This is the third year of the NCAA’s early signing period; previously, athletes had to wait until February to put pen to paper. Many still will delay their decision until the turn of the calendar, but the early signing period still can go a long way in determining which schools will pull in the top classes.
Over the course of early signing period, we’ll see which coaches get their classes off to strong starts, and which will face an uphill climb after losing out their targets.
With that, here are the top 100 recruits to keep an eye on as college football’s early signing period commences (all rankings 247Sports Composite).
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Top 100 college football recruits 2020
5-star recruits
- Bryan Bresee, (No. 1 DT) 2. Julian Fleming, (No. 1 WR) 3. Myles Murphy, (No. 1 SDE) 4. Justin Flowe, (No. 1 ILB) 5. Jordan Burch, (No. 2 SDE) 6. Bryce Young, (No. 1 DUAL) 7. Paris Johnson Jr., (No. 1 OT) 8. Kelee Ringo, (No. CB) 9. Arik Gilbert, (No. 1 TE) 10. Darnell Washington, (No. 1 ATH) 11. Sav’ell Smalls, (No. 1 OLB) 12. Elias Ricks, (No. 2 CB) 13. DJ Uiagalelei, (No. 13 PRO) 14. Zachary Evans, (No. 1 RB) 15. Bijan Robinson, (No. 2 RB) 16. Demarkcus Bowman, (No. 3 RB) 17. Chris Braswell, (No. 1 WDE) 18. Mekhail Sherman, (No. 2 OLB) 19. Broderick Jones, (No. 2 OT) 20. Rakim Jarrett, (No. 2 WR) 21. Drew Sanders, (No. 2 ATH) 22. Demond Demas, (No. 3 WR) 23. Noah Sewell, (No. 2 ILB) 24. Demonte Capehart, (No. 2 DT) 25. Chris Tyree, (No. 1 APB) 26. Fred Davis II, (No. 3 CB) 27. Tank Bigsby, (No. 4 RB) 28. Jordan Johnson, (No. 4 WR)
4-star recruits
- Trenton Simpson, (No. 3 OLB) 30. Jaylon Jones, (No. 1 S) 31. Gervon Dexter, (No. 3 DT) 32. Desmond Evans, (No. 2 WDE) 33. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, (No. 5 WR) 34. Demouy Kennedy, (No. 3 ILB) 35. Don Chaney Jr., (No. 5 RB) 36. Tate Ratledge, (No. 3 OT) 37. Kendall Milton, (No. 6 RB) 38. Turner Corcoran, (No. 4 OT) 39. MarShawn Lloyd, (No. 7 RB) 40. Kayshon Boutte, (No. 6 WR) 41. Marcus Rosemy, (No. 7 WR) 42. Phillip Webb, (No. 4 OLB) 43. Jase McClellan, (No. 8 RB) 44. Curtis Jacobs, (No. 5 OLB) 45. Justin Rogers, (No. 4 DT) 46. Quandarrius Robinson, (No. 6 OLB) 47. Clark Phillips III, (No. 4 CB) 48. Michael Mayer, (No. 2 TE) 49. Jaquelin Roy, (No. 5 DT) 50. Demorie Tate, (No. 5 CB) 51. Nate Anderson, (No. OG) 52. Jermaine Burton, (No. 8 WR) 53. Jalen Carter, (No. 6 DT) 54. Donell Harris, (No. 3 WDE) 55. Avantae Williams, (No. 2 S) 56. Walker Parks, (No. 5 OT) 57. Gary Bryant Jr., (No. 9 WR) 58. Brian Branch, (No. 3 S) 59. Xzavier Henderson, (No. 10 WR) 60. Andrew Gentry, (No. 6 OT) 61. Jalen McMillan, (No. 11 WR) 62. Gee Scott Jr., (No. 12 WR) 63. Hudson Card, (No. 2 DUAL) 64. Antoine Sampah, (No. 4 ILB) 65. Luke Doty, (No. 3 DUAL) 66. Keshawn Lawrence, (No. 4 S) 67. Tosh Baker, (No. 7 OT) 68. Myles Hinton, (No. 8 OT) 69. Quentin Johnston, (No. 13 WR) 70. Trey Wedig, (No. 9 OT) 71. Alfred Collins, (No. 3 SDE) 72. Arian Smith, (No. 14 WR) 73. Haynes King, (No. 4 DUAL) 74. Garrett Hayes, (No. 10 OT) 75. Ja’Quinden Jackson, (No. 3 ATH) 76. Dontae Manning, (No. 6 CB) 77. Chantz Williams, (No. 4 WDE) 78. Will Anderson, (No. 5 WDE) 79. Lathan Ransom, (No. 5 S) 80. Daniyel Ngata, (No. 2 APB) 81. Derek Wingo, (No. 7 OLB) 82. Mookie Cooper, (No. 15 WR) 83. CJ Stroud, (No. 2 PRO) 84. Theo Johnson, (No. 3 TE) 85. Timothy Smith, (No. 7 DT) 86. Roydell Williams, (No. 9 RB) 87. Tre Williams, (No. 8 DT) 88. Andrew Raym, (No. 2 OG) 89. Johnny Wilson, (No. 16 WR) 90. Reggie Grimes, (No. 6 WDE) 91. Jordan Toles, (No. 6 S) 92. A.J. Henning, (No. 17 WR) 93. Kobe Hudson, (No. 18 WR) 94. Myles Murao, (No. 1 C) 95. Wesley Steiner, (No. 5 ILB) 96. Luke Wypler, (No. 2 C) 97. Marcus Dumervil, (No. 11 OT) 98. E.J. Williams, (No. 19 WR) 99. Antonio Doyle, (No. 8 OLB) 100. Paul Tchio, (No. 3 OG)
