The Oregon State Beavers football program was handed an NCAA secondary violation Friday for the self-reported recruiting packets sent to a University of Hawaii football player this spring.
The NCAA's punishment bars Oregon State from recruiting the unnamed player in question should he elect to transfer.
Secondary violations in college football recruiting are frequent and viewed as minor. While the Beavers committed a violation, the NCAA's ruling appears to clear them of any intentional wrongdoing in the matter.
"We initiated a self-report to the NCAA once we learned the inadvertent mistake was made," Oregon State associate athletic director of communications Steve Fenk said.