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Highest-ranked recruit for every B1G team who signed NLI on Day 1 of the Early Signing Period

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Wednesday was a hectic day across the college football landscape, as the Early Signing Period started, allowing recruits the opportunity to sign their name on the dotted line and commit to a program.

Several players sent in their National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, ending the suspense regarding their recruitment. And with the new signing period, it gives coaches and fans a good idea of what a class will look like heading into the spring.

With so many exciting and outstanding players signing on Wednesday, we’re taking a look at the top players who have made their commitment final on the first day of the Early Signing Period.

Here is a list of each B1G team’s highest-rated who signed his National Letter of Intent on the first day of the Early Signing Period (rankings via 247Sports Composite):

1. Ohio State

Julian Fleming, 5-star WR

National rank: No. 2

Position rank: No. 1

2. Michigan

A.J. Henning, 4-star WR

National rank: No. 92

Position rank: No. 17

3. Penn State

Curtis Jacobs, 4-star OLB

National rank: No. 44

Position rank: No. 5

4. Nebraska

Turner Corcoran, 4-star OT

National rank: No. 38

Position rank: No. 4

5. Wisconsin

Trey Wedig, 4-star OT

National rank: No. 70

Position rank: No. 9

6. Maryland

Rakim Jarrett, 5-star WR

National rank: No. 20

Position rank: No. 2

7. Purdue

Maliq Carr, 4-star TE

National rank: No. 202

Position rank: No. 5

8. Iowa

Logan Jones, 4-star SDE

National rank: No. 227

Position rank: No. 10

9. Minnesota

Itayvion Brown, 4-star OLB

National rank: No. 308

Position rank: No. 22

10. Northwestern

Peter Skoronski, 4-star OC

National rank: No. 116

Position rank: No. 4

11. Michigan State

Darius Snow, 3-star OLB

National rank: No. 400

Position rank: No. 29

12. Indiana

Rashawn Williams, 4-star WR

National rank: No. 349

Position rank: No. 58

13. Illinois

James Frenchie, 3-star WR

National rank: No. 408

Position rank: No. 68

14. Rutgers

Tyreem Powell, 3-star ATH

National rank: No. 765

Position rank: No. 45

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB