Frogs sign 23 football recruits

Perhaps no day has more manufactured importance for college football than National Signing Day, when the sports media get to break down all the players they've been telling us for months are sure to star on the college level. But the media only attach importance to it because of the attention paid to it by those of us who follow college football. We can't wait to see how many of the National 100, State 100 or Area 50 signed with our favorite schools. The truth is, none of the rankings mean much now, before the players in question have even set foot on the practice field for the first day of drills. Beyond the can't-miss prospects, the signed are difficult to evaluate for a number of reasons, not the least is the contrast in lists from city to city, state to state.

But the rankings in the local newspaper or on the national recruiting sites are the best gauge people have of the talent signing letters of intent. So that's what we use to grade the incoming freshmen. TCU has a tendency to find gems in the backwoods. Small schools that instill winning attitudes into their players have sent countless players to Fort Worth under Gary Patterson. Sure, there are plenty of top prospects in the Frogs' recruiting classes. This year is no exception. Here is the list of Patterson’s 23 recruits to sign today.