Below is a list of area class of 2014 athletes who have committed to play a sport in college. None of them can sign to play in college until next fall.
We will update this blog with more names as they are reported to us. Click on the "recruiting" tag above to see more N&O blogs on recruiting.
Last update: June 19
Below is a list of area class of 2013 athletes who have committed to play a sport in college. All athletes will be able to sign a binding letter-of-intent on Feb. 6, if they have not done so already. Only a select few on this list are preferred walk-ons.
We will update this blog with more names as they are reported to us. Click on the "recruiting" tag above to see more N&O blogs on recruiting.
Last update: June 14
After a season that ended with a bowl game, Duke continued its positive momentum and signed 20 new players in the class of 2013. Credit: CHUCK LIDDY
Updated 4:30 p.m.
Durham—All the faxes are in, and Duke football can now officially welcome its class of 2013. In total, the Blue Devils signed 20 prospects, four of whom enrolled in January and are already on campus. The full list is below.
The theme of the class can be summed up in one word: Playmaker.
"It’s pretty cool that a lot of them played and started on both sides on their high school teams," head coach David Cutcliffe said. They were the leading players and playmakers on both sides of the football. I personally paid a lot of attention to that as we started offering people in this class. Guys that don’t make plays in high school aren’t going to make plays in college.
"If they run great times in a combine and they jump well and they impress people standing there watching them doing drills, and they won’t make plays in the ball game, then I’m not very interested in them."
Currently, Rivals ranks Duke as the No. 11 class in the 14-team ACC (welcome, Pittsburgh and Syracuse) and 67th overall. The star rankings for each prospect also come from Rivals. Earlier today, I asked Cutcliffe how much he pays attention to the star system during the recruiting process.
Below is a list of area athletes who have committed to play a sport in college.
We will update this blog with more names as we get them. Click on the "recruiting" tag above to see more N&O blogs on recruiting.
Last update: June 18
Quarterback Tyler Cameron, tight end Anthony Cook and defensive tackle Josh Banks (Cary Middle Creek) headline Wake Forest's list of football signees today.
As usual, Demon Deacons coach Jim Grobe dipped into Florida for recruits, including Cameron, a three-star recruit from Jupiter, Fla.
Cary Panther Creek tight end Dan Beilinson headlines the list of Duke's football signees today. On Duke's official athletics website, however, the position for the 6-foot-5, 240-pound, three-star prospect is listed as "Line."
Check back here over the course of the afternoon for Duke Signing Day updates, as well as for a separate post off Blue Devils coach David Cutcliffe's Signing Day news conference.
Durham Hillside linebacker Jamal Marcus said he wanted to go to Ohio State as soon as he spoke with new Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer.
The following area high school football players have accepted offers to play college football. Not all of the players have received athletic scholarships, but all are expected to receive financial aid with the expectation of playing college football. Some institutions, such as Campbell and the service academies, do not give football scholarships.
To see a complete list of area athletes who are expected to accept athletic offers go to:
http:// blogs.newsobserver. com/ prepsnow/updated-list-of-triangle-college-commits
Two members of the Tri-Nine Conference’s boys basketball first team will be teammates for the next four years after each signed with Fayetteville State.
Bobby Mintz and Noelle Beasley will be the only Cary Christian athletes signing today.
