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Merry recruiting Christmas, everyone. It's National Signing Day, and that means that droves of new recruits will make their pledge to Vanderbilt official on Wednesday morning.
Derek Mason will welcome somewhere between 16 to 19 new Commodores when they fax their letters of intent to Nashville. Vanderbilt currently has 19 recruits on tap for 2016, and three of those players - JoeJuan Williams, Zaire Jones, and Deuce Wallace - are already on campus.
We'll be updating our list of recruits as their LOIs roll in. Here's what Mason and his staff will be working with this summer and beyond.
| Vanderbilt Football: 2016 Recruits | ||||||
| 247 Composites | ||||||
| Player | Position | Stars | Rating | Hometown | Time of Commitment | |
| 1) | JoeJuan Williams | DB | **** | 0.9163 | Hendersonville, TN | Early Enrollee |
| 2) | Zaire Jones | DB | *** | 0.8672 | Meridian, MS | Early Enrollee |
| 3) | Deuce Wallace | QB | *** | 0.864 | Sevierville, TN | Early Enrollee |
| 4) | Turner Cockrell | TE | *** | 0.8101 | Acworth, GA | 7:20 AM |
| 5) | Frank Coppet | DB | *** | 0.8335 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 7:32 AM |
| 6) | Donaven Tennyson | WR | *** | 0.8404 | Richmond, VA | 7:41 AM |
| 7) | Cameron Tidd | DT | *** | 0.8138 | Greenwood, IN | 7:50 AM |
| 8) | Jamauri Wakefield | RB | *** | 0.8327 | Jacksonville, FL | 7:55 AM |
| 9) | Austin Quillen | DB | *** | 0.8281 | Jenks, OK | 8:02 AM |
| 10) | Devin Cochran | OT | *** | 0.859 | Norcross, GA | 8:23 AM |
| 11) | Andre Mintze | DE/LB | ** | 0.7894 | Philadelphia, PA | 8:30 AM |
| 12) | Kenny Hebert | LB | ** | 0.7956 | New Orleans, LA | 8:35 AM |
| 13) | Kalija Lipscomb | WR | *** | 0.8433 | New Orleans, LA | 8:41 AM |
| 14) | Braden Kopp | OT | *** | 0.8259 | Houston, TX | 8:48 AM |
| 15) | Elijah Hamilton | DB | *** | 0.8276 | Roswell, GA | 9:00 AM |
| 16) | Jackson Winrow | WR | *** | 0.8466 | Shawnee, OK | 9:40 AM |
| 17) | Drew Birchmeier | DT | *** | 0.825 | Midlothian, VA | 9:55 AM |
| 18) | Josiah Sa'o | DT | *** | 0.83 | San Diego, CA | 11:14 AM |
| 19) | Sam Loy | P/K | *** | 0.7998 | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA | 11:24 AM |
| 20) | Sean Auwae | OC | *** | 0.8675 | Kapolei, HI | 11:30 AM |
Additionally, the 'Dores will also get some help from preferred walk-on Chandler Myers, who could play as an outside linebacker or defensive end at Vanderbilt:
6-3, 230 Linebacker @chandlermyers6 from Biloxi, MS will be a preferred walk-on at Vanderbilt. He had offers from FCS schools #NSDLive
— VandyMania.com (@VandyManiacom) February 3, 2016