National Signing Day looks a lot different nowadays.
The dot-matrix printers that once connected to fax machines are probably stowed away in closets for reasons that still aren't totally clear, and the recruits electronically transmitting their letters of intent don't know what that even means. The world in which everyone lives is much more national and year-round than the regional days of yore, and the system by which teams are viewed is designed to evaluate futures and players who haven't even spent one day developing raw talent into the necessary position groups that'll one day form championship legacies.