Hawkins Football

Parent Recruiting Legend! 🚨 • PWO — Preferred Walk-On: Invited to join the team with a reserved roster spot, but no scholarship money. Treated similar to scholarship players in day-to-day operations. • WO — Walk-On: No guaranteed spot. Must earn a place through tryouts or camp. • PSA — Prospective Student-Athlete Any athlete a college is evaluating or communicating with before enrollment. • OFFER (Scholarship Offer): A school is committing athletic scholarship money if the athlete accepts. • NON-RENEWAL (Scholarship Not Renewed): Scholarships are 1-year deals. A non-renewal means the school won’t renew it for the next year. • GRAYSHIRT: Delay enrolling full-time until spring. Saves eligibility and scholarship numbers for the program. • REDSHIRT: Player sits out a season (up to 4 games in football) to save a year of eligibility. • BLUESHIRT: Player joins the team without a formal recruiting process; counts forward toward next year’s scholarship class. • TRANSFER PORTAL: Database where athletes can officially declare intent to transfer. • OV — Official Visit: School covers travel + expenses. Max 5 total for the athlete (new rule allows more, but only 1 per school). • UV — Unofficial Visit: Visit paid for by the family; athlete meets coaches and sees campus. • COMMITS: Athlete verbally agrees to attend a school. Not binding until signing the NLI. • NLI — National Letter of Intent: The binding document that finalizes an athlete’s commitment to a school (usually signed on Signing Day).