Posted by emy1013 on 6/20/2012 12:02:00 AM (view original):

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Posted by pjbrankin on 6/19/2012 3:03:00 PM (view original):
I wonder if the reecruit is within 10 miles of the DIII school. I once pulled down a kid at DIII that originally was on the DI list. He was 10 miles away.

Within 70 miles or under you can pull down a low level D1 player from D3 sometimes. I used to do it quite often at Colorado College in Phelan.

beat me too it... Yes it's possible and 70 miles is the magic number.

I think it needs to be stated though that only the highest prestige D3 teams will be able to do this.  Wouldn't want a rookie coach at a C prestige D3 school trying this and wasting his money.

Well yes and no, being within 70 miles of a recruit gives any school the ability to recruit slightly higher players than they normally would. I was not referencing that any D3 school could recruit a D1 guy within 70 miles.

The same goes for low level D1 schools, I have had C schools be able to recruit guys that I normally wouldn't expect because of the distance, it just slightly raises the 'pulldown range' for a given school (or who will flat out talk to you sometimes too).

Hopefully that clarifies it. If you aren't sure, send a coach call and see before you waste money trying to pull down because you won't get that eval money back.