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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 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