Georgia won’t have to wait until February to be crowned king of the 2024 college football recruiting cycle. Coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs clinched the cycle’s top-ranked recruiting class on Wednesday during National Signing Day after flipping five-star defensive back KJ Bolden from Florida State at the opening of the early signing period. With Bolden’s commitment, Georgia secured a class …

Dec. 20—The 2024 early signing period for football begins today and WVU is expected to sign around 20 prospects. This story will be updated throughout the morning and afternoon as WVU officially announces its signings. 7:10 a.m. Makai Byerson, DL, 6-4, 270, Richmond, Va./Manchester HS Four-year starter at defensive end and tight end for coach Tom Hall at Manchester High …

Dec. 20—MORGANTOWN — There was clear intention present in West Virginia’s 2024 recruiting class that signed with the Mountaineers on National Signing Day Wednesday morning. In the 22-man class, four signees are wide receivers, five are defensive backs and two are linebackers. It is no coincidence that those signings match up with WVU’s weakest position groups. Head coach Neal Brown …

Christmas came early for many college football programs across the country. Five days before the holiday, Wednesday marked the first day that high school football players could sign their national letters of intent to play at the NCAA Division I collegiate level. And whether months of recruiting was rewarded or the day was spent anxiously hoping a commit didn’t flip, …

EAST LANSING – Jonathan Smith, it seems, pulled it off. In the 22 days since he was introduced as Michigan State’s head coach, he hired most of his staff, including his two coordinators, met with MSU’s current players in the mornings and hit the recruiting trail by afternoon and evening, all the while analyzing he roster, getting a handle on …

Vero Beach signings included Kevin Pollock (Army), Amar Reynolds (Illinois), Chase Stevens (Florida), Xavion Griffin (Western Kentucky) and Tyler Aronson (SMU) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. VERO BEACH – On the biggest day of the year for high school athletes, six Vero Beach Fighting Indians inked letters of intent to play at the next level on Wednesday afternoon at the …

Dec. 20—MOSCOW, Idaho — Following a Football Championship Subdivision recipe for success coach Jason Eck said was invented by nine-time national champion North Dakota State and adopted by defending national champion South Dakota State, Idaho loaded up on linemen and tight ends among the 28 freshmen it announced in early recruiting Wednesday. Idaho took six offensive linemen, four defensive linemen …

Dec. 20—Quinton Martin Jr. followed in the footsteps of Nick Singleton and J’ven Williams on Wednesday and became the third straight top-rated recruit from Pennsylvania to land with Penn State on Signing Day. Martin, a running back and receiver from PIAA Class 3A champion Belle Vernon, and Wyomissing lineman Caleb Brewer were two of 25 high school seniors to sign …

247Sports Five-star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith submitted his National Letter of Intent to Ohio State late Wednesday night, the team announced. This comes after Smith reaffirmed his commitment to the Buckeyes in a signing day ceremony earlier in the afternoon.  Ohio State coach Ryan Day expressed relief about the situation at his signing day press conference, but was later informed by a …

Dec. 20—Tom Allen didn’t know when he would receive his next professional opportunity after Indiana fired him late last month, but he knew he wanted to coach football again. When Penn State’s James Franklin approached him a few weeks later, he was receptive. “I’m a football coach and I love what I do,” Allen said. “This opportunity that presented itself …

(Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports illustration) You’re now an NFL general manager. Congratulations! Your team owner has only one job for you: Get a franchise quarterback. You have the choice of any quarterback who joined the league in the past five years. (Hey, if we’re already in fantasyland making you a GM, might as well go all the way.) Which way do …

Dec. 20—Del City defensive back LaDainian Fields flipped his commitment from TCU to Oklahoma State hours before the early signing period opened Wednesday. Fields is ranked the No. 95 defensive back in the nation and the 16th in Oklahoma by 247Sports. He committed to the Horned Frogs on Aug. 5 and received an offer from OSU on Dec. 12. His …

The Falcons announced the addition of a defensive lineman to their active roster on Wednesday. They have signed Tommy Togiai off of the Browns’ practice squad. No corresponding move was needed because the Browns waived defensive lineman Travis Bell on Tuesday. Cleveland drafted Togiai out of Ohio State with the 132nd pick in the 2021 draft. He had 29 tackles, …

Another busy National Signing Day is in the books and with that are winners and losers on the day. Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes a look: WINNERS Alabama Aeryn Hampton (Rivals.com) The Crimson Tide surged to third in the team rankings after a phenomenal – and busy – day for coach Nick Saban as it was predicted things …

The Saints were able to win without wide receiver Chris Olave last Sunday, but they won’t have to try to do it again on Thursday night. Head coach Dennis Allen said on Wednesday that Olave is good to go for the team’s Week 16 game against the Rams. An ankle injury caused Olave to miss his first game of the …