Kids that claim they are recruited when they are not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Per NCAA: "If a college coach calls you more than once, contacts you off campus, pays your expenses to visit the campus, or in Divisions I and II, issues you a National Letter of Intent or a written offer of financial aid, you are considered to be recruited"

I have had 2 kids who took official D1 visits and committed with no athletic $ and one who took an unofficial D1 visit but committed with an NLI for athletic $. All 3 per NCAA are considered recruited athletes.

Yes, which is why the OP was confusing. “Walk on” athletes (Wikipedia: A walk-on, in American and Canadian college athletics, is an athlete who becomes part of a team without being awarded an athletic scholarship.) are confused with not being recruited. This is exactly the wording OP was confused by. Kid from the school said the athlete was a “walk on who didn’t make the roster” and OP made the assumption he was not recruited.

IMO, Wikipedia's definition is a bad one, or at least relevant only to D1 sports for which 'athletic scholarships' are commonly available. To my mind a "walk on" is anyone who was not specifically recruited to that school to play the sport, getting whatever admissions benefits that entails (e.g., preferential treatment, scholarship, etc.). Plenty of people recruited to D3 schools to play a sport, and who play - I would not call them "walk ons".