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Alabama Recruiting Update: Early National Signing Day Primer

As if college football fans don’t have enough going on in December, along comes Year 2 of the Early Signing Period (aka ESP).

JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM

WHO: Class of 2019 high school graduates and juco players who are eligible to transfer to 4-year schools.

WHAT: Prep football players send in a national letter of intent (LOI) to the school of their choice, assuming they have solid offers. In a strange outmoded tradition, these forms signed by the player and parent or guardian are faxed to the universities, but I assume some are sent digitally nowadays.