On March 13, 2020 the NCAA initiated a dead period that suspended nationwide recruiting until April 15. A year later, and the dead period is still in place, leaving the University of New Hampshire (UNH) football reflecting on how it’s affected recruiting then and now.

Amid the Wildcats two-year playoff drought, they are expected to once again make some noise in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and add another playoff appearance to Sean McDonnell’s resume.