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| Wednesday, February 2 Updated: February 11, 1:12 PM ET |
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| Gators, 'Noles, Vols, Irish, Tide add to top classes By Bill Hodge FANSonly.com | ||||||||||
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The heavyweights showed their muscle on national signing day as
Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Tennessee and Notre Dame added top
prospects.
Florida signed defensive back Tre Orr of Lake City-Columbia, Fla.; offensive lineman Max Starks of Orlando-Lake Highland Prep, Fla., over Florida State, Michigan, Georgia, USC and Notre Dame; offensive lineman Jonathan Colon of Miami-Central, Fla.; and receiver Kelvin Kight of Lithonia, Ga. Florida State signed outstanding defensive lineman Travis Johnson of Sherman Oaks-Notre Dame, Calif.; national-quality offensive lineman Alex Barron of Orangeburg-Wilkinson, S.C., over Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Georgia and South Carolina; running back Greg Jones of Beaufort-Battery Creek, S.C., over Ohio State; defensive back Claudius Osei of Tallahassee, Fla., over Tennessee; defensive back Bryant McFadden of Hollywood-McArthur, Fla.; linebacker Eric Moore of Pahokee, Fla.; and defensive back Yohance Buchanan of Atlanta-Douglass, Ga.Outstanding defensive lineman Albert Means of Memphis-Trezevant, Tenn.; huge offensive lineman Maurice Mitchell of Albany-Dougherty County, Ga.; and linebacker Brooks Daniels of Jasper-Hamilton County, Fla., will play at Alabama. Tennessee gained defensive back O.J. Owens of New London-North Stanley, N.C., over Florida State, North Carolina and East Carolina; top receiver Tony Brown of Fort Lauderdale-St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla., over Florida State and Purdue; and running back Shyrone Carey of Marrero-Shaw, La., over Florida State and LSU. Highly rated quarterback Carlyle Holiday of San Antonio-Roosevelt, Tex., chose Notre Dame over Nebraska. Also signing with the Irish is quarterback Abram Elam of West Palm Beach, Fla. Oklahoma beat out Oklahoma State, Notre Dame and TCU for linebacker Ronbrose Jones of Bristow, Okla. LSU edged Nebraska for Adrian Mayes of Houston-Forest Brook, Tex. Receiver Keary Colbert of Oxnard-Hueneme, Calif., signed with USC over Arizona State and Utah. More football commitmentsDatabase search. Also check the FANSonly.com's recruiting index and football recruiting page. SEC:
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Offensive lineman Jerod Fields of Bandera, Tex., chose Oklahoma after decommitting from New Mexico. Kansas regained quarterback Mario Kinsey of Waco-La Vega, Tex., who decommitted from Baylor. Texas A&M has defensive lineman Marcus Jasmine of New Orleans-De La Salle, La. Running back Alvin Marshall of Los Angeles-Locke, Calif., chose Nebraska. LSU edged the Huskers for Adrian Mayes of Houston-Forest Brook, Tex. Missouri has commitments from defensive lineman Attiyah Ellison of Manchester-Parkway South, Mo., and receiver Joseph Bruce of Ft. Lauderdale-St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla. Big East:
West Virginia added defensive back Yulkeith Brown of Miami-Northwestern, Fla. Virginia Tech committed defensive lineman Channing Reed of Trenton, N.J./Montgomery College, Md. Syracuse has defensive back Jerry Mason of Bridgton Academy, Maine; and kicker Collin Barber of Lexington-Catholic, Ky. Pac-10:
Linebacker Ryan Jackson of San Jose-Valley Christian, Calif., pledged to Oregon. WAC:
Bill Hodge is the executive editor and director of recruiting coverage at FANSonly.com. For daily columns on prospects, commitments and signings, plus databases, go to FANSonly.com's recruiting index. | |
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