MaxPreps 2017 Connecticut Football National Signing Day recap

By Leland Gordon Feb 2, 2017, 12:15pm

Michigan performs well with the top recruits, trio of 2-star recruits go with UConn.

Video: Tarik Black Ultimate Highlights
The Cheshire Academy receiver will play at Michigan.

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

The activity and suspense from the day has just about wrapped up and Connecticut can lay claim to 189 recruits who signed National Letters of Intent.

Visit our Connecticut National Signing Day page to see the names, rankings and high schools of all the Connecticut 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 Connecticut:

- The University of Michigan drew four recruits to Ann Arbor, including 4-star Cheshire Academy (Cheshire) WR Tarik Black, 3-star Suffield Academy (Suffield) WR Brad Hawkins, 3-star Newtown LB Ben Mason and 3-star Darien T Andrew Stueber.
- Boston College nabbed apair of 3-stars from Cheshire Academy -  QB CJLewis and CB/RB Brandon Sebastian.
- UConn  kept a trio of in-state recruits in 2-star Staples (Westport) TE Ryan Fitton, St. Luke's (New Canaan) ATH/DB Omar Fortt and Windsor OLB/RB Timothy Gardner.
- 2-star Newtown T Seth Willis is headed to the Ivy League and Yale.



Elliott Brown of Taft School signed with Virginia.
Elliott Brown of Taft School signed with Virginia.
Photo by Jim Stout