Signing Day Looming For Local Football Stars

High schools in Oakland County will celebrate National Signing Day on Wednesday for their football athletes with press events throughout the day.

Feb. 1 is the first day student-athletes who play football can sign their National Letters of Intent (NLI).

Most scholarship athletes give verbal commitments to the Division I or Division II school they intend to sign with prior to Wednesday, but their intentions aren’t official until they put their signature on the NLI. By signing an NLI, the student agrees to attend that school for one academic year and the school assures the athlete a scholarship for at least one full academic year.

Make sure to check back with Patch throughout the day on Wednesday for coverage of the various signing events.

A list of student-athletes, along with the college or universities they are signing with and what their high school is planning for signing day, is below:

Avondale High School

Mitchell Robinson – Northwood University

Troy Athens High School

Troy Athens is holding a signing ceremony on Wednesday afternoon in the principal’s office.

Andrew Aurand – Western Michigan University 

Six Brother Rice seniors will sign letters of intent at the school on Wednesday morning. The students will sign their letters in the school’s front foyer.

Dylan Anderson - Central Michigan University

Joey Warner - Grand Valley State University

James Hendrix - Wayne State University

Cody Ellwanger - Northwood University

Eddie Kidd - Northwood University

Country Day has nearly a dozen athletes signing tomorrow, two of which are from the football team. They are signing at the high school’s gym lobby in the afternoon.

John Hill – Division I School

Marlon Hairston – Northwood University

Birmingham Groves High School

Groves will celebrate Keon Collier signing his national letter of intent in the school’s cafeteria on Wednesday afternoon.

Keon Collier – Northern Michigan University

– Grand Valley State

Tyler Roth – University of Pennsylvania 

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

Four senior athletes from Orchard Lake St. Mary’s will sign their letters of intent at the headmaster's office tomorrow.

Charlie Cuini – Hillsdale

David Talley – Grand Valley State

– Michigan

Spencer McInnis – Miami (OH)

West Bloomfield High School

Four senior athletes from West Bloomfield High will sign their letters of intent in the media center tomorrow afternoon.

CJ Brathwaite – Kent State University

Chauncey Briggs – Southern Methodist University

Kyle Croskey – Marian

Patrick Russell - Alma