Signing day for a college football program is an exercise in optimism. All of a team’s needs were met, every recruit is above average and what do those pesky recruiting experts know anyway?
“Recruiting is the lifeblood of the program” is on par with “children are our future” for originality.
Doesn’t mean it isn’t true. This time last year we were looking at a list that included Jacob Monk, Jalon Calhoun, Darrell Harding, Eli Pancol and Jalen Alexander and wondering who could contribute right away.
They all did. Others got their feet wet, still others didn’t see the field at all.