Ben L. Smith 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-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. • GRAY-SHIRT — 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. • BLUE-SHIRT — 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.