Topic: National Signing Day Central

[Big City]

Isaiah Finnie (Signed: 7:10 a.m.)
Position, Height, Weight: LB, 6-1, 205
School: McArthur
Hometown: Hollywood, Fla.
Recruited by: Pat Bastien
 
Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … Received offers from Maryland, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Colorado State, Florida Atlantic, FIU, UAB, Utah State, South Dakota and Tennessee State … Played outside linebacker and defensive end at McArthur.

Ethan Payne (Signed: 7:16 a.m.)
Position, Height, Weight: RB, 6-1, 210
School: Poca
Hometown: Poca, W.Va.
Recruited by: Greg Adkins
 
Rated a two-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … Winner of the Kennedy (state's top high school player) and Warner (state's top running back) Awards … Rushed for 2,845 yards and scored 52 total touchdowns (49 rushing, two receiving and one kick return) during junior campaign … 276 points broke the former state record held by Curt Warner (263, 1978) … Also played cornerback and basketball at Poca … Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds, with a bench press of 225 pounds and a squat of 415.

Darion Dearinger (Signed: 7:24 a.m.)
Position, Height, Weight: DT, 6-3, 270
School: Anderson County
Hometown: Lawrenceburg, Ky.
Recruited by: J.C. Price
 
Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com … Received offers from WKU, Air Force, Army, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Navy, Western Michigan and Eastern Kentucky … Played defensive end and tight end at Anderson County … Boasts a 40-yard dash of 4.71 seconds, shuttle of 4.5 with a vertical leap of 36.1 inches … Bench presses 365 pounds … Two-time first-team all-state honoree … At Anderson, recorded 60 tackles, 27 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks in 2019.

John McConnell (Signed: 7:28 a.m.)
Position, Height, Weight: P, 6-4, 190
School: Morgantown
Hometown: Morgantown, W.Va.
Recruited by: Kyle Segler
 
Will be a mid-year enrollee for the Thundering Herd … Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com … Ranked fifth nationally as a punter by Chris Sailer Kicking … Averages more than 43 yards per kick with a hang time in excess of 4.5 seconds … Also has experience as a placekicker and kickoff specialist.

Cam Fancher (Signed: 8:17 a.m.)
Position, Height, Weight: QB, 6-2, 180
School: Wayne
Hometown: Huber Heights, Ohio
Recruited by: Tim Cramsey
 
Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com … Received offers from Georgia State, Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Fordham, Georgetown and Murray State … Also played wide receiver at Wayne … Passed for 1,944 yards and seven touchdowns with 602 rushing yards and seven more scores on the ground during his junior season … Won the state championship in the triple jump and played basketball at Wayne.

Eric Meeks (Signed: 8:18 a.m.)
Position, Height, Weight: OL, 6-3, 315
School: Penn
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Recruited by: Greg Adkins
 
Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com … Received offers from Army, Central Michigan, Austin Peay and Southern Illinois … Played center, guard, defensive tackle and long snapper in high school … First-team all-conference and second-team all-district honoree … Also competed in track and field.

https://herdzone.com/news/2020/12/15/football-2021-national-signing-day-central.aspx

[Buffalo Bop]

https://twitter.com/GrantTraylor/status/1339232835761221636?s=20

[Buffalo Bop]

https://twitter.com/GrantTraylor/status/1339249904145887235?s=20

Pretty interesting background story.

[svherd]

Wonder why Biggs is waiting until Feb. to sign? Hope we don't lose him - he has tons of upside potential.

[catfanatic1979]

What is the story on Moore? He dropped from Auburn, a community college and Oregon. He talks about slander on his Twitter. Did he get accused of something?

[MicDrass1]

What is the story on Moore? He dropped from Auburn, a community college and Oregon. He talks about slander on his Twitter. Did he get accused of something?

Think he can make it passed a full year here?

[svherd]

Evidently Biggs will be a blue shirt.

[MUonium]

looks like the bigs can hoof it a little bit.  thats a plus.  QBs always draw interest- know anything about Fincher?

[coalherd]

247Sports recruiting rankings found on CBSsports.com show the Herd with 11 commits.  However, we are ranked NINTH in CUSA, just behind No. 8 UAB.  No 1 is FAU with TWENTY FIVE commits.  Nationally, FAU is the top rated CUSA team, coming in at 70 something.  The Herd is, ugh, at No. 117, IIRC.  Rankings include both FBS and FCS programs, and we are not that far ahead of a bunch of Ivy League teams, if that tells you something.

Probably the worst rated class in Doc's tenure.  Good news is that there is always the Febrary signing date to look forward to.  Also, everyone expects a lot of movement in and out of college rosters all across the board due to changes in classification of this year's seniors being granted another year of eligibility.  So chances of Doc's team having more than a few seniors opt not to come back next season for various reasons will allow him to find additional new players by February and later on in the spring and summer, before the start of the 2021 season.