College football early signing period: The best 2019 signings, classes

Jacob Janower

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It's time for college football's early signing period. 

For the second year, high school recruits will be able to sign their letter of intent before National Signing Day. The early signing period starts Wednesday and lasts for 72 hours. A lot of action took place on Wednesday, as some of the best high school seniors in the country picked their college destination.

MORE: Biggest winners of early signing period so far

There was plenty of action on the first day of the early signing period, as 28 of the 34 five-star recruits and 76 of the top 100 players signed their National Letters of Intent. SEC schools had the most success, with Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M and LSU finishing in the top four.

Follow along as Sporting News tracks the official signings of the Class of 2019 (all rankings 247Sports Composite).

College football early signing period commitments (Wednesday)

5-star recruits

— Nolan Smith (No. 1 overall, No. 1 WDE), has signed with Georgia.

Kayvon Thibodeaux (No. 2 overall, No. 1 WDE), has signed with Oregon.

Derek Stingley (No. 3 overall, No. 1 CB), has signed with LSU.

Zach Harrison (No. 4 overall, No. 1 SDE), has signed with Ohio State.

Trey Sanders (No. 5 overall, No. 1 RB) has signed with Alabama.

Jadon Haselwood (No. 6 overall, No. 1 WR) has signed with Oklahoma.

Bru McCoy (No. 7 overall, No. 1 ATH) has signed with USC.

— Daxton Hill (No. 8 overall, No. 1 S), has signed with Michigan.

Kenyon Green (No. 11 overall, No. 2 OT), has signed with Texas A&M.

John Emery Jr. (No. 12 overall, No. 2 RB), has signed with LSU.

Wanya Morris (No. 13 overall, No. 3 OT), has signed with Tennessee.

Nakobe Dean (No. 14 overall, No. 1 ILB), has signed with Georgia.

Owen Pappoe (No. 15 overall, No. 1 OLB), has signed with Auburn.

Garrett Wilson (No. 16 overall, No. 2 WR), has signed with Ohio State.

Logan Brown (No. 17 overall, No. 4 OT), has signed with Wisconsin.

Zacch Pickens (No. 18 overall, No. 2 SDE), has signed with South Carolina.

Andrew Booth (No. 19 overall, No. 2 CB), has signed with Clemson.

Evan Neal (No. 20 overall, No. 5 OT), has signed with Alabama.

Theo Wease (No. 21 overall, No. 3 WR), has signed with Oklahoma.

Clay Webb (No. 22 overall, No. 1 OC), has signed with Georgia. 

— Spencer Rattler (No. 23 overall, No. 1 PRO), has signed with Oklahoma.

Travon Walker (No. 24 overall, No. 2 DT), has signed with Georgia.

Brandon Smith (No. 25 overall, No. 2 ILB), has signed with Penn State.

— Devontae Dobbs (No. 26 overall, No. 1 OG), has signed with Michigan State.

Frank Ladson (No. 27 overall, No. 4 WR), has signed with Clemson.

— Antonio Alfano (No. 28 overall, No. 3 SDE), has signed with Alabama.

— DeMarvin Leal (No. 30 overall, No. 3 DT), has signed with Texas A&M.

Harry Miller (No. 31 overall, No. 2 OC), has signed with Ohio State.

Kardell Thomas (No. 32 overall, No. 2 OG), signs with LSU.

Akeem Dent (No. 33 overall, No. 3 CB) has signed with Florida State.

Dominick Blaylock (No. 34 overall, No. 6 WR), has signed with Georgia.

Top-100 recruits

Pierce Quick (No. 35 overall, No. 6 OT), has signed with Alabama.
Tyler Johnson (No. 37 overall, No. 7 OT), has signed with Texas.
Quavaris Crouch (No. 39 overall, No. 2 ATH), has signed with Tennessee
Chris Steele (No. 40 overall, No. 5 CB) has

