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Georgia Tech Football: Early National Signing Day Morning Preview

By Dylan Callaghan-Croley

ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 1: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets car Ramblin' Wreck prepares to drive out of the tunnel prior to their game against the Virginia Cavaliers on November 1, 2014 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 35-10. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 1: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets car Ramblin' Wreck prepares to drive out of the tunnel prior to their game against the Virginia Cavaliers on November 1, 2014 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 35-10. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 27: A general view before kickoff during the College Football Sydney Cup match between Stanford University (Stanford Cardinal) and Rice University (Rice Owls) at Allianz Stadium on August 27, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images) /

National Recruiting Predictions

Nationally, there is still a boatload of top recruits that have yet to announce their college decision. Here’s a quick preview of notable five stars and four-star prospects who have yet to decide. All rankings are the players national overall ranking according to 247Sports.

  • #4 DE Zach Harrison (5★) 
    • Choices: Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State,
    • Prediction: Ohio State

Harrison has been hard to read for his entire recruitment but it seems Ohio State has made a late surge to take back over in his recruitment. The top player in the Buckeye state is staying at home.

  • #5 RB Trey Sanders (5★)
    • Choices: Alabama, Georgia, Florida Texas
    • Prediction: Alabama

Sanders has been everywhere it seems over the last few months but in the end, Alabama will be the big winners in the “Trey Sanders sweepstakes”.

  • #6 WR Jadon Hasselwood (5★)  
    • Choices: Georgia, Miami
    • Prediction: Georgia

Hasselwood technically won’t announce his commitment until the All-American Bowl but we believe this former UGA commitment will circle back around and land with the Dawgs.

  • #9 DT Ishmael Sopsher (5★)
    • Choices: Alabama, LSU
    • Prediction: LSU

Sopsher for the longest time was thought to be a heavy LSU lean before Alabama had a bit of a rally. However, it now seems that LSU is the choice for the nation’s top defensive tackle.

  • #10 OT Darnell Wright (5★)
    • Choices: Alabama, Tennessee
    • Prediction: Tennessee

The five-star out of West Virginia has already held Tennessee highly it seems and it looks like Jeremy Pruitt will out-recruit his old boss Nick Saban for Wright.

  • #14 ILB Nakobe Dean (5★)
    • Choices: Alabama, Georgia
    • Prediction: Georgia

These Alabama-Georgia recruiting battles are only getting more common. Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs, however, will win this one but the war will rage on for a long time between these two power programs.

  • #20 OT Evan Neal (5★)
    • Choices: Alabama, Miami
    • Prediction: Alabama

The rich get richer, Neal to Bama.

  • #29 WR Kyle Ford (5★)
    • Choices: Oregon, Washington, USC
    • Prediction: USC

USC usually doesn’t allow five-star wide receivers from nearby to leave and we doubt that will happen with Ford.

  • #38 CB Tyrique Stevenson (4★)
    • Choices: Georgia, Miami
    • Prediction: Miami

The Miami native won’t announce until the All-American Bowl but we think Mark Richt convinces Stevenson to stay at home and play for the Hurricanes.

  • #39 ATH Quavaris Crouch (4★)
    • Choices: Tennesse, Clemson, Michigan
    • Prediction: Tennessee

Crouch’s recruitment has always had one conistent, Clemson. That being said, Tennessee has seem to have made a good impression on Crouch of late and it may be enough to beat out the Tigers.

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  • #40 CB Chris Steele (4★)
    • Choices: USC, Florida, Oregon
    • Prediction: Florida

The California native was committed to USC for a while before decommitting in October. It’s rare for a decommit to go back to their commitment and we’ve already predicted it once with Hasselwood. That being said,  I’m predicting Steele signs with the Gators.

  • #41 OLB Henry To’oto’o (4★)
    • Choices: Alabama, Oregon, Washington
    • Prediction: Alabama

I honestly don’t know a ton on To’oto’o so I’m just going with the consensus favorite for him.