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How the coronavirus altered the 2021 football recruiting cycle

The year of 2020 has been a weird time for all of us who call Earth home. Everything has changed for most of us, from daily habits you can no longer complete, to not being able to go get a beer at your favorite watering hole after work. Most of us could not have our traditional Thanksgiving events and some jobs have been virtual only for going on nine months, while kids attend school from home. It’s been strange and odd for everyone and that has leaked into college football recruiting.

For the third year in a row, UK managed to reach the early signing day with the lion’s share of their class signed, mostly avoiding the spatula or ‘Flipmas’ as Lane Kiffin is calling it in the class of 2020.