MACON, Ga. — 13WMAZ has a continuous, real-time story of Central Georgia athletes participating in Early Signing Day.
WHEN DID NATIONAL SIGNING DAY BEGIN?
The modern-day incarnation of this coveted date on the college football calendar launched in February 1982, after the College Football Association (along with high-profile coaches) successfully lobbied for a universal date for all NCAA football institutions.
Since then, National Signing Day has essentially covered the first Tuesday or Wednesday of February; and within this uniformity, the TV networks (read: ESPN) found a way to market the coverage of the even, not unlike how ESPN transformed interest in the NFL Draft in the early 1980s.
WHEN DID EARLY SIGNING DAY BECOME A THING?
We're entering year five of this three-day window in December, where high school seniors can officially sign with their schools of choice before the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
LIVE UPDATES
Stay with 13WMAZ for live updates for all of the student athlete signees.
Baldwin High School
Dexter Ricks Jr. - Liberty University
Warner Robins High School
Daveon Walker - Vanderbilt
Antwon Jackson - Liberty University
CJ Brooks - West Point Academy (ARMY)
Jose Gonzalez - Mercer University
Washington County High School
Falentha Carswell - Ole Miss
Mount De Sales
A'khori Jones - Liberty University
Trey Butts - Kennesaw State University
Peach County High School
Andre Thomas Jr. - Yale University
Quentel Jones - Kentucky
Jones County High School
John Alan Richter - Toledo
Houston County High School
Chandler Strong - Georgia Southern University
Caleb Coley - Michigan State
Macon County High School
Marcus Sanders Junior - Georgia Southern University
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