The early signing period for the 2023 college football adoption cycle began Wednesday as follows: national signature day spotlighted. Throughout the day, we watched the rich get richer, with some teams sprinting to the finish line with powerful closes, while others cried with great anticipation and scored their goals.
Finally, there are some familiar faces at the top of the heap. Especially in the new world where the NIL reigns, it’s the rapidly changing landscape of college football adoption, so the next few cycles will bring new power players to the game. It wouldn’t be too shocking to see it step up to .
That said, with the 2022 National Signing Day coming to a conclusion here in mid-December, let’s take a look at the biggest winners and losers.
winner
Alabama: Everything is right in the world. Crimson Tide is back at the top of the recruiting rankings with an impressive six of his five-star prospects from the industry-created 247Sports Composite Rankings. Of his 27 recruits who landed in total, 26 had his 4-star rating or higher, and only one of his 3-stars joined the group.they clung Caleb DownsLanded Japan’s No. 1 EDGE with Japan’s No. 1 safety keyon keely He played back the No. 1 offensive tackle in the United States from Iowa, Kadin Proctor.
Georgia: The national 1st team and the current national champion team are established as the 2nd ranked team.Bulldogs turn over and run back Chiron Jones Big news rolled into Edge Rusher to wrap up class from North Carolina State University Damon Wilson A native of Florida, Ohio State was a player considered a favorite, but a late push by the Dawgs kept him in the Southeast.
Oregon: After losing a good QB prospect Dante Moore Earlier in the week, many were grieving in Eugene. But his second-year coach of the Ducks, Dan Lanning, was not among them. matayo uiagarelei and 5-star safety Peyton Bowen, flipping the latter from Notre Dame. But Bowen wasn’t the only Irishman to convert to Oregon. Jaden RimmerAs a good measure, he also reversed Baylor’s quarterback commit Austin Novosad and LSU cornerback commit darren austinNow Eugene has no more grief.
Auburn: Speaking of flips, Hugh Freese’s class starting Auburn’s tenure had some of its own with the Tigers stripping Top247 cornerback Karen Lee Away from Ohio and the Top100 EDGE keldric fork Away from Florida. All of this happens the day after Auburn landed his tackle for the 4th Junior College Offensive. Isabion MillerThe Auburn program has had a lack of hiring momentum under Brian Hershin, but things look to be changing with Freeze at the helm of the Plains.
Texas: On Saturday night, Keonirei Akana was the Louisville ace who served as match point for the Texas women’s volleyball team and gave the Longhorns the NCAA volleyball title. on Wednesday, her brother, tausiri acana#1 prospect in Utah gave “Horns” another award for commitment from the #35 prospect.Oklahoma was out front Akana came in for the day, but the defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski The pursuit to land the Acana, who had the most scenic backdrop of any recruits announced in his native Hawaii, never stopped. I received a signed National Letter of Intent from the top recruit in the arch manninggave Steve Sarkisian his crown jewel recruit throughout his time in Austin.
UCLA: The Bruins didn’t land anyone who changed things on Wednesday, but when Dante Moore turned from Oregon this week, the overall complexion of Chip Kelly’s hiring had already changed, so this is fine. He is UCLA’s highest-rated offensive commit in the modern recruiting era, the highest-rated recruit Kelly has ever earned, and a potential 2023 quarterback signer to start as a true freshman. is most likely. It was important to the program that UCLA was able to acquire his No. 1 player in the Midwest a year before his move to the Big Ten.
loser
Notre Dame: In the grand scheme of things the Irish are not necessarily losers but they did have a memorable signing date. . Things got even worse when Duck also tipped Rimmer. Although the class has been good for most of his year, Bowen’s loss is especially painful.
Oklahoma: Speaking of losses, the Sooners wanted to be Bowen’s beneficiary. Instead, they watched because there wasn’t even a hat on Oklahoma’s table while Bowen picked Oregon. spurred the Sooners in favor of
USC: Trojans has the third highest number of 5 stars in its class (3). The problem is they’re all coming out at USC in December 2021. Today? They missed a longtime local target, the Wiagalerei, who chose Oregon. This was a huge loss for a team in need of defensive help and was looking for a perfect replacement for the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Tuli Tuiplotu.
