Updated May 18, 2023*
Any time you get the opportunity to visit a campus you should take it. Back before we had these new rules, freshmen and sophomores could make unofficial visits to campus anytime and interact with college coaches while they were there. These were considered unofficial visits. Official visits were mostly reserved for athletes that had already committed. They would make an official visit with the other members of their recruiting class on the same weekend and it was a pretty neat experience for everyone. This was a great way to do it because athletes could interact and see the athletics side of campuses even as a freshmen. This helped give athletes perspective as they had conversations later on throughout the process. We regularly had younger athletes on campus in the fall and spring seasons.