A brand new residence for Jaden Rashada? Who will signal Nyckoles Harbor? Nationwide signing day primer

Nationwide signing day has misplaced its pop.

Ever because the early signing interval was instituted, the craziness of the primary Wednesday of February has been tempered dramatically. The overwhelming majority of the 2023 class already signed with their future faculties in December.

However that doesn’t imply there aren’t tales to trace. Listed here are just a few to look at as we head into subsequent week.

Nyckoles Harbor watch

5-star edge rusher Nyckoles Harbor of Washington (D.C.) Archbishop Carroll often is the most athletic participant within the 2023 cycle. Take a look at the 6-foot-5, 225-pound prospect’s observe occasions.

With prospects as proficient as Harbor, there’s normally some drama alongside the way in which. With Harbor, it’s coming within the type of anticipation of the place he’s going to finish up. You gained’t see Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State or Clemson in his last group. He’s contemplating Michigan, South Carolina, Oregon, Maryland and some others.

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It appeared, for a short second, that Deion Sanders was going to get Colorado within the combine. Harbor posted an Instagram story that had his location in Boulder, Colo., but it surely has since come out that he wasn’t there and has no plans to go to.

All 4 of his finalists may provide you with a cause why touchdown this dedication would change the notion of their total class. Michigan would like to land its first five-star prospect within the 2023 class after making the School Soccer Playoff for a second consecutive yr. Maryland would love so as to add a game-changing, five-star expertise on the eleventh hour of the cycle, because it’s finished a number of occasions in Mike Locksley’s tenure. Oregon would like to build on the buzz it created during the early signing period. And, in fact, South Carolina’s momentum on and off the sector would shift into overdrive mode if it may dip into D.C. and take among the best gamers within the nation.

The difficult factor about this recruitment is that each faculty on the checklist has seemingly had its time because the perceived chief. But right here we’re, lower than per week away from nationwide signing day, and there isn’t an actual indication of the place Harbor goes to signal. Possibly that’s as a result of he nonetheless has an official go to to Oregon scheduled this weekend. The Geese are going to have the final crack at Harbor after he formally visited Michigan, South Carolina and Maryland within the fall.

Coaches have travelled in droves to Washington D.C., to make in-home pitches. It’s crunch time now.

Will Oregon make one other splash?

Despite the fact that five-star security Peyton Bowen of Denton (Texas) Ryan ultimately signed with Oklahoma regardless of committing to Oregon on the primary day of the early signing interval, the Geese made an enormous splash in December. A lot in order that head coach Dan Lanning posted a video of himself smoking a victory cigar after doing all that injury.

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Oregon flipped four-star quarterback Austin Novosad of Dripping Springs (Texas) Excessive from Baylor. The Geese landed a dedication from five-star defensive finish Matayo Uiagalelei of Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco over USC and Ohio State and in addition flipped four-star cornerback Daylen Austin of Lengthy Seaside (Calif.) Poly from LSU. So despite the fact that the weird ending to Bowen’s recruitment stung, Oregon nonetheless made strikes.

Can the Geese win February’s nationwide signing day as properly?

As acknowledged above, Oregon goes to take a giant swing to land Harbor. However it’s also firmly within the combine with five-star tight end Duce Robinson of Phoenix (Ariz.) Pinnacle — who might push his recruitment previous subsequent week — and is in a battle with USC and others for four-star cornerback Rodrick Nice of Gardena (Calif.) Junipero Serra, who’s asserting Wednesday. Nice is rated the No. 88 total participant and the No. 10 cornerback within the 247Sports Composite.

Is Jaden Rashada going to discover a new residence subsequent week?

The story within the school soccer world for the previous two weeks has been the scenario with four-star quarterback Jaden Rashada of Pittsburg (Calif.) Excessive. He signed a nationwide letter of intent with Florida, however after an NIL settlement fell by means of, he asked for his release from the program. Now he’s again in the marketplace as an uncommitted 2023 prospect on the lookout for a brand new residence.

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Rashada’s title will all the time be related to how NIL can go improper, whether or not that’s his fault or the fault of the individuals round him. However the faculties that are actually within the combine for the quarterback’s companies — Washington, TCU, Arizona State, Cal and Colorado — aren’t perceived to be big-hitters in the NIL space. Now it feels extra like a standard recruitment, the place NIL cash gained’t lead the cost of how this pans out. Now it seems like a Pac-12-dominated recruitment for a Bay Space prospect.

Rated the No. 80 total participant and the No. 7 quarterback, Rashada has a ton of potential. He’s a beneficial asset on the quarterback place, particularly if he develops his pure talent set.

Is that this going to be an extended recruitment or play out rapidly for a prospect who is probably going simply desirous to get to highschool and play soccer? Rashada visited Arizona State — the place his father, Harlen, performed — final weekend. He’s going to TCU this weekend. This might wind down quickly, or perhaps there are extra fireworks in retailer for Rashada’s recruitment.

Monitoring the Harris twins

Package deal offers between highschool buddies don’t usually come collectively in recruiting. There are too many elements that come into play when selecting a college.

However you realize when bundle offers do occur? When the gamers are twins.

4-star linebackers Andrew and Michael Harris of Altamonte Springs (Fla.) Lake Brantley decommitted from UCF on Dec. 18 after Knights defensive coordinator Travis Williams left to take the identical job at Arkansas. However UCF remains to be within the image. So is Maryland, which theoretically may land Harbor and these two linebackers, each of whom are ranked within the prime 400 nationally.

The Harris twins will announce their resolution on nationwide signing day.

(Photograph of Nyckoles Harbor: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / for The Washington Submit through Getty Photographs)