The NCAA announced Wednesday evening that the recruiting dead period has been extended another month, lasting at least through July.

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As far as college football is concerned, that eliminates the one week in late July during which campuses were opened up for visits, per legislation that went into effect a year ago.

For Clemson, that specifically means the formal cancellation of the All-In Cookout – to which commitments, a select few targets and their families convened on a Friday evening for recruiting fun and frivolity.

It would be premature to say that the lack of a Cookout unquestionably hurts Clemson with a specific target, as the Tigers didn’t get as far as formally inviting anyone because of its expected cancellation.