Oklahoma has added Top 150 defensive lineman Alonzo Dotson of Alief-Hastings, Tex., over Colorado, Texas, Arkansas and UCLA, among many others.

The USC Trojans have pledges from Top 150 defensive lineman Sedric Ellis of Chino, Cal., over LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon and UCLA; and Super Prospect defensive back Terrell Thomas of Rancho Cucamonga, Cal., over Oregon State, Washington and Washington State.

Top 150 defensive lineman Richard Cook of Tignall/Washington-Wilkes, Ga., picked Georgia over Auburn, Florida State, Maryland, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Super Prospect dffensive lineman Stanley McClover of Fort Lauderdale-Dillard, Fla., committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes over Auburn, Florida, LSU, Miami-Florida, North Carolina State, Tennessee and Michigan State.

The Florida Gators have verbals from two Super Prospects in defensive lineman/tight end D.J. Norris of Pace, Fla., over interest from LSU, Tennessee, Florida State and Georgia Tech; and running back Skyler Thornton of LaGrange, Ga., over Arkansas, Clemson, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State and Georgia.

The early football signing period for mid-year qualifiers is Dec. 18-Jan 15. The spring period is Feb. 5-Apr. 1. Search the list of Prospects/Commitments/Signings/By Conference.

Oklahoma, Texas, LSU, USC, Georgia, Michigan, Miami-Florida, South Carolina, Notre Dame and Florida head the Early Top Classes.

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Independents:
Utah State has signed kicker/punter Justin Hamblin of Clearfield, Utah/Mission, who originally signed with Utah as a prep; and receiver Barry Tolli of Moorpark CC, Cal.

Big Ten:
Offensive lineman John Masters of Carmel, Ind., picked Michigan State.

Northwestern has pledged quarterback/linebacker Chris Malleo of Princeton-The Hun School, NJ., over Boston College; defensive back Deante Battle of Fayetteville-Starrs Mill, Ga., over interest from Colorado, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Virginia; offensive lineman Dylan Thiry of Louisville-Trinity, Kty; and receiver Sam Cheatham of San Leandro, Cal.

Big 12:
Offensive lineman Chris Yoder of Kingwood, Tex., decommitted from LSU for Texas A&M.

Offensive lineman Josh Morris of Midland, Tex., picked Texas Tech.

Class 2004 junior linebacker Van Alexander of Columbia-Rock Bridge, Mo., committed to Missouri.

Nebraska gained defensive back Adrian Turner of Terrell, Tex., over interest from Arkansas, TCU, Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma.

Baylor gained defensive back C.J. Wilson of Terrell, Tex.

Defensive back Ricky Coxeff of Galena Park-North Shore, Tex., is headed to Oklahoma State over Arizona, Mississippi State and Wisconsin. The Cowboys also gained receiver Eryk Allen of Colorado Springs-Palmer, Colo., over Colorado State, Wyoming and New Mexico State. Quarterback Kevin Kolb of Stephenville, Tex., decommitted from Oklahoma State for Houston.

Big East:
Linebacker Clint Session of Pompano Beach-Ely, Fla., decommitted from Pittsburgh and pledged to North Carolina.

ACC:
North Carolina has verbals from linebackers Clint Session of Pompano Beach-Ely, Fla., who decommitted from Pittsburgh; Larry Edwards of Tampa-Wharton, Fla., over interest from LSU, Nebraska, Florida and Iowa; and Fred Sparkman of Columbia-Central, Tenn., over Michigan and South Carolina.

Touted defensive lineman Jermaine Lemons of Tampa-Jefferson, Fla., is set for Maryland over Notre Dame, Tulane and Michigan State.

Clemson added offensive lineman Chris Capote of Miami-Killian, Fla.

Running back Reggie Davis of Tallahassee-Godby, Fla., picked North Carolina State over Boston College and Indiana. Offensive lineman Derek Morris of Huntersville-North Meckenberg, NC., is among seven early signees for the Wolfpack. Considered a Top 150 prospect in Class 2002, he chose Ohio State, but was released from scholarship.

SEC:
Kentucky gained defensive lineman Ricky Abren of Hopkinsville, Kty., over Wake Forest and Cincinnati.

South Carolina pledged tight end/defensive lineman David Laggis of Conyers-Heritage, Ga., over offers from Middle Tennessee State and East Carolina.

