National Signing Day: Charlotte-area players head to college (updated 12.17, 1 pm)
High school football players have begun signing with colleges.
The early signing period began Wednesday and lasts until Friday. The NCAA is currently in a recruiting dead period, which began in March and has kept recruits off campuses, but recruiting still continues via video conference calls and other methods.
This is the fourth year there has been an early signing period for football. The regular signing day will be Feb. 3.
Here is where Charlotte-area players are going:
ALEXANDER CENTRAL: Ryheem Craig, football, Louisville
ANSON SENIOR: RJ Jackson, Campbell University
BURNS: Dorien Starves, football, VMI
CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC: Paul Neel, Football, Bucknell University
CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN: Logan Jones, football, Lehigh University; Cam Hicks, football, Wofford; Morgan Brown, acrobatics and tumbling, Baylor
CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY: Sam Hedrick, football, University of Richmond
CHASE: Kiylan Miller-football-Coastal Carolina
GASTON CHRISTIAN: Cody Chapman - Baseball, Cocker University
HOPEWELL: Julian Gray, Football, NC State
HOUGH: Sean Brown, Football, NC State; Jesiah Davis, Football, Virginia; Greyson Houchins, Football, Campbell; Myles Jones, Football, Mercer; Mario Love, Football, NC State; Bralyn Oliver, Football, Louisville; Evan Pryor, Football, Ohio State; Kaci Seegars, Football, Liberty; Coen Sutton, Football, Appalachian State; Tyrin Taylor, Football, Colorado; Isaac Walker, Football, Georgia Southern
INDEPENDENCE: Tyson Clawson, football, Charlotte
KINGS MOUNTAIN: Kobe Paysour, football, UNC; DayDay Wilson, football, Missouri; Javari Wilson, football, Fordham
LAKE NORMAN: Jake Johnson, football, Charleston Southern
LINCOLN CHARTER: Davis Hutchinson, Men’s Dive, St. Bonaventure; Anna Grace Terrell, Softball, Lynchburg College, Troy Fulton, Men’s Basketball, Hood College
MALLARD CREEK: Coleman Jeffcoat, Football, Temple University; Elijah Metcalf, Football, Middle Tennessee State University
MARVIN RIDGE: Caden Noonkester, football, NC State (PWO)
METROLINA CHRISTIAN: Andrew Threatt, Football, Navy
MOUNTAIN ISLAND CHARTER: Gabe Stephens, football, UNC
MYERS PARK: Jordan Bly, Football Old Dominion University; Matt Dennis, Football, Wake Forest University; Tahj El, Football, Old Dominion University; Zaire Falls, Football, Delaware State University; Drake Maye, Football, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NEWTON-CONOVER: Brandon Johnson, Football, Duke
NORTH LINCOLN: Travali Price, NCSU. Jayden Tate - NCSU. Wyatt Painter, Catawba
NORTH MECKLENBURG: Rey Noi Summerset Football, University of Akron
OLYMPIC: Cameron Smith, Football, US Naval Academy
PROVIDENCE: Eddie Czaplicki, football, Arizona State
ROCKY RIVER: Korion Sharpe, football, NC A & T University
SHELBY: Tyler Arrington, football, Gardner-Webb; Jack Hollifield, football, Virginia Tech
SOUTH MECKLENBURG: Bryson Nesbit, football, UNC
SUN VALLEY: Michael Gonzalez, football, Louisville; Gavin Blackwell, football, UNC
VANCE: Avarion Cole, football, NC A&T; Power Echols, football, UNC; Nathaniel Spindle, football, N.C. A&T; Amiyah Moreland, women’s basketball, ODU; Tanajah Hayes, women’s basketball, Florida International
WEDDINGTON: Dante Casciola- University of Dayton; Alex McLaughlin- North Carolina State University (PWO); Jalen Newman- Princeton University; Bryson Parker- University of Richmond; Michael Price- Waynesburg University; Austin Pronk- Davidson College; Zach Reda- Elon University (PWO); Will Shipley- Clemson University; Cole Wiseman- Middlebury College
WEST ROWAN: Zeek Biggers, Football, Georgia Tech
WEST STANLY: Jordan Poole, Football, North Carolina State University
This story was originally published December 16, 2020 at 1:09 PM.
