Junior?

Union2B, after July 1st, of his junior year is when they can contact him. Right now all they can do is send information about their programs and prospect questionnaires. It is very important your son keeps his grades up as high as possible. He should contact any and all schools he has interest in to introduce himself. It is very important all the contacting comes from your son. If he wants to play at UCLA, check out their current roster, see if he is in their league, do they recruit outside CA, are all the players top students with high athletic credentials. And last but not least, get going on taking the ACT or SAT. Good luck.

Good advice Pop UP ......Union ..get on it right away. Senior year is too late and the summer gets crazy. Get you name out there to at least 50 schools right now and keep them posted of your progress every month.

union2b,
"when can colleges start contracting him?"
I assume you mean contact, and that you mean this in the ordinary sense of the word. (In NCAA-speak, "contact" means specifically a face-to-face encounter between a prospective student athlete and certain members of the college.)

• Junior colleges and community colleges have recruiting rules which are too complicated to be easily summarized.
  
• NAIA is pretty much wide open with respect to recruiting.
  
• D3 allows calls at any time (except to the prospect's high school, or on the day of his games). Face to face meetings can take place anywhere, anytime following his junior year. Colleges can mail promotional material at any time.
  
• D2 allows colleges to send letters and recruiting materials after Sept 1 of the junior year. Phone calls can be initiated by the coaches after June 15 following the junior year; phone calls initiated by the prospect are allowed at any time.
  
• D1 is similar to D2, except phone calls from the coach are allowed after July 1 of the junior year.
  

In all divisions, on-campus discussion (including verbal non-binding financial offers) can take place at any time. Of course, in D3, any financial offer would be unrelated to athletics.

I think that typically there is a progression in recruiting, which has the effect that only D1 schools recruit much before a player's senior year.

My son has contacted many schools and many have replied back telling him to keep them posted on his season etc.

I saw in one of the posts to reply back to them monthly. What exactly would you reply back telling them?

Also many have asked for video. My son plays many positions such as pitcher, 2nd and 3rd base as well as catches. It is hard to know when at catcher he is going to throw down. What video would you shoot of him at catcher?