National Signing Period – December 20 – 22, 2017:
21 current commits signed. Only commit who did not sign was 3* DE/DT Derrick Eason from Virginia. Looks like Eason wanted to wait and sign with the rest of his high school teammates on National Signing Day in February.
Several Podcast contributors on recruiting sites said that the National Signing Period in December, which was new this year, was a good thing because it helped to curb some of the drama from the February Signing Day. One analyst even said “A lot of recruits have gotten away from the limelight and spectacle of signing in February.