Joel Holler, a Top 150 offensive lineman from Lancaster-McCaskey, Pa., chose Penn State over Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Miami-Florida and Virginia Tech.

Lewis Baker, an outstanding linebacker from Lewisville-Hebron, Tex., has picked the Oklahoma Sooners over Notre Dame. He earlier decommitted from Texas. Among many others were Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt (ESPN Chat).

Sean Bailey, a Top 150 receiver from Alpharetta-Milton, Ga., is headed to Georgia over Florida State, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The Bulldogs have also gained defensive back Thomas Flowers of Mableton-Pebblebrook, Ga. Georgia recently pledged offensive lineman Carleton Medder of Clermont-South Lake, Fla., over Florida, Florida State, North Carolina State and Tennessee.

Ian-Yates Cunningham, a Top 150 offensive lineman from Lewisville-Hebron, Tex., pledged to Virginia over Georgia Tech and Nebraska (ESPN Chat).

Top 150 defensive back Tarell Brown of Mesquite-North Mesquite, Tex., committed to Texas over Florida, Florida State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Tennessee. The Longhorns have also added receiver/defensive back Billy Pittman of Cameron-Yoe, Tex., over Texas A&M, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

Top 150 defensive back/receiver Ryan Mundy of Pittsburgh-Woodland Hills, Pa., has pledged to the Michigan Wolverines over Pittsburgh and Virginia. He had earlier eliminated Penn State and North Carolina State.

Outstanding defensive back Ashton Youboty of Klein, Tex., has made a commitment to the Ohio State Buckeyes over Penn State and Oklahoma.

The early football signing period for mid-year qualifiers is Dec. 18-Jan 15. The spring period is Feb. 5-Apr. 1.

Oklahoma, LSU, Texas A&M, Texas, Notre Dame and Georgia head the Early Top Classes. Commitments by conferences.

More Football News:

Big Ten:
Illinois has added defensive lineman Arthur Boyd of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and offensive lineman/tight end Chris Norwell of Cincinati-Anderson, Ohio. The Illini recently gained linebacker James Stevenson of Franklinville-Delsea Regional, NJ; linebacker Joe Mele of Manasquan, NJ; offensive back Brian Grzelakowski of Hinsdale-Hinsdale Central, Ill; defensive lineman Kam Buckner of Chicago-Morgan Park, Ill; and defensive back Kevin Mitchell of Fort Wayne-Homestead, Ind.

Minnesota signed receiver Paris Hamilton of Tyler CC, Tex., over Kansas State, Missouri and Oklahoma State.

The Wisconsin Badgers added linebacker Brandon Kelly of Bedford, Ohio, over Stanford, Boston College, Duke, Maryland and Minnesota; and running back Albert Young of Moorestown, NJ., over Boston College and Rutgers. The Badgers recently gained offensive lineman Marcus Coleman of Plymouth-Wayzata, Minn., over Illinois and Iowa; offensive lineman Luke Knauf of Stratford, Wis., over Iowa; defensive lineman/linebacker Jamal Cooper of St. Louis-Hazelwood East, Mo., over UCLA, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas State; and receiver Brandon Tobias of Harvey-Thornton Township, Ill.

Big 12:
Missouri gained pledges from linebacker/running back Lorenzo Williams of Midwest City, Okla., who decommitted from Oklahoma State; tight end/defensive lineman Martin Rucker of St. Joseph-Benton, Mo., and defensive back Nino Williams of Tyler CC, Tex. The Tigers recently added pledges from receiver Brad Ekwerekwu of Arlington, Tex., over Kansas State, Iowa, Georgia Tech and Northwestern; receiver Jason Ray of Broken Arrow, Okla., and offensive lineman Monte Wyrick of Texarkana, Ark.

Oklahoma State added a soft verbal from receiver Phillip Jones of Denton-Ryan, Tex., over Missouri, Iowa and Houston.

Linebacker Ron Prelow of Tampa-Jefferson, Fla., claims to be still considering options and has not committed to Iowa State despite earlier reports from sources. The Cyclones recently gained linebacker Steve Allen of Delray Beach-Atlantic, Fla., over Kansas State, Iowa, East Carolina, South Florida and Toledo.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are still waiting for a reported pledge from defensive back Michael Smith of Pima College, Ariz., over Arizona and Texas Tech. The Huskers recently added offensive lineman Darin Delone of Mt. San Antonio CC, Cal., over Mississippi State and Arizona State.

