CINCINNATI - With National Signing Day completed, the focus will turn to the area’s 2017 class. Next year’s National Signing Day is scheduled for Feb. 1, 2017. Here's a closer look at the area's football players with offers or verbal commitments in the 2017 and 2018 classes:
*Verbal commitment
2017 class
Matt Bockhorst; St. Xavier; OL; 6-4 ½; 290. Clemson*
Kyle Bolden; Colerain; LB; 6-1; 212. Offers include UC, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Marshall, Maryland, Toledo
Ra’Von Bonner; Sycamore; RB; 5-10; 190. Offers include UC, Ohio, Toledo
Sean Clifford; St. Xavier; QB; 6-2; 206; Penn State*
Jerron Cage; Winton Woods; DL; 6-3; 275; Ohio State*
Matt Dotson; Moeller; TE; 6-5; 235. Offers include UC, Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Boston College and others.
Jacob Gall; Moeller; OL; 6-3; 295. Offer from Toledo.
Jamal Hines; Princeton; DL; 6-3; 225. Offer from UC
Keontae Jones; Colerain; S; 6-1; 175. Offers include UC, Illinois, Iowa State, Miami University, Toledo
Alex King; Mason; DE; 6-3 1/2, 228. Offers include UC, Indiana, Air Force, Tennessee, Illinois, Purdue, Toledo, Wisconsin, Iowa State, MAC schools
Andrew Marty; Wyoming; QB; 6-4; 215. Offer from Miami University
Thayer Munford; La Salle; 6-6; 325. Offers include UC, Kentucky, Bowling Green, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Illinois, Ohio University
Amir Riep; Colerain; S; 6-0; 180. Offers include UC, Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Tennessee, Iowa, Iowa State, Marshall, Penn state, Purdue, Toledo, Virginia Tech, Duke
Samari Saddler; Moeller; OL; 6-3; 285. Offers include Eastern Michigan, Marshall, Miami University and Eastern Kentucky
Matt Sichterman; Kings; OL; 6-5; 265. Offers include UC, Purdue, Miami University, Toledo and Harvard
TreSean Smith; La Salle; DB; 6-3; 180. Offers include Toledo and Miami University
Howard Watkins; Colerain; OL-DL; 6-5; 271. Offers include Miami University and Indiana
Jarell White; La Salle; RB-S; 5-10; 202. Offers include UC, Michigan State, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Iowa, Miami University, Ohio, Toledo
2018 class
Dan Bolden; Colerain; LB; 6-1; 215. Offer from Iowa State
Jack Carman; Fairfield; OL; 6-6; 275. Offers include UC, Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, Toledo, Bowling Green, Vanderbilt, Iowa State, Michigan State, Duke
Malik Vann; Fairfield; LB; 6-3; 245. Offer from UC
