NCAA DI football has a dead period during February, then a quiet period through mid-April, all of which means they can't attend games or practices to evaluate kids. They would have to do it by film only, or already have an idea of what type of player they are recruiting. But yes, this is after both the regular and early signing period, so most will have already signed by spring and the money will already be committed. So for recruiting purposes, spring football is a bust.