How College Football’s New Coaching Hires Recruited Out of the Gate in Early Signing Period

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Sports Illustrated

By John Garcia Jr. Tracking key recruits signed and transfer commits for Brian Kelly, Lincoln Riley and more coaches leading new programs into 2022 Mercifully, the college football coaching carousel has begun to slow down. Every open Power 5 job is filled, at least at the top, and each old face at a new place will have to balance roster construction with bowl prep, the holidays in some cases health and safety protocols. The first wave of tangible roster additions to track came to a close alongside the Early Signing Period, too. Most programs added close to double-digit recruits to the mix, wit…