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm off.
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There is a early signing period for football but nobody calls it that. Julian Huff and Jacob Huff are planning to start this upcoming spring semester. To do that they will need to sign their National Letters of Intent in December/January. JoJo Garcia also could do that if he is eligible to start early and there is another available scholarship slot open in January.
 

Killjoy said:
There is a early signing period for football but nobody calls it that. Julian Huff and Jacob Huff are planning to start this upcoming spring semester. As a result they will be signing their National letters of intent in December/January. If JoJo Garcia also could do that if he is eligible and there is a scholarship slot open in January.
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I see, so if a player forgoes their final semester of high school to enroll early in college, they are allowed to sign their letter? Does that have any effect on eligibility if they begin receiving their scholarship a semester early? Guessing not since I haven't heard of any issues before.
 



Killjoy said:
There is a early signing period for football but nobody calls it that. Julian Huff and Jacob Huff are planning to start this upcoming spring semester. To do that they will need to signing their National letters of intent in December/January. If JoJo Garcia also could do that if he is eligible to start early and there is another available scholarship slot open in January.
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Yes, but not technically correct. JuCo players can sign NLIs (or whatever they're called, might be a different name for transfers) at semester break, but high school early enrollees only sign funding agreements - which if I'm not mistaken are even more binding than NLIs. The only day that high schoolers can sign NLIs is in February.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Yes, but not technically correct. JuCo players can sign NLIs (or whatever they're called, might be a different name for transfers) at semester break, but high school early enrollees only sign funding agreements - which if I'm not mistaken are even more binding than NLIs. The only day that high schoolers can sign NLIs is in February.
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Gotcha. I hadn't heard of funding agreements before.
 

afurry91 said:
Gotcha. I hadn't heard of funding agreements before.
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"Funding agreement" is what I used for a catch-all term to describe what different schools call them - I'd say the prevailing terminology is "Athletic Grant-in-Aid", which is a funding agreement, so basically two different ways of saying the same thing.
 

I believe that early enrollees, don't sign a LOI they sign a Grant in Aid agreement, once enrolled they are subject to normal transfer rules.
 

Killjoy said:
There is a early signing period for football but nobody calls it that. Julian Huff and Jacob Huff are planning to start this upcoming spring semester. To do that they will need to sign their National Letters of Intent in December/January. JoJo Garcia also could do that if he is eligible to start early and there is another available scholarship slot open in January.
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JoJo Garcia is a 2016 recruit. He'd have to be awfully far ahead in school to get on campus by January.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Yes, but not technically correct. JuCo players can sign NLIs (or whatever they're called, might be a different name for transfers) at semester break, but high school early enrollees only sign funding agreements - which if I'm not mistaken are even more binding than NLIs. The only day that high schoolers can sign NLIs is in February.
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FYI - it's not just one day but a month or so. If you recall, Cobb signed after the National Signing Day.
 

NLI's for football can be signed anytime between the first Wednesday of February and April 1st
 


dpodoll68 said:
Yes, but not technically correct. JuCo players can sign NLIs (or whatever they're called, might be a different name for transfers) at semester break, but high school early enrollees only sign funding agreements - which if I'm not mistaken are even more binding than NLIs. The only day that high schoolers can sign NLIs is in February.
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Thanks dpodoll - I always appreciate your insight as to what the rules are. It nice to see we are now having a discussion on this topic that is more than "opinions" but is actually based on facts.
 


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