Early National Signing Day in California: Where 4- and 5-star football recruits have committed to play

Twenty-eight of the 30 Golden State elite plan to sign Wednesday at well known destinations — but will there be some curveballs.

It's closing day. The speak between recruits and recruiters over the last 12 to 24 months is likely endless. 

In California, there are exactly 30 football players who are ranked 4- or 5-stars by 247Sports. These are the elite kids, now stepping up to the next level. Of those 30, only three have been awarded the precious 5-star status. Two played on the same Mater Dei team that was crowned Monday SBLive's mythical national champion after going 13-1 and defeating Serra-San Mateo 35-0 in the CIF Open Division finals. 

Of the 30, only two have yet to commit. So here are the 28 Golden State football players with elite status and where they plan to sign on Wednesday morning, the first of three days during the early National Signing Day process. 

Of the 28, more than half are from four schools — Mater Dei (6) and three each from St. John Bosco, Sierra Canyon and Los Alamitos. With six commitments, Oregon is the school most targeted by the top recruits, while USC boasts five, followed by three each to Washington and Alabama. 

Rank. Position name: High school, size, college

1. DL Aydin Breland: Mater Dei, 6-5, 290, Oregon

2. QB Julian Saylin: Carlsbad, 6-1, 195, Alabama

3. OT Brandon Baker: Mater Dei, 6-5, 285, Texas

4. CB Zabien Brown: Mater Dei, 6-0, 180, Alabama

5. LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa: St. John Bosco, 6-3, 230, Notre Dame (video above)

6. CB Marcelles Williams: St. John Bosco, 5-11, 185, USC

7. WR Xavier Jordan: Sierra Canyon, 6-1, 165, USC

8. CB Dakoda Fields: Serra-Gardena, 6-2, 185, Oregon

10. OT Manasse Itete: Central Catholic-Modesto, 6-5, 290, Florida State

12. OL DeAndre Carter: Mater Dei, 6-4, 340, Auburn

13. RB Nate Frazier: Mater Dei, 5-11, 208, Georgia

14. OL Eugene Brooks: Sierra Canyon, 6-4, 320, Oklahoma

15. TE Davon Mitchell: Los Alamitos, 6-4, 245, Oklahoma

16. QB Elijah Brown: Mater Dei, 6-1, 200, Stanford

17. WR Ryan Pellum: Long Beach Millikan, 5-11, 170, USC

18. LB Kamar Mothudi: Los Alamitos, 6-3, 220, Oregon

19. S Kingston Lopa: Grant Union, 6-5, 190, Oregon

20. RB Jordan Washington: Long Beach Jordan, 5-10, 170, Arizona

21. S Peyton Woodyard: St. John Bosco, 6-2, 188, Alabama

22. QB Demaricus Davis: Etiwanda, 6-4, 190, Washington

23. OL Paki Finau: Oak Hills, 6-4, 265, Washington

24. LB Dylan Williams: Long Beach Poly, 6-3, 210, Oregon

25. CB Isaiah Rubin: Los Alamitos, 6-1, 170, USC

26. S Marquis Gallegos: Sierra Canyon, 6-1, 175, USC

27. WR Dillon Gresham: San Jacinto, 6-0, 175, Oregon

28. TE Ryner Swanson: Laguna Beach, 6-5, 240, BYU

29. WR Logan Saldate: Palma, 5-11, 185, Notre Dame

30. DL Ratumana Balabalavu: Army/Navy Academy, 6-4, 260, Washington           


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Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports
MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.