MaxPreps 2017 North Carolina Football National Signing Day recap

By Kevin Askeland Feb 2, 2017, 3:45pm

ACC schools dominate in North Carolina, and East Carolina does well.

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MaxPreps is your source for National Signing Day information this season, nationwide and in North Carolina.

The activity and suspense from the day has just about wrapped up and North Carolina can lay claim to 63 recruits who signed National Letters of Intent. There are also 10 more who are still committed but have not signed.

Visit our North Carolina National Signing Day page to see the names, rankings and high schools of all the North Carolina players who signed or did not sign Wednesday. You can sort by division as well, breaking things down to even smaller levels.

Here are some fun facts from what went down on National Signing Day in North Carolina:

- The Tar Heels kept five recruits home, led by a trio of 4-stars including Wake Forest DE/DT Xach Gill, South Mecklenburg (Charlotte) DE Jake Lawler and Eastern Alamance (Mebane) DL Jonah Melton.
- The East Carolina Pirates raided the state and walked away with 11 singees, including five 3-stars.
- N.C. State landed six in-state players, including 3-stars: C.B. Aycock (Pikeville) TE/DE Damien Darden, Mallard Creek (Charlotte) DT/C Grant Gibson, Mooresville CB/WR Chris Ingram, Wakefield (Raleigh) QB/P Matthew McKay and Dudley (Greensboro) OL Bryson Speas.
- The University of Oklahoma landed a pair of Tar Heels in 3-star James Kenan (Warsaw) B/S Marcelias Sutton and unrated Mallard Creek WR/S Ryan Jones.



Xachary Gill of Wake Forest High signed with North Carolina.
Xachary Gill of Wake Forest High signed with North Carolina.
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