I'm setting up this thread to hold posts for tomorrow's signing day activities.

I'll try to update this top post with names as they come in. If I remember correctly, players started signing at 7:00 a.m. EST.

I'll start with our mid-year JUCO transfers (3) and early enrolled (1). The three JUCOs + Sow have been announced this morning (2/1).

I have not listed recruits who joined the team for the 2016 season and are now signing LOIs for the first time.

1. Tyler LaBarbera, DT, College of DuPage

2. Samuel Dervil OT, Coffeyville, C.C.

3. Shaq Jones LB/SS Iowa Western C.C.

4. Sidy Sow DT/OT Champlain Regional Football, Lennoxville, QC

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5. Preston Hutchinson QB Mason, OH

6. Francisco Pedrozo OL Louisville, OH (not KY)

7. Gunnar Oakes TE Swanton, OH (first surprise)

8. C. J. Hunt DT Avon, IN

9. Blake Bogan WR Grand Blanc, MI

10. Karmi Mackey RB Stettner, FL

11. Bobby Brown III DB Gibsonton, FL (second surprise)

12. Desean Boyd LB Detroit, MI

13. Carthell Flowers DB Syracuse, NY (third surprise)

It is now 8:00 a.m. EST. Still awaiting about 5 more publicly committed recruits... Plus hopefully a surprise or two or three...

It is now almost 9:30:

14. Russ Vaden DB Louisville, KY

15. Desmond Kelly DT Dodge City C.C.

16. Quian Williams WR Moore, OK (had not been publicly announced for EMU).

17. Greg Jean WR Fort Lauderdale, FL

18. Ville Vallisti DE Diablo Valley C.C. (Originally from Finland; had not been previously announced for EMU)

19. Jairus Grissom QB River Rouge, MI

20. Terry Myrick LB Austell, GA

21. Jeffrey Hubbard S Atlanta, GA (had not been previously announced. Apparently decided on signing day)

(Post signing day):

22. Meiko Dotson CB Georgia Tech (transfer).

Love the shape that this class is taking in terms of position of need, location, and types of recruits.

Only Flowers is a surprise to me. Gunnar Oakes is 6/5, 210 watch his hudl great hands, also can dunk scored over 1,000 points. Comes from NW Ohio I lived in that area in grade school (Napoleon) they take their football seriously its is as much Friday Night Lights as you can get.

Bobby Brown III is a nice size DB made his decision from Youngstown St us and South Dakota St. Tipped his hand when he tweeted glad to be one of the 2% of Div I players. See my predictions in the 2017 recruiting thread.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/3459750/gunnar-oakes/videos
http://www.hudl.com/profile/4259968/gunnar-oakes

http://www.hudl.com/profile/5667084/bobby-brown-iii

http://www.hudl.com/profile/4468498/carthell-flowers

All appear to have excellent overall athletic ability.

Still worried about the announced verbals not Tweeted yet by EMU including Grissom and the few players from Ga and FL.

Jaylen Hall to WMU. Bummer.

(02-01-2017 09:15 AM)emu79 Wrote:  Jaylen Hall to WMU. Bummer.

P.J. (Fleck) the gift which keeps on giving...

I'm sure the coaches have contingency plans if someone like Hall doesn't commit.

(02-01-2017 09:00 AM)emu steve Wrote:  Still worried about the announced verbals not Tweeted yet by EMU including Grissom and the few players from Ga and FL.

Some high schools have signing events that can push the timing of the signing out to later in the day.

BTW, EMU's signing day on ESPN3 at 2:00 today.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/3229869/russell-vaden

Quian Williams is a nice get, his conference was to be held at 2pm CST.

http://247sports.com/Player/Quian-Williams-90545

http://www.scout.com/player/205764-quian...?year=2016

http://www.hudl.com/profile/3169353/quian-williams

Nice. ULM and Wyoming are good programs, as are the FCS schools that offered him.

Give me Boyd and Grissom and I'll be happy with this class.

Boyd is in already.

Grissom is probably a matter of time. Still has EMU stuff plastered all over his twitter.

(02-01-2017 09:59 AM)EagleSam Wrote:  Boyd is in already.

Grissom is probably a matter of time. Still has EMU stuff plastered all over his twitter.

You're right I meant to see Gregory Jean.

http://www.scout.com/player/208434-gregory-jean?s=343

(02-01-2017 10:02 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 09:59 AM)EagleSam Wrote:  Boyd is in already.

Grissom is probably a matter of time. Still has EMU stuff plastered all over his twitter.

You're right I meant to see Gregory Jean.

http://www.scout.com/player/208434-gregory-jean?s=343

As best I can tell the only 3 outstanding are Jean, Grissom and Myrick.

Jean is in now.

Greg Jean just announced.

(02-01-2017 10:04 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 10:02 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 09:59 AM)EagleSam Wrote:  Boyd is in already.

Grissom is probably a matter of time. Still has EMU stuff plastered all over his twitter.

You're right I meant to see Gregory Jean.

http://www.scout.com/player/208434-gregory-jean?s=343

As best I can tell the only 3 outstanding are Jean, Grissom and Myrick.

Yes I agree.