A day after capping the best season in school history, the Florida Atlantic Owls began looking toward the future.
The Owls have signed four players for the 2018 class on the first day of the Early Signing Period. This is the first year schools have been able to sign players before February. The class was highlighted by receiver Nero Nelson, who spent last season at Copiah-Lincoln (Miss.) Community College.
He was rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com and the nation’s No. 4 junior-college wideout prospect. The Owls also received signatures from Orlando Jones lineman Devin Hayes, College of (Calif.