Naive question(s) about new rules & 2020's

They can have recruiting conversation via phone (so long as the call is initiated by the recruit -- same as before; that restriction ends Sept. 1). Just not face to face until Sept. 1st.

And the crafty ones are DM'ing via social media.

Most college coaches contact the club coach and ask the recruit to call as well as sending them the contact info for the coach.  The recruit sends a text saying who he is and what time he will call so the coach knows to answer.

He may be way behind the 2020 (and younger) kids who are committing now, but he's probably not behind where he should be. If he was projected to play at the level of those commits, chances are schools would have figured out a way to contact him. The vast majority of kids who play college ball choose a school after their junior year of high school. Yes, the better D1 programs make offers before that, but that leaves more than half of D1, and all of D2, D3, NAIA, and juco to fill their rosters with high school seniors.

He isn't WAY behind, AS MidAtlantic Dad said a few have, but most don't until next year if not before their senior year. It is more important to make the right decision than a quick decision.