To have a quiet first Wednesday of February once was an indictment on a college football program, a sign it was going in a poor direction.
These days, since the inception of the Early Signing Period four recruiting cycles ago, it’s a symbol of a team getting out in front of its recruiting class, securing it by the end of the prior season. It’s something that was especially important amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sure, in the past four years, the Miami Hurricanes have still had their share of National Signing Day headlines, even with the growing popularity of early signings.