Arkansas gained tight end Mason Templeton of Burnet, Tex.

Mississippi added linebacker Patrick Willis of Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central, Tenn., over interest from Memphis and Mississippi State; and defensive lineman/tight end Robert Hough of Jackson-Provine, Miss.

Vanderbilt has a reported verbal from tight end Nick Brigham of Batesburg-Leesville, SC.

Offensive lineman Chris Yoder of Kingwood, Tex., decommitted from LSU for Texas A&M.

Mississippi State pledged offensive lineman David Price of Jacksonville-Mandarin, Fla. The Bulldogs signed defensive back David Heard of Vicksburg, Miss., and defensive back Chris Swain of Stone Mountain-Redan, Ga/Jones CC, Miss.

Conf-USA:
Houston pledged quarterback Kevin Kolb of Stephenville, Tex., who decommitted from Oklahoma State; and offensive lineman Byron Alfred of Port Arthur-Memorial, Tex.

Southern Mississippi gained defensive lineman Jonathan Landor of Lacombe-Fontainebleau, La., over Memphis.

Tulane has its 17th commitment in defensive back Jemarcus Smith of Destrehan, La.

Louisville pledged quarterback Preston Smith of Sandersville-Washington County, Ga; and linebacker Willie Johnson of Tallahassee-Lincoln, Fla.

Memphis gained verbals from receiver Bobby Good of Orlando-Lake Highland, Fla., and linebacker Jarren Humphrey of Huntsville-Grissom, Ala. The Tigers signed four prospects, including touted quarterback Bobby Robison of NW Mississippi CC, Miss; offensive lineman Bobby Garafolo of Mt. San Antonio CC, Cal; offensive lineman Jason Matthews of NE Mississippi CC, Miss; and receiver Chris Kelley of NE Mississippi CC, Miss. Robison, who passed for 43 touchdowns and more than 4,000 yards in two seasons, also drew interest from Florida State, Oregon State and Colorado.

MAC:
Kent pledged offensive lineman Bill Starry of McKeesport, Pa; offensive lineman Mike Galassi of Parma Heights-Holy Name, Ohio; and defensive lineman Dan Durante of Parma Heights-Holy Name, Ohio.

Miami-Ohio pledged running back Brandon Murphy of Strongville, Ohio.

Buffalo has a commitment from quarterback Chris Moore of Flower Mound-Marcus, Tex.

Central Michigan added defensive back/receiver Curtis Cutts of Ford City/Kingston-Wyoming Seminary, Pa.

Western Michigan has offensive lineman James Blair of Detroit-Pershing, Mich.

WAC:
Hawaii has a pledge from quarterback Jack Rolovich of Novato-San Marin, Cal.

SMU gained linebacker Avery Cleveland of Austin-LBJ, Tex., over Colorado; and defensive back Joe Sturdivant of Lilburn-Parkview, Ga., over Navy and Georgia Tech.

Rice has a verbal from offensive lineman Scott Austin of Tyler-Lee, Tex., over Baylor, New Mexico and SMU. The Owls recently gained defensive back Will Galusha of Abilene-Cooper, Tex.

Fresno State has running back Shannon Dorsey of San Bernardino-San Gorgonio, Cal; and offensive lineman Dylan Storey of Orange-El Modena, Cal.

Boise State has running back Dallas Bernstine of Vallejo-Bethel, Cal.

Mountain West:

Utah gained athlete Joseph Johnson of Palm Desert, Cal.

Air Force added linebacker Chad Adams of Anchorage-Dimond Alaska.

Pac-10:

Oregon State has commitments from linebacker Andy Darkins of Lake Oswego, Ore., over Stanford and Washington; and running back/receiver Lorenzo Bursey of Long Beach-Poly, Cal.

Stanford added offensive linemen Whitfield Usher of Los Angeles-Jefferson, Cal; and Amir Malayery of Suwanee-Collins Hill, Ga.

Arizona pledged defensive linemen Cedric Cofer of DeSoto, Tex; linebacker Marquell Stinson of Fresno CC, Cal; plus offensive linemen Robert Gustavis of Torrance-North Torrance, Cal., over Oregon State and California; and Peter Graniello of El Paso-Coronado, Tex., over UTEP and New Mexico State.

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.