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Wake Forest Signing Day Primer

By Riley Johnston

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Tomorrow (or really today) is one of the biggest days, if not THE biggest day for most college football teams in the NCAA, and Wake Forest is certainly not an exception. It is National Signing Day, the day that all the high school senior recruits across the nation sign their National Letter of Intent to their college. This letter binds the athletes to the school that they commit to, and it becomes a rock hard "commit", rather than just a verbal.

Although the Deacs are not a perennial powerhouse in college football by any means, it is still the day when we get our infusion of talent for the next 4 (and for us mostly 5) years. Therefore it is very important to us here at Blogger So Dear, and the readers to stay on our toes about the team and what is coming!

Throughout the day tomorrow we will have a live open blog all day where all discussion can take place about the commits coming in. We will also be updating it throughout the day with information from a plethora of sites around the web. That means there is no reason for y'all to go anywhere else except here to get your Wake Forest recruiting information. There shouldn't be a lot of surprise for us, but last year we got a couple of last day steals, so you never know.

This article will highlight the (currently) 19 guys that have verballed to us and are expected to sign their LOI with us at some point tomorrow to become Demon Deacons.

It goes without saying that we welcome all of these guys with open arms, because I (and all of us I hope) believe that these young men will be making the best decision of their life. Go Deacs!!!

Click through for a list of the football players expected to sign with the Deacs tomorrow, as well as a couple of other guys that we could land who are deciding tomorrow.

All information that follows is from Rivals.com

 Committed - Not Yet Signed
Josh Banks
DE
Apex, NCMiddle Creek
6'4"
252
4.8
2 stars
5.4
7/17/11
2 videos
Tyler Cameron
QB
Jupiter, FLJupiter
6'3"
210
3 stars
5.7
12/3/11
5 videos
Jared Crump
WR
Fruit Cove, FLBartram Trail
6'3"
190
4.5
3 stars
5.6
10/8/11
1 video
Steve Donatell
QB
Highlands Ranch, COHighlands Ranch
6'5"
195
3 stars
5.6
1/24/12
1 video
Dominique Gibson
LB
Belle Glade, FLGlades Central
5'10"
190
3 stars
5.7
10/21/11
6 videos
Zach Gordon
TE
Carrollton, GACarrollton
6'5"
245
3 stars
5.6
7/30/11
1 video
Tylor Harris
DE
Baton Rouge, LAEpiscopal
6'3"
245
4.7
2 stars
5.4
1/30/12
6 videos
Ty Hayworth
OL
Kingsport, TNDobyns Bennett
6'4"
300
5.4
3 stars
5.5
8/5/11
Ryan Janvion
ATH
Hialeah, FLDade Christian
5'11"
175
4.6
3 stars
5.5
8/2/11
1 video
Kevis Jones
ATH
Oakland Park, FLNortheast
6'2"
195
4.8
3 stars
5.5
12/7/11
2 videos
Shelldon Lewinson
DT
Seffner, FLArmwood
6'2"
240
3 stars
5.6
7/20/11
1 video
Teddy Matthews
LB
Royal Palm Beach, FLRoyal Palm Beach
6'3"
210
3 stars
5.5
1/22/12
Anthony Rook
TE
Greenville, NCRose
6'4"
230
4.7
3 stars
5.5
6/17/11
2 videos
Will Smith
OL
Christchurch, VAChristchurch School
6'5"
285
5.3
3 stars
5.5
7/25/11
3 videos
Joel Suggs
OL
Randleman, NCRandleman
6'6"
285
2 stars
5.3
3/4/11
1 video
LaRonji Vason
DB
Prattville, ALPrattville
5'9"
158
4.5
3 stars
5.5
6/21/11
1 video
James Ward
DB
Deland, FLDeland
5'10"
175
3 stars
5.5
12/16/11
Joshua Wilhite
RB
Missouri City, TXHightower
5'10"
170
4.5
3 stars
5.5
7/31/11
Jonathan Williams
WR
Atlanta, GAMays
6'4"
170
4.5
3 stars
5.5
9/12/11
2 videos

Breakdown by Position:

Offense

QB (1)- Tyler Cameron (***)
RB (1)- Joshua Wilhite (***)
WR (2)- Jared Crump (***), Jonathan Williams (***)
TE (2)- Zach Gordon (***), Anthony Rook (***)
OL (3)- Ty Hayworth (***), Will Smith (***), Joel Suggs (**)

Defense

DT (1)- Shelldon Lewinson (***)
DE (2)- Josh Banks (**), Tylor Harris (**)
LB (2)- Dominique Gibson (***), Teddy Matthews (***)
DB (2)- LaRonji Vason (***), James Ward (***)

ATH (3)- Steve Donatell (***), Ryan Janvion (***), Kevis Jones (***)



Other Notable Offers

Tyler Cameron- LSU, UCLA, Tennessee, N.C. State, Michigan State, Louisville, Kentucky, Illinois, Boston College, Cincinnati, South Florida, Rutgers, Purdue,

Joshua Wilhite- Tulsa

Jared Crump- Duke, N.C. State, West Virginia, Vanderbilt, Cincinnati, Southern Mississippi,

Zach Gordon- Boston College, Cincinnati, Georgia Southern, Louisville, Purdue, Stanford, Central Florida,

Anthony Rook- N.C. State, Vanderbilt

Ty Hayworth- Cincinnati

Will Smith- James Madison

Shelldon Lewinson- Temple, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, North Texas

Josh Banks- Minnesota, Western Michigan

Tylor Harris- Arkansas, Northwestern, Stanford, Tulane, Memphis, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, North Texas

Dominique Gibson- East Carolina, Kentucky, Marshall, Memphis, Vanderbilt

Teddy Matthews- Florida Atlantic, Central Florida

LaRonji Vason- Arkansas State, Memphis, Troy, Northern Illinois, Florida International

James Ward- Marshall, Maryland, Middle Tennessee State

Steve Donatell- Nebraska

Ryan Janvion- Boston College, Duke, Kansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, Purdue, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth

Kevis Jones- Illinois, Syracuse, Texas Tech, Central Florida



Two Potential Other Recruits
  • Jela Duncan (RB, Mallard Creek) is expected to choose between Wake Forest, Duke, ECU, and Purdue tomorrow. Duncan will announce tomorrow at 9:00 A.M. at www.NCPreps.com. BSD predicts Wake Forest
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  • Quinshad Davis (WR, Gaffney, SC) is expected to choose between Wake Forest, Tennessee, and UNC tomorrow. BSD predicts Wake Forest
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Key Notes
  • Steve Donatell will likely be converted to a DE or LB (listed at QB by recruiting services)
  • LaRonji Vason was named 1st Team All-Alabama DB by Scout.
  • Tyler Cameron is currently enrolled at Wake, and is the most esteemed commit, choosing the Deacs over LSU (10th best QB in the state of Florida)
  • Wake's 19 expected commits would be the most since 2009 (23)
BSD Twitter Pages (Live updates all day w/ analysis)


Links to know for tomorrow
Once again, stay tuned to BSD all day tomorrow starting bright and early at 9.00 with the college decision of Jela Duncan. We will have the thread up before then hopefully, because a lot of these guys like to send their LOI's in bright and early!!!