Signing Day is Almost Here

National Signing Day for high school seniors and JUCO's that intend to play college football next fall is this Wednesday. This is the day that many college football fans will be glued to their computers and/or ESNPU.

The University of Toledo is pretty much set on their 2011 class, but there are still a couple of questions. There are three Cleveland Glenville players that are still considering offers from Toledo, among other schools.

QB Cordale Jones is a three star prospect on the recruiting sites. Last week he announced that he was down to Toledo and Ohio State, but he did not have an offer from Ohio State at the time. He took an official visit to OSU over the weekend and received that offer, but did not commit. It appears to be very likely that he will commit to the Buckeyes, but don't count out the Rockets just yet. There are several Cleveland Glenville players on the UT roster. Head Coach Tim Beckman was an assistant coach for Jim Tressel at Ohio State, and he has done a fantastic job of improving academics from the football players, as well as winning on the field. Last year Toledo won 8 games and played in the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl, and they return 9 starters on both offense and defense. Add that to the fact that the MAC has become known for developing NFL QB's (Charlie Batch, Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich, Ben Roethlisberger, Toledo's Bruce Gradkowski, Nate Davis, and Dan LeFevour.....even the Browns' Joshua Cribbs was a QB in the MAC before the NFL).

DL Andre "Tank" Sturdivant appeared to be down to Toledo, Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan State last week. Ohio State has not offered Tank and there are questions as to whether or not the offers from Penn State and Michigan State are still on the table. Even if they are, Sturdivant has liked Toledo for quite a while. Don't be surprised if he sits down at the table inside Glenville Academic Campus on Wednesday and pulls out a Toledo hat to sign his NLI for the University of Toledo.

WR Shane Wynn appears to be considering Toledo and Indiana the most. He's had a lot of offers, but again there are questions as to whether or not the other offers are still valid. It appeared that Hawaii and USC was still in the picture early last week, but Wynn decided to take his last official visit to Indiana which meant that of the four schools he only visited Toledo and Indiana. He also took a visit to Penn State earlier in the month of January, but they do not seem to be in the mix anymore. I think we will just have to wait until signing day to see if Wynn signs for the Rockets, Hoosiers, or possibly another school.

One commit that some had said was a soft commit for Toledo is prep school wide receiver Alonzo Russell. When he committed to Toledo in December he said he was keeping his options open. However, more recently it appears that he has closed the door on other options and is very happy and excited about becoming a Toledo Rocket on Wednesday.

Locally to the Toledo area, Central Catholic offensive lineman Kyle Cameron has been committed to Toledo for quite some time (June 2010), and he will sign his national letter of intent to Toledo this Wednesday. Scout.com has him rated as the 2nd highest ranked Toledo commitment. He is a three star prospect that is ranked the 20th best center prospect in the country. The only commitment ranked higher than Cameron is J.D. Detmer, a three star prospect and ranked the 9th best kicker prospect in the country.

One other local prospect set to sign with the Rockets on Wednesday is St John's Jesuit WR/DB Cheatham Norrils. Norrils, who has been committed to Toledo since early December, is expected to play on the defensive side of the ball at Toledo.

Keep a close eye on our Rocket Nation blog Wednesday morning, as we will be keeping you updated with recruiting and signed NLI's as the information comes in.