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Zach Charbonnet (No. 42 overall, No. 3 RB), has signed with Michigan.
Mykael Wright (No. 43 overall, No. 6 CB), has signed with Oregon.
Marcel Brooks (No. 44 overall, No. 3 OLB), has signed with LSU.
Faatui Tuitele (No. 46 overall, No. 4 DT), has signed with Washington.
Bo Nix (No. 47 overall, No. 1 DUAL), has signed with Auburn.
George Karlaftis (No. 48 overall, No. 4 SDE) has signed with Purdue.
Chris Hinton (No. 49 overall, No. 5 DT), has signed with Michigan
Mase Funa (No. 50 overall, No. 3 ILB), has signed with Oregon
Joe Ngata (No. 51 overall, No. 8 WR), has signed with Clemson.
Amari Kight (No. 52 overall, No. 8 OT), has signed with Alabama.
Jordan Whittington (No. 53 overall, No. 9 WR) has signed with Texas.
Ryan Hilinski (No. 54 overall, No. 2 PRO), has signed with South Carolina.
Brian Williams (No. 55 overall, No. 2 S), has signed with Texas A&M.
Sean Rhyan (No. 56 overall, No. 9 OT) has signed with UCLA.
Baylor Cupp (No. 58 overall, No. 1 TE) has signed with Texas A&M.
Trejan Bridges (No. 59 overall, No. 10 WR) has signed with Oklahoma.
Julian Barnett (No. 62 overall, No. 8 CB) has signed with Michigan State.
DeGabriel Floyd (No. 64 overall, No. 4 ILB), has signed with Texas.
Lewis Cine (No. 66 overall, No. 3 S), has signed with Georgia.
Demani Richardson (No. 67 overall, No. 4 S), has signed with Texas A&M.
Jowon Briggs (No. 68 overall, No. 7 DT) has signed with Virginia.
Jeremiah Payton (No. 69 overall, No. 11 WR), has signed with Miami (Fla.).
Shane Lee (No. 70 overall, No. No. 5 ILB), has signed with Alabama.
Caedan Wallace (No. 71 overall, No. 3 OG) has signed with Penn State.
Austin Stogner (No. 72 overall, NO. 3 TE) has signed with Oklahoma.
Jacob Bandes (No. 73 overall, No. 8 DT), has signed with Washington.
Jonah Tauanu'u (No. 74 overall, No. 10 DT) has signed with Oregon.
Justin Eboigbe (No. 75 overall, No. 5 SDE), has signed with Alabama.
— Jordan Battle (No. 77 overall, No. 6 S), has signed with Alabama.
Will Putnam (No. 78 overall, No. 4 OG) has signed with Clemson.
Adisa Isaac (No. 79 overall, No. 4 WDE), has signed with Penn State.
— Devyn Ford (No. 80 overall, No. 5 RB), has signed with Penn State.
Jake Smith (No. 81 overall, No. 12 WR), has signed with Texas.
Jayden Daniels (No. 82 overall, No. 2 DUAL), has signed with Arizona State.
Marquez Beason (No. 84 overall, No. 4 ATH), has signed with Illinois
Mycah Pittman (No. 85 overall, No. 13 WR), has signed with Oregon
Erick Young (No. 86 overall, No. 10 CB), has signed with Texas A&M.
Sam Howell (No. 87 overall, No. 3 PRO), has flipped from Florida State to North Carolina.
Dylan Wright (No. 89 overall, No. 14 WR), has signed with Texas A&M.
Rian Davis (No. 90 overall, No. 4 OLB), has signed with Georgia
Jeffery Carter (No. 91 overall, No. 11 CB) has signed with Alabama.
Savion Jackson (No. 93 overall, No. 7 CB), has signed with N.C. State.
DeMarcco Hellams (No. 94 overall, No. 7 SDE), has signed with Alabama.
Charles Cross (No. 95 overall, No. 11 OT), has signed with Mississippi State.
Jaren Handy (No. 96 overall, No. 8 SDE), has signed with Auburn.
Elijah Higgins (No. 97 overall, No. 15 WR), has signed with Stanford.
Austin Jones (No. 98 overall, No. 6 RB), has signed with Stanford.
Brandon Turnage (No. 99 overall, No. 12 CB), has signed with Alabama.

Top 10 recruiting classes

Team National Rank (Conference) Rank 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars Total score
Alabama (SEC): 1st 3 24 1 315.13
Georgia 2 (SEC): 2nd 5 15 3 304.62
Texas A&M 3 (SEC): 3rd 2 12 11 283.98
Oklahoma 4 (Big 12): 1st 3 12 8 283.16
LSU 5 (SEC): 4th 3 10 8 282.11
Clemson 6 (ACC): 1st 2 11 14 279.44
Oregon 7 (Pac-12): 1st 1 11 10 274.62
Michigan 8 (Big Ten): 1st 1 15 11 273.29
Texas 9 (Big 12): 2nd 0 14 9 269.59
Penn State 10 (Big Ten): 2nd 1 16 1 262.27

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