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National Signing Day Prep: The List of Names to Watch for Tennessee

I posted these in segments earlier for the sake of review, but here is the list of recruits on the proverbial radar for Tennessee.  I have the information updated as best as I know, but I haven't been able to keep up this weekend due to travels, but I'll keep editing them as I learn more.  So as you hear of names called out on National Signing Day, check here for quick links to their bios/Youtuberies/whatevers.

On National Signing Day, I plan on having a live thread (of sorts) open for discussion.  Basically, it'll be a thread where we can post the news as we learn it, and I'll do my best to get the updates added to the front matter of the thread as I can. 

Yes, stalking 18-year old football players is a little bit on the obsessive side, but it's only here once a year so dip your toes in the waters and have fun.  And now, the list...

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Just FYI

Neither Bryce Brown nor Orson Charles will be committing to anyone tomorrow. They’ve still got a few more visits planned.

Thanks for the list, Hooper.

by rblakeh on Feb 3, 2009 8:52 AM EST reply actions  

Thanks.

I took off the soft verbal to Miami statement on Bryce since he’s not actually planning on committing.

by David Hooper on Feb 3, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions  

Visits Past NSD?

What are the rules on this? Is NSD just like a date that someone came up with and that date really has no significance? When is the cut off for actually signing with a school?

by USMarineVol on Feb 3, 2009 11:26 AM EST reply actions  

NSD is the first day they can sign letters of intent. What the last day is, I don’t know.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Feb 3, 2009 11:31 AM EST up reply actions  

I don’t know all the ins and outs of the recruiting rules. It’s one of those deals where, unless you’re willing to absolutely obsess over recruiting, it’s best to not worry too much about the fine details. Having said that, here are a few basics:

- Before NSD, no recruit can actually commit, in the true sense of the term. All the current “commitments” are really “intentions”. Every commit could conceivably change tonight for no apparent reason with no consequence to themselves.

- On NSD, recruits are allowed to sign and fax letters of intent to their schools of choice. Once they sign and mail, they are committed to that school. If they change their mind, they have to wait a full year before they are allowed to play at another institution (barring waivers for exceptional cases).

- Uncommitted players (i.e. players who have not signed a LOI) can join a team at any time on or after NSD, and you occasionally hear of a walk-on who joined midseason to replace an injured player (read: kicker).

The big deal about NSD is twofold. First, the LOIs are usually signed only with a promise of a scholarship on the other end (see Alabama 2008 for an exception). The sooner you send your LOI in, the more likely that the scholarship will still be there waiting for you. If, for example, a LB waited a month, that school might have picked up a different LB because they didn’t know if the first one was going to follow through. Second, the media end of recruiting has hyped up NSD. ESPN will show high school seniors in their auditoriums putting on ball caps while the student body cheers. The recruiting services all give their final class rankings based on the LOIs signed at the end of NSD – not based on the real number of LOIs signed by the beginning of the season. All the fervor dies down after NSD, though, so the players tend to want to sign on NSD so they can be a part of the circus. (BTW, don’t bother watching the TV coverage. You get way too many clips of high school kids being treated like kings and their mothers acting like the most important and influential people in the world. Keeping up with the online tracking systems is much more sterile and informative.)

That’s the basics. I don’t really know much beyond that because (a) tracking down the data can be a pain at times, and (b) I already waste enough time on it and I have other things in life I really need to work on.

by David Hooper on Feb 3, 2009 11:58 AM EST up reply actions  

Thanks

Thanks for the info. I knew a lot of it had to do with the actual institution and the scholarships and stuff, but I just didn’t have to overall picture. Good post…

by USMarineVol on Feb 3, 2009 12:30 PM EST reply actions  

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