Kansas has verbals from offensive lineman Richard Estrella of Cerritos CC, Cal., over interest from Arizona State, Colorado State, New Mexico, West Virginia and Syracuse; defensive lineman Rashaad Norwood of Kansas City-Schlagle, Kan., over Kansas State; receiver/tight end Lyonel Anderson of Alfred State CC, NY; plus offensive lineman Joe Vaughn and defensive back Brandon Johnson, both from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CC, Okla. The Jayhawks recently gained offensive lineman Johnny Urrutia of Pico Rivera-El Rancho, Cal/Mt. San Antonio CC, Cal.

Kansas State pledged receiver/defensive back Patrick Thompson of Dallas-Kimball, Tex., over an offer from Texas A&M. The Wildcats recently gained defensive back Greg Gaskins of Manhattan, Kan., over Kansas, Boston College, Michigan State and Oklahoma State.

Big East:
Rutgers added tight end Sam Johnson of Oradell-Bergen Catholic, NJ., over Boston College and Syracuse. The Scarlet Knights recently gained pledges from defensive back Marcus Mitchell of Milford Academy, Conn., and offensive lineman Clint Dato of LaHabra, Cal/Cerritos CC, Cal.

Defensive back Michael Meggett of Brooklyn-Fort Hamilton, NY., picked West Virginia over Rutgers and Vanderbilt.

Pittsburgh pledged kicker/punter Adam Graessle of Dublin-Coffman, Ohio. The Panthers recently gained linebackers H.B. Blades of Plantation, Fla., over Iowa State, Michigan, USC, Virginia, Auburn and Kansas State; and Clint Session of Pompano Beach-Ely, Fla., over North Carolina, Iowa, Kansas State, Michigan State, Purdue, Rutgers, Ohio and Syracuse.

ACC:
Wake Forest pledged offensive lineman Steven Justice of New Smyma Beach, Fla; and receiver Kevin Marion of St. Petersburg-Catholic, Fla.

Duke has commitments from offensive lineman Zach Maurides of Glenview-Glenbrook South, Ill; receiver Cedric Mason of Riverdale, Ga; and defensive linemen Casey Camaro of Kingston-Wyoming Seminary, Pa., over Maryland and Syracuse; and Christopher Moore of Mendota Heights-St. Thomas Academy, Minn., over Northwestern. Iowa was also involved.

SEC:
LSU has a pledge from tight end Tremayne Standberry of Lewisville, Tex., over Arizona State and Oklahoma State.

Conf-USA:
Tulane pledged quarterback Richard Irvin of Pasadena-Muir, Cal., over Cincinnati and Hawaii.

Mountain West:
San Diego State pledged former USC Trojan receiver Devon Pitts of Carson-North Torrance, Cal/El Camino CC, Cal/USC/Los Angeles Harbor CC, Cal; and offensive lineman Aleksanda Blagojevich of Gardena-Serra, Cal. The Aztecs recently added tight end Jeremy Justice of Apple Valley, Cal/Victor Valley CC, Cal., and offensive lineman Brandyn Dembrowski of Henderson-Green Valley, Nev.

Colorado State pledged punter/tight end Jim Kaylor of Northglenn, Colo; defensive back Darryl Williams of Anaheim-Servite, Cal., and linebacker John Nichols of Bellflower, Cal.

Pac-10:
Touted defensive lineman Mike Papu of Samona/Eastern Arizona CC, Ariz/Mesa CC, Ariz., committed to Oregon over Washington, Oregon State and California.

Arizona pledged defensive back Wilrey Fontenot of Humble, Tex. The Wildcats recently gained running back Chris Henry of Stockton-Edison, Cal., who recently decommitted from California; receiver Anthony Johnson of San Diego-Horizon, Cal., and defensive back Zeonte Sherman of St. Petersburg-Pinellas Park, Fla/Arizona Western CC, Ariz.

California has commitments from linebacker Francis Blay-Miezah of Mt. San Antonio CC, Cal; defensive back Roy Lewis of Harbor City-Narbonne, Cal., who decommitted from UNLV; and defensive lineman Ryan Riddle of El Camino CC, Cal.

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 2004: Database.
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.