So it's National Signing Day, or at least one of them. Honestly, this is really the beginning of the late signing period … that's a more accurate description of what the first Wednesday in February is now.
Prospects can sign a letter of intent for many weeks beyond today, and several FCS recruits will do that. But we decided to take a look at what we know so far and give you a sneak peak of what we'll be publishing over the next two weeks to document the FCS' recruiting class of 2018.
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2017 FCS RECRUITING: HERO Sports ranked the top teams
Here are a couple of things to know:
- HERO Sports will publish an FCS Top 50 classes piece and a FCS Top 250 incoming freshmen piece on Feb. 21. Leading up to that, we'll be breaking down each conference — all 13 — from an individual standpoint.
- How did we come up with our ranking list below? Simple — it's subjective, but all recruiting rankings are that way. We combined 247Sports, Rivals, their offer lists and our own thoughts to come up with our version of the FCS recruiting rankings. We provide some of their top offers in the piece. This is our third year doing this.
- Why are there so many Ivy League players, you might ask? Our answer — look who these prospects shot down so they could attend an Ivy League school. Kind of makes you wonder what a team like Ivy champion Yale would do if they were in the FCS Playoffs, doesn't it? The talent these teams are getting is incredible.
- Last thing – No. 1 prospect Brevin White? He's a 4-star quarterback prospect. Not too shabby for an FCS team (Princeton) to pull that off.
So, enough of that — let's see if your favorite FCS team has a player in our first published recruiting piece of 2018. And my oh my did some big ones come in today For Weber State, Chattanooga and Jacksonville State (see the list below).
Enjoy.
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| NO | FCS CHOICE | POS | PROSPECT | HOMETOWN | HGT | WGT | OTHER OFFERS |
| 1 | PRINCETON | QB | Brevin White | Lancaster, CA | 6'2" | 185 | Tennessee, Five Pac 12 offers |
| 2 | WEBER STATE | WR | Devon Cooley | Bellflower, CA | 6'1" | 160 | UCLA decommit – 7 P5 offers |
| 3 | CHATTANOOGA | DT | Josh Walker | Bradenton, FL | 6'2" | 285 | Arizona decommit – 41 total offers |
| 4 | GRAMBLING | ATH | Maurice Robinson | Mobile, AL | 6'1" | 180 | Alabama, LSU |
| 5 | JACKSONVILLE STATE | CB | Cagan Campbell | Tuscaloosa, AL | 5'10" | 170 | Marshall, Umass, Army, FAU – 17 offers |
| 6 | PRINCETON | DT | Tola Banjoko | Alexandria, VA | 6'5" | 245 | Georgia, Missouri, Wisc. – 10 offers |
| 7 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE | ATH | Saybein Clark | Sioux City, IA | 6'1" | 195 | Iowa, UNI, USD, SDSU |
| 8 | PENN | OL | Travis Spreen | Portland, OR | 6'4" | 290 | Academies, Ivys, Montana St. |
| 9 | HARVARD | DT | Justin Kakala | Manteca, CA | 6'4" | 270 | Cal decommit; Colorado |
| 10 | FORDHAM | OL | Anthony Marinelli | Wayne, NJ | 6'4" | 295 | UCF, CentMich, Academies – 14 total |
| 11 | PRINCETON | OL | Zack Zambrano | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 6'3" | 290 | Maryland, Marshall, Tulane – 16 total |
| 12 | THE CITADEL | RB | Emeka Nwanze | Roswell, GA | 5'11" | 205 | Penn decommit; several ACC offers |
| 13 | EASTERN WASHINGTON | LB | Tre Weed | Sumner, WA | 6'0" | 190 | Syracuse, BYU – 14 offers |
| 14 | YALE | RB | Trenton Charles | Baton Rouge, LA | 5'9" | 165 | Arizona, Arizona State, TCU- 14 offers |
| 15 | HARVARD | WR | Kym Wimberly | New Orleans, LA | 5'11" | 185 | 20 total, many Group 5s and FCS |
| 16 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE | QB | Trey Lance | Marshall, MN | 6'4" | 195 | North. Ill., West. Mich, Air Force – 10 offers |
| 17 | RHODE ISLAND | OL | Evan Lovell | Thomaston, CT | 6'5" | 310 | Pitt, N.C. State – 9 total offers |
| 18 | PRINCETON | LB | Isaac Hall | San Diego, CA | 6'2" | 210 | San Jose St, New Mex, UNLV, Utah St |
| 19 | U.C. DAVIS | OL | Jake Parks | S.J. Capistrano, CA | 6'4" | 300 | Boise State, San Diego St., Fresno St. |
| 20 | MONTANA STATE | RB | Sherod White | Brentwood, CA | 5'8" | 170 | Idaho, New Mexico, Howard |
| 21 | JAMES MADISON | WR | Reggie Brown | Lakeland, FL | 6'1" | 175 | South Dakota, Campbell |
| 22 | EASTERN WASHINGTON | WR | Anthony Stell | Seattle, WA | 5'10" | 170 | Oregon St., Hawaii, Nevada – 10 offers |
| 23 | CHATTANOOGA | S | Kohl Henke | Chattanooga, TN | 6'2" | 190 | Virginia, Navy, JSU, APSU, Mercer |
| 24 | YALE | OG | Tate Goodyear | Cincinnati, OH | 6'4" | 275 | Iowa State, MAC – 19 offers |
| 25 | ILLINOIS STATE | S | Mike Gardner | DeSoto, TX | 5'11" | 180 | Indiana, Fresno St., Nevada |
