National Signing Day is finally here! The O.G. of Signing Day's has arrived on the calendar and it's always a special day for many young student-athletes who are achieving their dreams by continuing their football careers. Many of those young student-athletes will be attending Brigham Young University as the Cougars welcome in the final touches to their 2019 recruiting class. As your destination for all things BYU football recruiting, Cougar Sports Insider will keep you up-to-speed with everything taking place during National Signing Day and will have updates throughout the day here on CougarSportsInsider.com and on Twitter, @BYU247. Cougar Sports Insider Publisher Mitch Harper will be co-hosting with former BYU cornerback Ben Criddle on Wednesday afternoon a special Signing Day edition of Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle on ESPN 960, your Cougar Sports Insider Radio Network which will begin at 3 pm (MT) and will go to 7 pm (MT). You can listen to the show on 960 AM and 94.5 FM in Utah County and also the ESPN 960 mobile app, TuneIn app, and iHeartRadio. 247Sports analysts Blair Angulo and Brandon Huffman will join Harper and Criddle on ESPN 960 at 4:05 pm and 5:30 pm respectively to break down BYU's 2019 class. Harper along with Senior Recruiting Analyst Jeff Hansen will be on the Cougar Sports Insider message board throughout the day updating subscribers on the news and notes surrounding National Signing Day for BYU. Sign up today with a 7-Day FREE TRIAL so you can see what Cougar Sports Insider and the 247Sports network has to offer on the ultimate holiday for recruitniks everywhere! Important links for BYU Football Signing Day 2019 BYU is currently ranked 77th in the 247Sports Composite Score team rankings. One spot higher than last season which saw BYU have many young players make contributions en route to the Cougars 7-6 season in 2018. Keep checking back here for updates on BYU's Signing Day activities.<doc-sep>Provo, UT (84601) Today Sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds. High near 80F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.. Tonight Partly cloudy this evening with more clouds for overnight. Low around 50F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph.<doc-sep>We have used your information to see if you have a subscription with us, but did not find one. Please use the button below to verify an existing account or to purchase a new subscription.<doc-sep>PROVO - Doesn’t it feel good that Signing Day is here? Regardless of any ranking that BYU receives, Signing Day is always a special and ultimately fun day. I’ve been following BYU football and recruiting since I was seven years old. It’s hard to describe, but I’ve always had a love for personnel, transactions, and ultimately college football recruiting. National Signing Day was always viewed as a holiday in the Harper household. The first Wednesday in February has always been met with excitement, and it still is to this day. That’s why I’m thrilled to be working on an incredible network here at 247Sports that have allowed me to showcase my passion for BYU football recruiting. I have a lot of fond memories over the years and I wanted to share a few as this Signing Day marks my 25th BYU football Signing Day I’ve followed. I got hooked on recruiting because of Steve Sarkisian. The No. 1 Junior College quarterback in the class of 1995 out of El Camino JC had me hooked as a seven-year-old. My dad had a subscription to H.B. Arnett’s Cougar Sportsline and I would read the latest edition when it arrived in the mailbox and then I would ask my dad questions about his thoughts on these recruits. I kind of laugh thinking of how the written word would get fans (including myself) over recruits. There was no internet, no 247Sports, no Hudl, to do personal research on these players. The summaries typed up by H.B. Arnett or Dick Harmon of the Provo Daily Herald (at the time) were my only links to who these recruits were back then and I would soak it all up, especially Sarkisian. The idea of a Catholic kid who was the first team Gridiron Wire All-American from the JUCO ranks picking BYU was something that had me hooked on recruiting. Then I learned he was a mid-year enrollee and he would be competing in spring ball, I was even more hooked and wanted to keep learning about this recruiting stuff. One of my favorite things that I miss was the day after National Letter of Intent Day the USA Today would put in their sports page every signee for each and every school in the country. In the 1999 class, I remember USA Today specifically mentioning in their paper BYU running back commit and Oregon Player of the Year Luke Staley and how he turned down a late push from the Nebraska Cornhuskers to play for BYU. I used to call