UAB Blazers sign a solid class on junior college signing day

Not a bad haul for a program quietly building something special in Birmingham.

For a lot of programs, there's not a lot going on today. They'll get a trickle or maybe even a handful of signees. Then there's the UAB Blazers, who signed 19 players today, which will bring the roster to 59 players once everyone enrolls for spring semester.

From our own Thomas Sherrill, who knows more about recruiting than I ever hope to:

UAB has done well with their JuCos. Iowa Western and Georgia Military are well-known pipelines. Usually, JuCos are signed to fill immediate needs, and UAB needs players everywhere. The big question on JuCos is whether they can adjust to campus life and are team players and not…