With Christmas a week away, the gift of a college scholarship is coming to student-athletes across the country over the next three days during college football’s Early National Letter of Intent Signing Period.
This is the third year that high school football players have been able to officially sign their Letters of Intent during a 72-hour “early signing period.”
Related: Overall No. 1 recruit Bryan Bresee signs with Clemson
If they sign their NLI’s, it locks them into the school they signed with. Signing the letter stops other college coaches from communicating with them and shuts down the prospect’s recruiting process. The traditional signing is still the first Wednesday in February, but the early signing period has been overshadowing the traditional national signing day since 2017.
According to 247Sports.com, 65-percent of national recruits signed during the early signing period last year. The number this year is expected to jump to 77-percent.
Heading into Wednesday, only five the the Top 50 players in the 247Sports composite rankings hadn’t given their verbal commitments.
Below is the Top 50 players who have officially signed their Letter of Intent during the early signing period.
247Sports Composite Rankings – Top 50 Players
No. 1 Bryan Bresee – DT, Damascus (Maryland) – Clemson
No. 2 Julian Fleming – WR, Southern Columbia (Pennsylvania) – Ohio St.
No. 3 Myles Murphy – SDE, Hillgrove (Georgia) – Clemson
No. 4 Justin Flowe – ILB, Upland (California) – Oregon
No. 5 Will Anderson – WDE, Dutchtown (Georgia) – Alabama
No. 6 Bryce Young – QB, Mater Dei (California) – Alabama
No. 7 Paris Johnson, Jr. – OT, Princeton (Ohio) – Ohio St.
No. 9 Arik Gilbert – TE, Marietta (Georgia) – LSU
No. 11 Sav’ell Smalls – OLB, Kennedy Catholic (Washington) – Washington
No. 12 Elias Ricks – CB, IMG Academy (Florida) – LSU
No. 13 DJ Uiagalelei – QB, St. John Bosco (California) – Clemson
No. 15 Bijan Robinson – RB, Salpointe Catholic (Arizona) – Texas
No. 16 Demarkcus Bownman – RB, Lakeland (Florida) – Clemson
No. 17 Chris Braswell – WDE, St. Frances Academy (Maryland)
No. 18 Mehhail Sherman – OLB, St. Johns College HS (Washington, DC) – Georgia
No. 20 Rakim Jarrett – WR, St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) – Maryland
No. 21 Drew Sanders – ATH, Denton Ryan (Texas) – Alabama
No. 22 Demond Demas – WR, Tomball (Texas) – Texas A&M
No. 23 Noah Sewell – ILB, Orem (Utah) – Oregon
No. 24 Demonte Capehart – DT, IMG Academy (Florida) – Clemson
No. 25 Chris Tyree – APB, Thomas Dale (Virginia) – Notre Dame
No. 26 Fred Davis II – CB, Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida) – Clemson
No. 27 Tank Bigsby – RB, Callaway (Georgia) – Auburn
No. 28 Jordan Johnson – WR, De Smet (Missouri) – Notre Dame
No. 29 Trenton Simpson – OLB, Mallard Creek (North Carolina) – Clemson
No. 30 Jaylon Jones – S, Cibolo Steele (Texas) – Texas A&M
No. 31 Gervon Dexter – OT, Lake Wales (Florida) – Florida
No. 32 Desmond Evans – WDE, Lee County (North Carolina) – North Carolina
No. 33 Jaxon Smith-Njigba – WR, Rockwall (Texas) – Ohio St.
No. 34 Demouy Kennedy – ILB, Theodore (Alabama) – Alabama
No. 35 Don Chaney, Jr. – RB, Belen Jesuit Prep (Florida) – Miami (Florida)
No. 36 Tate Ratledge – OT – Darlington School (Georgia) – Georgia
No. 37 Kendall Milton – RB – Buchanan (California) – Georgia
No. 38 Turner Corcoran – OT – Lawrence Free State (Kansas) – Nebraska
No. 39 MarShawn Lloyd – RB, DeMatha (Maryland) – South Carolina
No. 40 Kayshon Boutte – WR, Westgate (Louisiana) – LSU
No. 41 Marcus Rosemy – WR, St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) – Georgia)
No. 42 Phillip Webb – OLB, Lanier (Georgia) – LSU
No. 43 Jason McClellan – RB, Aledo (Texas) – Alabama
No. 44 Curtis Jacobs – OLB, McDonogh (Maryland) – Penn St.
No. 45 Justin Rogers – DT, Oak Park (Michigan) – Kentucky
No. 46 Quandarrius Robinson – OLB, Jackson-Olin (Alabama) – Alabama
No. 47 Clark Phillips III – CB, La Habra (California)
No. 48 Michael Mayer – TE, Covington Catholic (Kentucky) – Notre Dame
No. 49 Jaquelin Roy – DT, University Lab (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) – LSU
No. 50 Demorle Tate – CB, Freedom (Florida) – Florida State
