Son is a recruited freshman at a D3.........Think the amount of attention your son is receiving from the Coach is a good indicator of how serious he is about the recruitment. Son had approximately 12 D3's recruiting him....We could tell he was a serious recruit at 8 or 9 of those schools because of the amount and quality (what they were saying) of the communications from the coaches......but we couldn't tell you with 100% positivity, then or now, that he will play at the school he chose.....and that can also be said for a lot of players recruited to D2 and D1's.
The walk-ons and try-outs at D3's are common. In son's case his school made it to the D3CWS....and as another poster said....that will attract more hopeful players....but.....if a recruited D3 has any advantage it is that the Coach has a pre-determined perception of his playing skills, and how son will fit into the program. As long as son meets or hopefully exceeds the Coaches' expectations......he has a better than average shot at playing ball.