Notre Dame has it's eleventh football commitment in tight end John Carlson of Litchfield, Minn., over Stanford, Minnesota and St. Cloud State. He caught 41 passes and scored seven touchdowns this past season.

Colorado has defensive back Dominique Brooks of Mesquite-North Mesquite, Tex.

UCLA has pledged defensive back Trey Brown of Overland Park-Blue Valley Northeast, Kan; and offensive lineman Nicola Dragovic of Vista-Rancho Buena Vista, Cal.

LSU gained linebacker Ben Henderson of Chicago-Hubbard, Ill/Joliet CC, Ill., over interest from Tennessee, Kansas State, Oregon and Oklahoma.

Tight end Nicholas Stefanow of Wheeling-Wheeling Park, WVa., committed to Duke over Purdue and Ohio.

Defensive lineman Chris Johnson of Charlottesville, Va., committed to Virginia over interest from Maryland, North Carolina State and Virginia Tech.

Defensive back Brandent Englemon of Covington-Holmes, Kty., picked Kentucky.

Texas A&M, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas and Georgia lead the Early Top Classes.

Class 2003:
*Seach the list of Prospects/Commitments/By Conference.
*Post-Summer list of Top 150 Prospects/Commitments .

*Top 150 Prospects by Position: QB/RB/WR/TE/OL/DL/LB/DB.
*More players projected to make an impact: Super Prospects.

*Check out the Early Top 150 JC Prospects.
*Top 150 JC Prospects by Position: QB/RB/WR/TE/OL/DL/LB/DB.

*Check out the Early Top Classes.
*Football Signing Periods: Early: (midyear JC transfers) Dec. 18-Jan 15; Regular: Feb. 5-Apr. 1.

N.D./Big Ten Verbals: ND, Ill, Ind, Iowa, Mich, Mich St, Minn, NW, Ohio St, Penn St, Purdue, Wis.

Big 12 Verbals: Baylor, Colo, Iowa St, Kan, Kan St, Mo, Neb, Okla, Okla St, Tex, Tex A&M, Tex Tech.

SEC Verbals: Ala, Ark, Aub, Fla, Ga, Kty, LSU, Miss, Miss St, SoCarol, Tenn, Van.

ACC Verbals: FSU, NC State, Md, GT, Clemson, Va, NC, WF, Duke.

Big East Verbals: Miami, VT, BC, Syr, Pitt, WVa, Temple, Rutgers.

Pac-10 Verbals: Arizona, ASU, Cal, Oregon, Ore State, Stan, USC, UCLA, Wash, Wash State.

Football Commitments/Signings:
OCSN: Main Recruiting Page.
Class 2003: Database/Top Prospects/Conference.
Class 2002: Database/Top Prospects/Conference/Top Classes.
Class 2001: Database/Top Prospects/Conference/Top Classes.
Class 2000: Database/Top Prospects/Top Classes.
Class 1999: Database/Top Prospects/Top Classes.
Class 1998: Database.
Class 1997: Database.

Bill Hodge is the executive editor and director of recruiting coverage at CollegeSports.com. For daily columns on prospects, commitments and signings, plus databases, go to CollegeSports.com's Recruiting Page.