The relevance of the traditional National Signing Day in early February may have taken a major hit.
Under a policy that took effect this year, high school seniors could sign letters of intent during an early signing period that began Wednesday and runs through Friday. The vast majority decided they didn’t want to wait to pick their schools: Of the nation’s top 25 prospects as determined by a composite ranking from 247Sports only a handful are delaying their decisions to February.
“I think most people know where they’re going to college before December, so I feel like people don’t feel like they have to wait until February now,” said Knoxville (Tenn.