re: Official 2022 Football Recruiting Thread

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Excuse my ignorance but, what exactly is part of an "offer"? Something tells me it's not as simple as, "we want you to come play for A&M."

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Until you reach a certain age (I think it's the spring of your junior year), yes the schools can only verbally offer someone a scholarship. At that point, it's all verbal and no one is bound to anything.

Once you get past that point, schools will send you official documents that formally offer a scholarship (and the accompanying financial benefits). In December of your senior year, you can sign that document. You can also sign a National Letter of Intent (NLI), which is what people are most familiar with. The NLI binds the player to attending a particular school. The financial aid agreement is the school committing to pay for the player to attend, but doesn't necessarily mean the player has to attend that school if he changes his mind.