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UNC Football 2017 Signing Day Updates


National Signing Day live updates for UNC's 2017 football recruiting class as undecided recruits make their final decisions, Letters of Intent roll in, and the newest crop of Tar Heels takes shape.

2017 UNC Football Recruiting Board

Notes

10:20 AM - ATH commits to UNC

8:48 AM - All anticipated signings complete.

- WR
Powder Springs, GA (McEachern)
Smith will not sign an LOI on signing day. As previously anticipated, he will delay enrollment until January 2018 ("grayshirt") as he recovers from an ACL tear.

CB Ameer Speed committed to Georgia

Signed LOI to UNC

- ATH
Hampton, VA (Hampton)

- WR
Georgetown, TX (Georgetown)

- S
Dickson, TN (Dickson County)

- ILB
Snellville, GA (South Gwinnett)

- OLB
Sharpsburg, GA (East Coweta)

- OG
Montgomery, AL (Montgomery Catholic Prep)

- RB
Clarksville, TN (Kenwood)

- OT
Barnwell, SC (Barnwell)

- K
Asheville, NC (IMG Academy)

- ATH
Clearwater, FL (Clearwater Central Catholic)

- OT
Roswell, GA (Roswell)

- K
Lutz, FL (Steinbrenner)

- ATH
Greenback, TN (Greenback School)

- OT
Huntington, WV (Huntington)

Enrolled at UNC in January

- DT
Wake Forest, NC (Wake Forest)

- DE
Charlotte, NC (South Mecklenburg)

- OG
Mebane, NC (Eastern Alamance)

- CB
Ellenwood, GA (Cedar Grove)

- RB
Navarre, FL (Navarre)

- WR
Waxhaw, NC (Cuthbertson High)

- DT
Durham, NC (Riverside)

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