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The biggest local storylines heading into 2017 national signing day

Signing day is Wednesday, and though most of the area's top football recruits already have orally pledged to a school, there is no shortage of storylines heading into the unofficial end of this year's recruiting cycle.

Here are five Dallas-area storylines to keep an eye on Wednesday:

Longhorns lagging locally

Tom Herman's ability to recruit in Texas helped him climb the coaching ranks, but taking over the Longhorns two months ago left hit little time to build a 2017 class.

Entering the final weekend before Wednesday's national signing day, the list of Texas commits includes seven players in the top 250 nationally in the 247Sports composite rankings.