into KSL SportsNight with Greg Wrubell when he would have Greg Biggins on the show, yes THE Greg Biggins, and I’d ask Biggins questions on the show about BYU’s class as a kid and now I’m honored to say Biggins is a good friend and someone I work with. In 2002, like so many others like me, my passion for recruiting went to another level with the advent of TheInsiders.com network and the hiring of head coach Gary Crowton to BYU. LaVell was never much of a Signing Day type of guy, but Crowton was all about recruiting. I remember my dad getting a letter in the mail to attend a Signing Day event, the first of its kind for fans to ask questions to Gary Crowton and recruiting coordinator Paul Tidwell about the 2002 class. You bet my dad checked me out of school that day to attend this thing. That’s one thing that I always love about recruiting and Signing Day is that it has always been something my dad and I have bonded with over the years and it’s no different to this day. But the 2002 class, I remember walking into LaVell Edwards Stadium’s old Cougar Club room with the glass window pillars all over the area and old pictures of BYU’s Hall of Fame inductees dotting the walls. My dad and I were the first ones there and we were greeted by Paul Tidwell and a spread of Hogi Yogi to enjoy and talk crootin’! Man, it was a beautiful time. I’m asking questions to Tidwell and he says, “excuse me guys, I gotta take this call. It’s Walt Williams.” I turn to my dad and tell him, Walt Williams is going to be so good. Even though I didn’t see a damn thing on the guy and the only thing I’ve seen to this day on Williams is a blurry Big Foot-esque photo courtesy of ESPN 960’s Ben Criddle. But Walt had those five-stars next to his name so I was all in. Gary Crowton walked into the Cougar Club room on crutches after suffering an injury after the Liberty Bowl and he was disappointed in losing out on Haloti Ngata but was still excited about landing a Top 25 recruiting group in that 2002 class. They had just landed Ben Olsen, Jake Kuresa, Scott Young, Chad Barney, and of course, Walt Williams. Big names with big star ratings coming out of the gates in 2002. Crowton took questions from the 15 or so people that were there for the event and one person asked, “Is Scott Young related to Steve Young?” Crowton laughed and I remembered he said we hope he will have a Steve Young-like impact on defense. Guys like Brandon Gurney continued to feel my appetite for all things BYU recruiting. It just kept growing and growing. Couldn’t get enough. Who can forget BYU landing Ofa Mohetau over the Miami Hurricanes when they were at their apex again as a program? Then in week one against Georgia Tech, Marcus Whalen steps on Mohetau’s foot and we pretty much never saw anything from Mohetau again in Provo. I remember Stanley Havili in 2006 picking USC over BYU on KUTV Channel 2, Jake Heaps and the Iggy’s trio, Uona Kaveinga picking USC on Fox Sports West with his family in the background wearing BYU gear, the recruitment of Vince Feula and how it was a signal to me that Bronco Mendenhall could recruit and he was the guy who needed to be the head coach over Lance Reynolds.<doc-sep>
BYU has landed another commitment in the class of 2019 from Mira Mesa High School in San Diego, California running back/defensive back Javelle Brown. Brown announced his pledge to the Cougars on Wednesday at his high school. Brown is the 19th scholarship commit in the class of 2019 for BYU and he plans to sign his letter of intent to play for the Cougars this fall. Brown who primarily played defensive back in high school will start his BYU career out at running back where the Cougars have been actively pursuing a back to add to the 2019 roster for months. Brown will join the program in June for summer check-in and then participate this fall for his true freshman season. Brown's high school teammates Noah Tumblin and Marcus Dean were also recruited by BYU. Tumblin committed and signed with San Diego State and as of publication time, we didn't have an answer yet on Dean. Last week, Brown was a late addition to the official visitor's list on campus in Provo and that ultimately put BYU over the top for the athletic 6'1" 173-pound athlete. Earlier this week, both I and senior recruiting analyst Jeff Hansen here at Cougar Sports Insider had Brown Crystal Ball'd to BYU. Not a subscriber? Sign up now for a seven-day free trial and to get access to everything Cougar Sports Insider has to offer, including daily the best team and recruiting coverage on BYU sports. Don’t forget to sign up for our Cougar Sports Insider Newsletter. It’s free and a great way to get daily updates on BYU football, basketball and more delivered straight to your inbox. Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.