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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.
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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.
Photo by Alik McIntosh