The Latest on college football’s national signing day. (all times Eastern):

2:49 p.m.

The national champions had pretty much all their recruiting done before signing day.

Clemson signed a small class of 15 players, coming off its first national title since 1981. There is plenty of quality in that group, including five-star quarterback Hunter Johnson.

Johnson will get a chance to be Deshaun Watson’s replacement.

Despite the relatively small numbers, coach Dabo Swinney is likely to land a class that ranks in the mid-teens nationally.

The Tigers will need some immediate help at receiver after the early NFL departures of Mike Williams and Artvais Scott. The additions of five-star Tee Higgins and four-star Amari Rodgers, both from Tennessee, could help fill the void.

2:40 p.m.

Hunter Rison, the son of former NFL receiver Andre Rison, has signed with Michigan State, the same school where his father was a star. Hunter Rison is also a wide receiver. He’s already enrolled at Michigan State and will participate in spring practice. He played at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Andre Rison played at Michigan State from 1985-88 and is second on the school’s career list with 2,992 yards receiving.

2:25 p.m.

Four-star safety Chaz Ah You took his Signing Day announcement to another level. The Provo, Utah native produced a video with Bleacher Report of him boarding a helicopter with four “destination” hats inside the chopper — Washington, UCLA, Stanford and BYU. You looked at the pilot and said, “Take me to my new home.”

The helicopter landed at BYU’s LaVell Edwards Stadium before he jumped out in a BYU jersey and celebrated with the school mascot.

2:15 p.m.

Some calls you just have to take.

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was holding his signing day news conference with reporters when his cell phone rang. “Jeremiah?” he said. And walked out of the room.

Kelly returned and announced Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, a three-star prospect from Virginia, had signed with the Fighting Irish.

Kelly and the Irish are coming off a 4-8 season, but they are still in line to sign a top-15 class. The highest-rated members are Brock Wright, a tight end from Texas, and four-star offensive linemen Robert Hainsey and Aaron Banks.

1:55 p.m.

DECISION TRACKER: The nation’s top junior college running back is headed to Kansas.

You read that correctly.

The long-downtrodden Jayhawks signed Octavius Matthews from Itawamba Community College in Mississippi in a significant surprise Wednesday. Matthews had de-committed from Auburn last week and was considering Purdue and Tennessee before signing with Kansas.

Matthews will be reunited with former Washington State quarterback Peyton Bender, who also spent last season at Itawamba and is already on the Kansas campus. That likely played a role in his decision.

1:25 p.m.

DECISION TRACKER: Alabama’s signing day is mostly done with 260-pound defensive tackle LaBryan Ray picking the Tide — as expected. Tennessee, Florida and Ole Miss were also in the mix, but it would have been shocking if Ray, from Madison, Alabama, left the state.

The addition of Ray seems to have a trickle-down effect for Alabama into 2018. Jarez Parks, a defensive end from Florida, went a long way — Paris! — to announce his commitment to Alabama. But Alabama has no scholarships left for in this year’s class and it is being reported that Parks could be a grayshirt, enrolling in January and counting toward next year’s class.

12:58 p.m.

Jim Harbaugh was hailed by thousands as he walked to his seat in the fourth of five rows on the floor of Crisler Arena, where Michigan moved its Signing of the Stars show from last year’s unique event at a downtown theater.

One of the biggest cheers came when the signing of defensive tackle Aubrey Solomon was announced. Solomon is a five-star defensive tackle who de-committed from Michigan before jumping back on board on signing day.

12:38 p.m.

DECISION TRACKER: National signing day has not been great for Texas. Pass rusher K’Lavon Chiasson picked LSU over the Longhorns. New Texas coach Tom Herman also lost out on four-star cornerback Chevin Calloway, who signed with Arkansas. The Longhorns will not sign any of the top-15 players ranked by 247Sports from in state.

12:25 p.m.

DECISION TRACKER: Another win for USC. Defensive tackle Jay Tufele, a 300-pounder from Utah, picked USC over Utah, Ohio State and Brigham Young.

12:15 p.m.

DECISION TRACKER: Offensive tackle Austin Jackson, one of the best prospects in Arizona, chose Southern California. It was not a huge surprise, but for a team looking to replace two starting tackles, Jackson was a big get for the Trojans. USC also landed linebacker Levi Jones from Austin, Texas, earlier in the day and is in the mix receiver Joseph Lewis, one of the highest rated uncommitted recruits left. Lewis was expected to announce between USC, Nebraska and Oregon later in the day.

12:10 p.m.

Colorado signee Chris Mulumba is a “Finnish” product.

The 24-year-old Mulumba (pronounced muh-lumb-buh) is a 280-pound defensive end from Helsinki, Finland, who didn’t play football in high school but was a national judo champion. The Colorado Buffaloes saw enough of him at Diablo Valley College in California to bring him into the fold as an early enrollee. Mulumba was actually all set to attend Central Florida after Diablo, but instead sat out a season. He’s enrolled for the spring semester at Colorado and will take part in spring drills.

In 2012, he played for the Helsinki Roosters of the American Football Association of Finland. He also served a one-year military stint in the Finnish Army.

Noon

Kirby Smart’s second signing class has Georgia among the nation’s best classes, and it also earned him cheers from about 200 fans at the team’s football building. Smart heard applause and barks when he emerged late Wednesday morning for a TV interview, but there were some vocal complaints when he left without taking questions from fans. Former coach Mark Richt, now with Miami, always participated in a lengthy question and answer session with fans on signing day.

11:55 a.m.

DECISION TRACKER: Henry Ruggs III, a four-star receiver from Montgomery, Alabama, picked the Crimson Tide over Florida State.

Four-star cornerback Chevin Calloway from Dallas signed with Arkansas, choosing the Razorbacks over Texas and Iowa.

11:30

Maryland is set up to be one of surprising stories of signing day. Second-year coach D.J. Durkin is on the way to bringing in a top-20 class nationally and top-five class in the Big Ten. The Terrapins big get of signing day was running back Cordarrian Richardson from Memphis, Tennessee. He picked the Terps over Mississippi and Michigan State.

And he did it with a weather balloon in space .