Alabama legacy Davis stays home, will play for Crimson Tide

That doesn’t mean the competition isn’t closing the gap.

Days after decommitting from the Texas A&M Aggies, New Orleans (La.) Brother Martin tight end Irvin Smith has a new destination, picking the Alabama Crimson Tide over the Texas Longhorns and Memphis Tigers on National Signing Day.

The Buckeyes wrapped up their fifth consecutive top 10 recruiting class under Urban Meyer.

Jeffery Simmons spurns Ole Miss, Bama for Mississippi State: Many expected 5-star strong-side defensive end Jeffery Simmons to commit to either Alabama or stay in-state with Ole Miss.

SEC West Dominates Again-For the fourth straight year, the SEC West placed four teams in the top 10 of the recruiting rankings. Still, the late success was impressive.

“Until these guys sort of grow and develop, you really don’t know what kind of class you had”, Saban said. This was really a typical class for LSU.

Assessment (Allen Trieu, Scout.com): Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes briefly held the No. 1 class in the country after adding five-star junior college offensive tackle Malcolm Pridgeon. All three were among the most highly-regarded prospects at their respective positions.

Georgia Bulldogs (7): Kirby Smart put together a very nice class for his first (short) offseason at Georgia, landing some big names on National Signing Day.

After winning the National Championship this past season, Saban went out and recruited two five-star linebackers in Ben Davis and Mack Wilson and a four-star cornerback in Shyheim Carter.

Gavin Ware gave Mississippi State a career-high 28 points coming off a concussion, but it was not enough to overcome Alabama in overtime.

Penn State’s James Franklin and Nebraska’s Mike Riley showed off their recruiting chops by assembling top-25 classes nationally.

Ohio State and MI represented the Big Ten among the leaders Wednesday.

Tennessee closed with success on signing day.

By and large, coaches have an idea where recruits are headed Wednesday, but there exists real mystery around a few key targets.

Part of the day’s melodrama centered on FSU securing a pair of four-star defensive linemen in Brian Burns and Shavar Manuel, who flipped his decision from the rival Florida Gators to the Seminoles. “Their average star ranking is No. 1, their class is No. 1 and that’s the barometer to use”.

“It was pretty tough deciding between Mississippi State and Alabama, but (MSU coaches said) pretty much just follow your heart and it wouldn’t be a bad thing to switch”, Knott said.