Super Prospect defensive lineman Sian Cotton of Akron/St. Vincent-St. Mary, Ohio, has committed to Ohio State over Florida, Pittsburgh and Clemson, among many others.

The Oklahoma Sooners pledged Super Prospect defensive lineman Carl Pendleton of Sapulpa, Okla., over Mississippi State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State and Stanford. The Sooners also gained running back Courtney Tennial of Glenpool, Okla., over Northwestern.

Super Prospect running back Albert Young of Moorestown, NJ., decommitted from Wisconsin and is expected to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He rushed for 2180 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior. The Hawkeyes recently pledged Super Prospect quarterback Drew Tate of Baytown-Lee, Tex., who decommitted from Texas A&M following the coaching change, plus receivers James Townsend of Delran-Holy Cross, NJ., over South Carolina, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia; and Tyler Fanucchi of Claremont, Cal., over Boise State.

The early football signing period for mid-year qualifiers was 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 (Updated daily).

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Big Ten:
Minnesota pledged receiver Adam Galbreath of Spring-Westfield, Tex., over interest from Kansas, SMU, Houston and TCU. The Gophers recently gained running back Justin Valentine of Columbus-Eastmoor, Ohio, over Boston College; and receiver Ernie Wheelwright of Columbua-Walnut Ridge, Ohio, over Indiana.

Receiver/defensive back Ryan Skelton of Center Grove, Ind., and linebacker Jake Powers of Danville, Ind., who decommitted from Toledo, picked Indiana. Offensive lineman Corey Hilliard of New Orleans-Jesuit, La., decommitted from the Hoosiers for Oklahoma State.

Big 12:
Texas A&M added offensive lineman Corey Clark of Spring Branch-Smithson Valley, Tex., who decommitted from Colorado.

Defensive back Titus Brothers of Converse-Judson, Tex., chose Nebraska over TCU and Arkansas. The Huskers recently added tight end J.B. Phillips of Colleyville-Heritage, Tex., over Kansas State and Oklahoma State; and Super Prospect linebacker Lance Broadus of Woodland Hills-Taft, Cal., over Arizona, Oklahoma, Oregon and San Diego State.

Texas Tech has pledged offensive lineman Daniel Christian of CC of San Francisco, Cal; and defensive back Joey Garcia of Clovis, NM.

Defensive lineman Chuck Jones of Long Beach-Poly, Cal/Pasadena CC, Cal., is headed to Kansas over Fresno State, UNLV and Arizona.

Big East:
Defensive lineman Eric Ball of Hamden, Conn., is headed to Syracuse over Boston College, Iowa, UConn, Michigan State and Penn State. Also set for the Orange are linebacker Jameel McClain of Philadelphia-George Washington, Pa., over Michigan State, West Virginia and Temple; and receiver Kyle Bell of Philadelphia-George Washington, Pa/Valley Forge MA, Pa.

Running back Lennox Whitworth of Milton-Catholic Memorial, Mass., chose Boston College over Vanderbilt. The Eagles recently gained offensive lineman Kevin Sheridan of Cleveland-St. Ignatius, Ohio; defensive back James Silva of East Providence, RI., and Dorien Bryant, a Top 150 receiver/defensive back from Swedesboro-Kingsway Regional NJ.

ACC:
Georgia Tech pledged linebacker/defensive back KaMichael Hall of Houston-Klein Forest, Tex., over North Carolina and Northwestern.

Clemson has a committment from Super Prospect running back/athlete Tramaine Billie of Columbia-Dreher, SC., who decommitted from South Carolina; and offensive/defensive lineman Chris McDuffie of Danville, Va/Hargrave MA, Va., over Arkansas and Florida State. The Tigers recently gained defensive lineman Anthony McDaniel of Columbia-Keenan, SC., over Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina; Top 150 junior college defensive back Brian Staley of Aiken, SC/Georgia Military, Ga., and linebacker Nick Watkins of New Orleans-Karr, La. Staley also considered Florida, Nebraska and South Carolina.

SEC:
Outstanding punter Patrick Fisher of Hyattsville-DeMatha, Md., has chosen LSU over Wisconsin, Stanford and Purdue.

Tennessee pledged defensive back Corey Campbell of Spring-Westfield, Tex., over Arizona, Arkansas and Iowa State.

