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 grabbed No. 1 safety Caleb Downs, landed No. 1 EDGE in the nation on Keeon Keely, and fended off No. 1 offensive tackle Kadin Proctor in the nation from Iowa. .
Georgia: The national 1st team and the current national champion team are established as the 2nd ranked team. The Bulldogs capped off running back Kyron Jones from North Carolina State to round out their class, but the big news was the acquisition of edge rusher Damon Wilson from Florida. he’s in the southeast
Oregon: Many were mourning Eugene after he started the week with the loss of brilliant QB prospect Dante Moore. But his second-year coach at the Ducks is 5-star his EDGE Matayoui Agarerai and his 5-star safety Peyton. I finished with. Bowen wasn’t the only Irish to turn to Oregon, but Running ended the day by having the Irish commit to running back Jayden Rimmer. For good measure, he also flipped Baylor quarterback commit Austin Novosad and LSU cornerback commit Dalen Austin. Now Eugene has no more grief.
Auburn: Speaking of flips, Hugh Freese’s class to begin his tenure at Auburn said the Tigers pulled top 247 cornerback Kane Lee from Ohio State and top 100 EDGE Keldrick Faulk from Florida State. It had its own two flips. All of this happened the day after Auburn landed the fourth junior offensive his tackle his Isabion his Miller. Auburn his program has been lacking hiring momentum under Brian Hershin, but things look to be changing with Freese at the helm for 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 younger brother, Tausiri Akana, gave the “Horns” another award for commitment from the #1 prospect and #35 prospect in Utah. Oklahoma was up front for the Akana, but defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski decided to acquire the Akana, who had by far the most beautiful background recruits announced in his native Hawaii. never stopped. But most importantly, on Wednesday, Texas received a signed National Letter of Intent from Arch Manning, the country’s number one recruit, to Steve Sarkisian, telling him that at this point in Austin. gave the recruits his crown jewels.
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
our women: In the grand scheme of things the Irish are not necessarily losers but they did have a memorable signing date. I saw. 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.