MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis football head coach announced the Tigers 2017 signing class Wednesday. The class, the second of the Norvell era, is the best in Memphis football history.
The Tigers posted an 8-5 overall record and a 5-3 American Athletic Conference mark in Norvell's first season in 2015. Memphis earned its third-straight bowl invitation and played in the Boca Raton Bowl.
Memphis begins 2017 spring drills in mid-March, with the annual Friday Night Stripes spring game set for Apr. 14 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Coach Norvell's comments on the 2017 class
"To have the results that we have had today, we will finish up with the highest-rated recruiting class in school history and probably right there around the No.