Prep Baseball Report

Recruiting Essentials: Walking On At An NCAA Division I School



By Sean McCann
Recruiting Essentials Editor

With several unsigned seniors considering the walk-on option at NCAA Division I schools we’ve received a number of email and calls on this topic. Below we’ve outlined some key information regarding the make-up of Division I college baseball rosters: 

NCAA Division I roster basics 

+ Division I college programs are allowed to have up to 27 “counters” on their roster in a given year, these 27 must be on campus in the fall (cannot transfer in at semester).  Counters include those receiving athletics aid