NEW ORLEANS — App State Football put together the highest-rated class in its FBS history by adding 17 student-athletes Wednesday on National Signing Day.
It's been an eventful week for the 20th-ranked Mountaineers (12-1), as Shawn Clark was named the head football coach Friday and the team arrived in New Orleans on Tuesday in advance of its R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl matchup with UAB (9-4) on Saturday night.
By the end of the first day of the December signing period, with every one of App State's high school signees receiving a three-star ranking from 247Sports, the Mountaineers' average player grade of 82.