Clemson football recruits can officially visit campus as CFB free-agency begins

For the first time in more than a year, Clemson football recruits will be allowed to visit campus following the latest decision from the NCAA’s Division 1 Council.

The council met earlier this week to discuss several topics and two stood out above all the others:

1. One-time transfer rule
2. Recruiting visits

The NCAA has maintained a dead period since the spring of last year and are finally allowing that legislation to come to an end in June. Prospects will be able to take visits and meet with coaches.

Clemson football is hosting an ‘Elite Retreat’ on June 11-12 on campus which will include some of the biggest names in the 2022 recruiting cycle on campus.

Here’s what the council had to say about the evaluations and special waivers for this summer, in particular.

"“The Council issued a waiver to permit on-campus evaluations during unofficial visits during the days football camps and clinics are allowed in June and July 2021 only, with some restrictions. The number of evaluation days in the sport will increase from 42 to 56 during the fall 2021 evaluation period only.“The Council also approved a waiver of the telephone call legislation for football for the 2021-22 academic year only.”"

In addition to having Clemson football prospects back on campus, the NCAA also approved the one-time transfer rule

We’ve officially begun the era of free-agency in College Football.

The major news coming out of the meeting was that the NCAA had approved a one-time transfer rule. The rule will allow athletes of five different sports to transfer one time with no penalty and to have eligibility immediately.

CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd was the first to report the news and he said the NCAA Board of Directors is expected to put the final ‘rubber stamp’ on the legislation later this month.

Florida coach Dan Mullen was asked about the one-time transfer rule and had this to say:

"“I have a feeling college football will be very different a couple of years from now,” Mullen said. “I can’t tell you if it will be better or worse. I can’t tell you how it will be different. I just think it will be different.”"

It will be interesting to see what Dabo Swinney thinks about the legislation and how this might affect Clemson moving forward.

For the first time under Swinney’s direction, the Tigers are open to bringing in transfers from the NCAA Transfer Portal and that decision had to be made to adapt with the everchanging landscape of College Football.