Teammates Mark Pope, left, and Daquris Wiggins, who both signed with the Miami Hurricanes NCAA college football team, smile during a press conference at Miami Southridge High in Miami, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)The relevance of the traditional national signing day in early February may have just taken a major hit.
Under a policy that took effect this year, high school seniors could sign letters of intent during an early signing period for college football that began Wednesday and runs through Friday.
The vast majority decided they didn’t want to wait to pick their schools. Of the nation’s top 25 prospects as determined by a composite ranking from 247Sports.com, only a handful are delaying their decisions to February.
“I think most people know where they’re going to college before December, so I feel like people don’t feel like they have to wait until February now,” said Knoxville Catholic offensive tackle Cade Mays, one of three previously uncommitted five-star recruits who signed with Georgia on Wednesday.
Perhaps that means most prospects will finalize their recruiting process well before the traditional February signing day going forward.