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-COMMITTABLE OFFER: An offer that is conditional. The school likes the athlete but the offer depends on factors like camp performance, senior film, position needs, test scores, or other recruits committing. Not a guaranteed spot or scholarship yet.
• 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.
• COMMIT: Athlete verbally agrees to attend a school.