Exceeding 25 signees the rule in the SEC

Exceeding 25 signees the rule in the SEC

The SEC rule to cap signing classes at 28 was dubbed the Houston Nutt rule after the Rebels approached a staggering 40 signees in the 2009 class (37 to be exact).

In the Rebels’ defense, several of those players were destined for junior college, and Nutt knew that when he signed them.

Still, the SEC presidents placed a limit last spring at the league meetings on the number of players a school can sign each February at 28.

Keep in mind that a school can only enroll 25 incoming scholarship players each August, so there’s a three-player buffer in there that provides for a few players who don’t qualify academically or just don’t make it to campus.

ESPN.com
2/10/10