Early signing period sees hundreds of players commit

The new early signing period was years in the making so do not expect changes to it after the first one.

Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, a member of the NCAA's football oversight committee who first proposed a December signing period in 2014, said the next step is to gather feedback from the participants and let an entire year of the new recruiting calendar play out.

"I'm looking forward to doing some downloading once we get through this," Steinbrecher said. "Listening to the coaches. Listening to incoming students. Listening to an array of folks. I don't think it's a one-year thing. I think it's a multiyear thing.