There is always a buzz in the air around this time of year.  Do you know what it is?  If you haven’t guessed, it’s College Football Subdivision National Signing Day.  It just passed yesterday on February 4, 2009, and seems to get bigger every year because of the media exposure and the internet age.  It seems to capture the attention of American sports fans more than ever.  Now there are high school football all-star games played right after the bowl games end in early January.  The two most prestigious and well-known are the Army All-American Bowl and The UnderArmour All-American Bowl.  The hype for these games gets taken up a notch each year,  if that’s even possible?  After these games are played, the recruiting season is in full throttle and keeps building until the climax, National Signing Day.  I’ll admit, I am one of these recruiting junkies that contributes to the  madness by checking Scout and Rivals.com.  The recruiting starts right after National Signing Day ends and continues until signing day, 2010.

Well, I am going to list some of the top blue chip prospects that just made their decisions in the last week or two to sign with a university.  These are athletes that didn’t verbally commit to a school or are de-commitments from a school.  It seems as though the popularity and publicity of these blue chippers trumps the others.  It’s not that they are better than the other student athletes, but it’s because they haven’t made their decision yet and it’s the most recent news.  Right here, right now, the Americans mentality these days, they don’t want to hear the old recruiting news.  If one of these top 100 players, according to opinion, has a good game in one of these all-star games, look out, their stock is going to sky rocket like Tajh Boyd and Bryce Brown did this year.  Enough already, here is my list.  Over the next week or so, I will give my class rankings, breakdown, and analysis.

Pos Name School
RB     Bryce Brown Wichita (KS) East
Finalists: Miami, Oregon, Auburn, USC, Tennessee, Kansas State
Committed: Undecided until March, was verbally committed to Miami until January

LB     Manti Te’o Honolulu (HI) Punahou
Finalists: Notre Dame, UCLA, USC
Committed: Notre Dame

LB     Jelani Jenkins Olney (MD) Good Counsel
Finalists: Boston College, Florida, Illinois, Notre Dame, Penn State, USC
Committed: Florida

RB    Trent Richardson Pensacola (FL) Escambia
Finalists: Alabama, Florida, LSU, Tennessee
Committed: Alabama

WR    Rueben Randle Bastrop (LA)
Finalists: Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Oklahoma
Committed: LSU

WR     Marlon Brown Memphis (TN) Harding
Finalists: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Ohio State, Tennessee
Committed: Georgia

LB     Vontaze Burfict Corona (CA) Centennial
Finalists: Arizona State, USC
Committed: Arizona State

TE     Orson Charles Tampa (FL) Plant
Finalists: Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Tennessee, USC
Committed: Undecided

WR    Pat Patterson Macon (MS) Noxubee
Finalists: Alabama, Mississippi, Southern Miss, Tennessee
Committed: Mississippi

CB     Dre Kirkpatrick Gadsden (AL)
Finalists: Alabama, Florida, Texas
Committed: Alabama

CB    Greg Reid Valdosta (GA) Lowndes
Finalists: Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia
Committed: Florida State

DE    Sam Montgomery Greenwood (SC)
Finalists: LSU, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee
Committed: LSU

OL    Marcus Hall Cleveland (OH) Glenville
Finalists: Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee
Committed: Ohio State

S    Jawanza Starling Tallahassee (FL) Lincoln
Finalists: Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Notre Dame, USC
Committed: USC

LB     Jarvis Jones Columbus (GA) Carver
Finalists: Florida, Georgia, LSU, Texas, USC
Committed: USC

S     Byron Moore Harbor City (CA) Narbonne
Finalists: Colorado, Notre Dame, USC
Committed: USC

RB    David Oku Oklahoma City (OK) Albert
Finalists: Auburn, Syracuse, Tennessee
Committed: Undecided

OL     Xavier Su’a-Filo Provo (UT) Timpview
Finalists: BYU, LSU, UCLA, USC, Utah
Committed: UCLA

WR    Justin Brown Wilmington (DE) Concord
Finalists: Iowa, Penn State, Rutgers
Committed: Penn State

OL    Pete White Washington (DC) St. Johns
Finalists: Maryland, Miami, Tennessee
Committed: Maryland

S     Darren Myles Atlanta (GA) Carver
Finalists: Alabama, LSU, Ohio State, Purdue, Tennessee
Committed: Tennessee

WR    Randall Carroll Los Angeles (CA) Cathedral
Finalists: Arizona State, California, Oklahoma, UCLA, USC
Committed: UCLA

LB  Barkevious Mingo West Monroe (LA)
Finalists: Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, LSU
Committed: LSU

CB    Janzen Jackson Lake Charles (LA) Barbe
Finalists: Alabama, LSU, Tennessee
Committed: Tennessee

LB     Tana Patrick Stevenson (AL) N Jackson
Finalists: Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, USC
Committed: Alabama

CB    Denard Robinson Deerfield Beach (FL)
Finalists: Florida, Georgia, Kansas State, Michigan, UCF
Committed: Michigan

WR    Je’Ron Stokes Philadelphia (PA) N’east
Finalists: Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee
Committed: Michigan

OL Brandon Moore Montgomery (AL) Carver
Finalists: Alabama, Florida
Committed: Alabama

QB    Raymond Cotton Fort Meade (MD)
Finalists: Kansas State, Mississippi, Southern Miss
Committed: Mississippi

CB    Marsalis Teague Paris (TN) Henry County
Finalists: Alabama, Florida, Tennessee
Committed: Tennessee

DE     James Boyd Los Angeles (CA) Jordan
Finalists: Oregon State, USC, Washington
Committed: USC

WR     Alshon Jeffrey St Matthews (SC) Calhoun
Finalists: South Carolina, Tennessee, USC
Committed: South Carolina

WR    Devon Flournoy Van Nuys (CA) B’ham
Finalists: UCLA, USC
Committed: USC

DT     Kwame Geathers Georgetown (SC) Carvers
Finalists: Central Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Committed: Undecided

WR    Kendall Kelly Gadsden (AL)
Finalists: Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, LSU, Tennessee
Committed: Alabama

OL     Morgan Moses Richmond (VA) M’brook
Finalists: Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Committed: Virginia

RB     Eddie Lacy Geismar (LA) Dutchtown
Finalists: Alabama, Tennessee
Committed: Alabama

WR    Adam Hall Tucson (AZ) Palo Verde
Finalists: Arizona, California, Oregon
Committed: Arizona

DT    Terrence Coleman Mobile (AL) Williamson
Finalists: Auburn, Arkansas, Southern Miss
Committed: Auburn

QB     Tajh Boyd Hampton (VA) Phoebus
Finalists: Clemson, Ohio State, Oregon
Committed: Clemson

DE     Lanford Collins Stafford (VA) Brooke Point
Finalists: Virginia Tech, Penn State, Boston College
Committed: Virginia Tech

CB Jayron Hosley Delray Beach (FL) Atlantic
Finalists: Virginia Tech, South Florida, Clemson, Louisville, Michigan
Committed: Virginia Tech

by Wayde in Sports