While some coaches have publicly complained about college football’s two signing periods, Dabo Swinney has loved it.
“I’m a huge component of it and always have been,” the Clemson coach said. “Most of these guys made their decision in December and the majority of them would have signed whenever. Some of them would have signed a year earlier if they had the opportunity.”
This past Dec. 20 was the first time in the history of the sport football players could sign before national signing day, which is always the first Wednesday in February. Coaches, such as Alabama’s Nick Saban, complained that the early signing period was too hard on the coaches because of bowl games and bowl practice, and it also forced the hand of some high school players to sign earlier when maybe they did not want to.