College football’s Early Signing Period in December has significantly diminished the importance of National Signing Day, which used to be a highly anticipated event when everyone would wait around to see which schools the best players in the nation picked.
But with majority of the top recruits signing in December, National Signing Day is far less exciting. Unless you’re Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz.
The Tigers’ first-year coach absolutely lost it Wednesday when he found out three-star cornerback Ennis Rakestraw from Duncanville, Texas chose Missouri over Alabama and Texas. And that makes sense for his first time recruiting in the SEC as a head coach after being with Appalachian State for one season.
Thankfully, Mizzou’s social team captured the moment because Drinkwitz’s ridiculous, over-the-top reaction is truly something special.
Rakestraw visited Missouri, Alabama and Texas last month, according to 247Sports, and even though his visit with the Tigers was first, obviously something about them stuck with him.
At 6-foot-0 and 170 pounds, Rakestraw is listed as the 69th best cornerback in the 2020 class and the 107th best player from Texas. But given the seemingly disproportionate reaction Drinkwitz had to the news, it seems like he believes Rakestraw is significantly underrated.
Clearly Drinkwitz feels like he had a great National Signing Day.
