TEMPE, Ariz. - The Sun Devil Football program signed 13 student-athletes on the first day of the December Early Signing Period on Wednesday that will continue their athletic and academic endeavors at Arizona State University, as announced by head coach Herm Edwards. The December signing class consists solely of freshmen student-athletes, seven of which were regarded as four-star prospects by at least one recruiting service. The Sun Devils will look to fill of the remaining spots in the 2020 Signing Class on the National Signing Day on February 5.
ASU's Signing Class of 2020 Highlights:
- Seven members of Wednesday's announced Class of 2020 were recognized as four-star prospects by at least one major recruiting service, six of which were consensus selections (Jordan Banks – Consensus; Chad Johnson Jr. – Consensus; Omarr Norman-Lott – Consensus; DeaMonte Trayanum – Consensus; Johnny Wilson – Consensus; Joe Moore – Rivals & ESPN; D.J. Taylor - 247Sports)
- 10 of the prospects in the class rank within the Top-50 nationally at their position according to at least one major recruiting publication, including six consensus selections:
Johnny Wilson – ESPN No. 8 WR, Rivals No. 15 WR, 24/7 Sports No. 16 WR
Jordan Banks – Rivals No. 8 ILB, 24/7 Sports No. 15 OLB, ESPN No. 35 DE
DeaMonte Trayanum – Rivals No. 16 RB, 24/7 Sports No. 21 RB, ESPN No. 22 RB
Joe Moore – Rivals No. 14 WDE, 24/7 Sports No. 17 SDE, ESPN No. 37 DE
Omarr Norman-Lott – Rivals No. 27 DT, ESPN No. 29 DT, 24/7 Sports No. 31 DT
Caleb McCullough – 24/7 Sports No. 18 ILB, Rivals No. 36 OLB
T Lee – 24/7 Sports No. 44 ATH
D.J. Taylor – 24/7 Sports No. 27 CB
Macen Williams – Rivals No. 41 CB
Edward Woods – 24/7 Sports No. 39 CB
- Four recruits in the Sun Devils' class are ranked by at least one publication as a Top-300 overall prospect in the country:
Johnny Wilson – ESPN No. 62, Rivals No. 89, 24/7 Sports No. 89
Jordan Banks – Rivals No. 139, 24/7 Sports No. 208
DeaMonte Trayanum – 24/7 No. 245, ESPN No. 289
Chad Johnson Jr. – 24/7 Sports No. 292
- Arizona State landed seven of the Top-71 overall prospects from the state of California according to 24/7 Sports Composite rankings in the early signing period, already the highest total in a class since 2015 (No. 11 Johnny Wilson, No. 21 Jordan Banks, No. 27 Chad Johnson Jr., No. 29 Omarr Norman Lott, No. 59 Caleb McCullough, No. 66 Macen Williams, No. 71 Edward Woods)
- The Sun Devils have already signed seven of Rivals' Top-81 overall recruits in California, the most by the program since the 2015 class with the class yet to be complete (No. 11 Johnny Wilson, No. 19 Jordan Banks, No. 29 Omarr Norman-Lott, No. 30 Chad Johnson Jr., No. 43 Caleb McCullough, No. 48 Macen Williams, No. 81 Edward Woods)
- The early signing class has seven members ranked by ESPN as a Top-78 overall prospect in California, the most ever in a class dating back to 2010, when the publication first started ranking by state (No. 6 Johnny Wilson, No. 29 Jordan Banks, No. 34 Omarr Norman-Lott, No. 35 Chad Johnson Jr., No. 66 Edward Woods, No. 67 Macen Williams, No. 78 Caleb McCullough)
- Several members of the class have earned state or California sectional titles during their time in high school, including T Lee (Buford, 2019), Caleb McCullough (Pacifica, 2019), Edward Woods (McClymonds, 2017-2018) and DeaMonte Trayanum (Archbishop Hoban, 2017-18)
- Four Sun Devil signees were part of teams that won at least 11 games during their senior season, combing for a 52-5 record (Buford – 14-1, Pacifica – 15-1, Red Mountain – 12-2, McClymonds, 11-1).
- Seven different Class of 2020 signees were ranked among the Top-30 overall prospects in their state:
Johnny Wilson – CA - #11 247Sports, #11 Rivals, #6 ESPN
Jordan Banks – CA - #17, 247Sports, #19 Rivals, #28 ESPN
DeaMonte Trayanum – OH - #5 247Sports, #6 Rivals; #4 ESPN
Joe Moore – MO - #7 247Sports, #8 Rivals, #6 ESPN
Chad Johnson Jr. – CA - #27 247Sports, #30 Rivals
Omarr Norman-Lott – CA - #29 247Sports, #29 Rivals
Ben Bray – AZ - #26 247Sports, #27 ESPN