Mississippi pledged Super Prospect running back Alam Abrams of Apopka, Fla., over South Alabama, Purdue and South Carolina, among others; and defensive back/receiver Kareem Moore of Okolona, Miss., over Mississippi State and Nebraska.

Athlete Draak Davis of Vallejo, Cal/Solano CC, Cal., is set for Kentucky after also considering Kansas State, Utah and Nevada.

Defensive back Kevin Woods of Memphis-Fairley, Tenn., and defensive lineman Zarnell Fitch of Oklahoma City-Spencer, Okla/Navarro CC, Tex., picked Arkansas. Fitch also considered Oklahoma State and Texas Tech.

Mississippi State has verbals from defensive lineman Corey Clark of Collins, Miss; defensive back Jeramie Johnson of Atlanta-Washington, Ga; and defensive lineman Drew Powell of Clewiston, Fla., over Colorado State, Iowa State and Central Florida.

Conf-USA:
Tulane pledged receiver/efensive back Chijuan Mack of Baton Rouge-Woodlawn, La., and defensive back Carlis Jackson of Slidell-Salmen, La.

Running back/defensive back Kolby Smith of Tallahassee-Rickards, Fla; and defensive lineman Amobi Okoye of Huntsville-Lee, Ala., picked Louisville. The Cards recently gained receivers B.J. Vickers and Antwuan Giddens, both from Los Angeles-Venice, Cal; plus defensive backs Early McCray of Douglas-Coffee County, Ga., and Jimmy Wright of Melbourne-Palm Bay Senior, Fla.

UAB pledged offensive lineman JaMarius Dismuke of Parker, Ala; running back Durrell Fuqua of Russellville, Ala; and quarterback Jake Tompkins of Russellville, Ala.

Houston collected a pledge from receiver Jeff Fillmore of Brenham, Tex.

MAC:
Bowling Green pledged defensive back Deaudre Perry of River Rouge, Mich., and signed defensive lineman Devon Parks of Libertyville, Ill.

Sun Belt:
Offensive lineman Kenyon Buford of Murfreesboro-Riverdale, Tenn., who once committed to Ohio State without response, has chosen Middle Tennessee State.

Defensive lineman Jared Naylor of Tulsa-Union, Okla., picked New Mexico State. He took an official visit to UCLA, but was not offered.

WAC:
Hawaii pledged linebacker Timo Paepule of Honolulu-St Louis, Hawaii; punter Tim Wright of Southwest Mississippi CC, Miss; and receiver Lenny Boatner of Louisville-Winston Academy, Miss. Hawaii recently added offensive lineman Rambo Fui of American Samoa-Faga'itua; defensive lineman Quin Ah You of Kahuka, Hawaii; and linebacker Lincoln Manutai of Kahuka, Hawaii/San Bernardino Valley CC, Cal.

Rice pledged defensive lineman Courtney Gordon of Gladewater, Tex; quarterback Joel Armstrong of Longview, Tex., over TCU and SMU; and defensive back/receiver Justin Abt of San Antonio-Clark, Tex.

Offensive/defensive lineman Dan Gore of Prosser, Wash., chose Boise State over Wyoming.

Mountain West:
Utah has a verbal from defensive lineman Alex Puccinelli of Sherman Oaks-Notre Dame, Cal.

San Diego State gained kickers Clinton Aria-Ryan of San Bernardino Valley CC, Cal., and Mike Hughes of Moreno Valley-Canyon Springs, Cal.

Pac-10:
UCLA pledged running back Derrick Williams and receiver Joe Cowan, both from Bellflower-St. John Bosco, Cal. Williams also considered California, Oregon, USC and Arizona. Cowan drew interest from Colorado State, Oregon State, Washington and Wyoming.

The Arizona Wildcats pledged defensive lineman Jason Parker of San Diego-Mission Bay, Cal; defensive lineman Cliff Stanford of Los Angeles-Jefferson, Cal; tight end Tommy Briggs of Fresno CC, Cal; and defensive back Ryan Patterson of Desert Vista, Ariz/Pima CC, Ariz., over Michigan.

Stanford pledged reeiver/defensive back Tim Sims of Belle Glade-Glades Central, Fla.

Washington pledged punter/kicker Sean Douglas of Bellevue-East, Neb.

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.