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 3 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.
Bleckley County High School
Hugh Cairney - University of Chicago
Riley Edge - Middle Georgia State University (Softball)
Dublin High School
Romello Height - Auburn University
Houston County High School
Wesley Steiner - Auburn University
Jones County High School
Conner Griffin - Middle Tennessee State University
Jontavis Robertson - Duke University
Mount de Sales Academy
Dexter Williams - Indiana University
Josiah Cotton - Samford University
Peach County High School
Justin Harris - Georgia Southern University
Sergio Allen - Clemson University
Talique Allen - Western Kentucky University
Noah Whittington - Western Kentucky University
Daelan Smith - Army at West Point
Colby Towns - Alcorn State University
Perry High School
Payne Sells - Georgia Southwestern State University (Golf)
Warner Robins High School
Marcayll Jones - University of Memphis
Westside High School
Jaylon Barden - University of Pittsburgh
Jayland Parker - NC State University
Windsor Academy
Josie Spradley - East Georgia State College (Softball)
PHOTOS: Early Signing Day 2019
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