National Signing Day: Their Coach's Take

Markel BrownBy Paul Seaver (TheArenaPulse) This post is part of The Arena Pulse's Player of the Night feature.Each morning throughout the 2011-12 season, The Arena Pulse will select and name its "Player of the Night" from the previous evening's action.The final day of January saw a number of ranked teams in action, but the evening's top performance came from...

Oklahoma State will receive Letters of Intent from players all across the country on Wednesday -- also known as National Signing Day. Here are the players expecting to sign with OSU, along with a list of each player's honors and statistics. This list includes the four players, two junior college signees and two high schoolers who graduated early, who are already on campus.

The 2012 Oklahoma State recruiting class includes the second most Oklahomans in a class during the Mike Gundy era in Stillwater. It sure didn’t look like it would be that way a few weeks ago.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Markel Brown scored a career-high 30 points to lead Oklahoma State over Texas Tech 80-63 on Tuesday night. The sophomore went 7 of 12 from the field, including 3 of 6 from beyond the arc, and didn't miss any of his 13 free-throw attempts. Le'Bryan Nash scored 16 points for the Cowboys (11-11, 4-5 Big 12). Keiton Page and Cezar Guerrero missed the...

GoPokes.com is interviewing the coach for each of the Oklahoma State commitments leading up to National Signing Day. In this installment of “His Coach’s Take,” we visit with Kenny Harrison, the head coach at Port Arthur (Memorial), Texas about Jhajuan Seales, a 6-1, 180-pound receiver who got on the radar late after catching 54 passes for 1,207 yards and 13 touchdowns in his senior season.

GoPokes.com interviewed the coach for each of the Oklahoma State commitments in the days leading up to National Signing Day. In this installment of “His Coach’s Take,” we visit with Aledo (Texas) High School head coach Tim Buchanan about Michael Wilson, a 6-6, 280-pound offensive lineman who originally committed to Texas A&M but switched to OSU after visiting in January.

GoPokes.com interviewed the coach for each of the Oklahoma State commitments in the days leading up to National Signing Day. In this installment of “His Coach’s Take,” we visit with Lee Shaw, the head coach at Flowery Branch (Ga.) High School this past season, about C.J. Curry, a 6-2, 205-pound wide receiver who caught 45 passes for 805 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior.

GoPokes.com is interviewing the coach for each of the Oklahoma State commitments leading up to National Signing Day. In this installment of “His Coach’s Take,” we visit with Steve Spavital, the head coach at Broken Arrow (Okla.) about Zac Veatch, a 6-4, 250-pound tight end. The all-state performer projects more as an offensive lineman at OSU.

In a recruiting season that is looking more and more like the old "Wild West" Days where coaches traveled school to school collecting signatures and you never really knew who you were going to end for sure signing until signing day dawned, Oklahoma State is not standing pat with several of their potential signees waiting until the last minute.

FOXSportsNext takes look at some of the standouts in the 2012 Oklahoma State recruiting class on National Signing Day.

2012 wide receiver prospect Austin Hays caught up with FOXSportsNext after signing his National Letter of Intent to Oklahoma State.

Joe DeForest, known for his work coaching special teams at Oklahoma State, wasted little time in making an impact in that same area at West Virginia.

Baylor's Big 12 Conference road game Sat., Feb. 4 (12:47 p.m. CST), at Oklahoma State will be televised live on the Big 12 Network (rebranded ESPN Plus).

Arroyo Grande (Calif.) outside linebacker Seth Jacobs signs with Oklahoma State...