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: May 16

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.

Fuquay-Varina will have five athletes signing scholarships this week, including four football players that will sign today. None is more heralded than defensive tackle Shawn Underwood, a two-time all-state player who will play for Butch Davis at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Athens Drive will have at least four players signing this fall with their college of choice. Three of them, Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler, Tyler Draovitch and Andrew Joyce, played on the 4-A East semifinalist boys soccer team. Vandermaas-Peeler, heading to UNC-Chapel Hill was a member of the U18 men's national team that competed in Israel in December, even scoring a goal.

Cary will have at least five of its student-athletes signing today, including two-time state champion wrestler Ben Creed and conference champion swimmer Victoria Mitchell.