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National Signing Day 2022-2023: Connecticut’s High School and Prep School Football College signing list

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Connecticut's 2022-23's early NCAA Football signees. Top Row: Kevin Nizolek, Avon Old Farms; Dylan Magazu, Newtown; Seth Sweitzer, Choate/Hand; Caden Drezek, Seymour; Jason Palmieri, Cheshire Academy. Middle row: Maxwell Warren, Avon Old Farms; Christian Alliegro, Avon Old Farms; Bottom:  Zack Hios!, Trinity-Pawling/Fairfield; Charlie Symonds, Taft; Jackson Harper, Avon Old Farms; Miles Walker, Brunswick.

Connecticut's 2022-23's early NCAA Football signees. Top Row: Kevin Nizolek, Avon Old Farms; Dylan Magazu, Newtown; Seth Sweitzer, Choate/Hand; Caden Drezek, Seymour; Jason Palmieri, Cheshire Academy. Middle row: Maxwell Warren, Avon Old Farms; Christian Alliegro, Avon Old Farms; Bottom:  Zack Hios!, Trinity-Pawling/Fairfield; Charlie Symonds, Taft; Jackson Harper, Avon Old Farms; Miles Walker, Brunswick.

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The  NCAA's signing period for football players for the Class of 2023 is underway. The early signing period begins Wednesday, December 21-23. The regular signing period for Division I and II football recruits will begin February 1, 2023. It will end April 1 for Division I recruits and August 1 for Division II recruits.

Below is an evolving list of Connecticut natives and other state prep school football players in the Class of 2023 who have signed letters of intent to play football for Division I and Division II college programs or have committed to play at other levels.

The list, which will include all high school and prep players in Connecticut, has been compiled by the staff at GameTimeCT through various sources.  Prep school players have their hometowns or previous schools noted in parentheses.

It will constantly be updated beyond both National Signing days, into the summer as more and more players make their decisions. Not all players sign letters of intent, including Ivy League (Division I) programs and all Division III programs.

While we will attempt to get everybody listed, it isn't currently comprehensive. Players who have signed or schools who have a list of players who have signed should notify Sean Patrick Bowley at sean.bowley@hearstmediact.com or on Twitter @SPBowley to be included. You can also send your signing day photos for display on our gallery.

Football Class of 2023

As of March 13, 2023

CIAC Schools

(NCAA FBS & FCS)

  • SHAWN BROWN,* QB, Norwalk — Stonehill
  • DONTAY BISHOP,* OL, New Britain — Rhode Island
  • FREDDIE CAMP, WR/DB, Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic — Rhode Island
  • MICHAEL DEITELBAUM, LB, Naugatuck — Sacred Heart (pwo)
  • CADEN DREZEK.* QB, Seymour — Maine
  • JAKE KIERNAN, OL, Greenwich — UConn (pwo)
  • DYLAN MAGAZU,* TE/LB, Newtown — Elon
  • WILL MIGLIACCIO, QB, Granby/Canton — Marist
  • JOHN NEIDER, QB/ATH, Law — UConn (pwo)
  • TRISTAN PENA, DB, Stratford — Sacred Heart (pwo)
  • ELIJAH PERRY,* DB, Hartford Public — Central Connecticut State
  • DANNY SHABAN, ATH, Barlow — UConn (pwo)
  • HOWARD SIMPSON, WR, Bloomfield — UConn (pwo)
  • MARK SOKK, LB, Newtown — UConn (pwo)
  • MICHAEL TROVARELLI, RB/LB, Bunnell — Central Connecticut State (pwo)

CT Prep Schools

(NCAA FBS & FCS)

  • OLAUS ALINEN,* OL, Loomis Chaffee (via Finland) — Alabama
  • CHRISTIAN ALLIEGRO,* LB, Avon Old Farms (via Darien) — Wisconsin
  • JAYLEN CARTER, WR, Taft (via Derby) — Columbia
  • PRINCETON CAHEE,* RB, Taft (via Lafayette, La.) — Bucknell
  • SEAN DONOVAN,* DL, Hotchkiss (via Danbury) — Army
  • OWEN DUETSCH,* OL, St. Thomas More (Summit, NJ) — Fordham
  • VINCENT DROLET*, TE, Choate Rosemary Hall (via St-Lazare, Quebec) — Duke
  • DAVID EGBE,* RB, Loomis Chaffee (New Jersey) — Wake Forest
  • MARSHAWN FERGUSON JR.,* WR, St. Thomas More (Princeton, N.J). — Old Dominion
  • LOGAN GALLETTA, WR, The Hun School-NJ (via Greenwich) — Boston College
  • JACKSON HARPER,* WR, Avon Old Farms (Simsbury) — UConn
  • DREW HALL,* QB/TE, Cheshire Academy (Pembroke, Mass.) — Navy
  • ADDISON HOFFMAN, OL, Taft (via Coral Springs, Fla.) — Lafayette
  • ZACK HIOS,* QB, Trinity-Pawling (via Fairfield) — Monmouth
  • JARED HIRSCHFELD,* DT, Cheshire Academy (Medfield, Mass.) — Sacred Heart
  • CHRISTOPHER HUDSON,* CB, St. Thomas More — UConn
  • NICHOLAS KAPTEIN,* OL, St. Thomas More (Ajax, Ont.) — Maine
  • JADYN JONES,* RB, St. Thomas More (Reading, Pa.) — Navy
  • WILLIAM JANIS,* OL, Brunswick (Greenwich)  — Holy Cross
  • LAVON JOHNSON,* DL, Cheshire Academy (Allentown, Pa.) — Maryland
  • CHRISTIAN LEBRUN,* DL, Avon Old Farms (Cherry Hill, NJ) — UMass
  • ROBERT 'CHAMP' LONG,* QB, St. Peter's Prep-NJ (via Fairfield, Fairfield Prep) — Maryland
  • BJ MAYES, LB, Taft (via. Aurora, Ill.) — Maine
  • JOSEPH MUPOYI,* DL, St. Thomas More (District Heights, Maryland) — Penn State
  • KEVIN NIZOLEK,* DL, Avon Old Farms (Madison) — Fordham
  • RODERICK OLSON,* LB, St. Luke's (Stamford) — Navy
  • JASON PALMIERI,* WR, Cheshire Academy (via Woodland) — Sacred Heart
  • DAVID PARDO, WR, East Coast Prep (via East Hartford) — Central Connecticut State
  • MICHAEL REDDICK, LB/DE, Taft (via Maloney) — Brown
  • IAN ROSE, OL, Hamden Hall (via Guilford) — Stony Brook
  • JESSE SCHUTZMAN, LB, Brunswick (Greenwich) — Yale
  • SETH SWEITZER,* WR, Choate (via Hand-Madison) — Merrimack
  • CHARLIE SYMONDS,* OL, Taft (South Kent) — Stanford
  • MILES WALKER,* OL Brunswick School (Greenwich) — Ohio State
  • MAXWELL WARREN,* WR, Avon Old Farms (via. St. Joseph, West Haven) — Holy Cross
  • MAHKAI WILSON,* LB, St. Thomas More (via. Waterbury) — Stonehill
  • TEDDY WILLIAMS, WR/DB, Salisbury (via Cromwell/Portland) — UConn (PWO)
  • MICHAEL ZACK, OL, Choate Rosemary Hall (Innisfil, Ont.) — UPenn

Other Signings

(NCAA Division II & III)

  • KENSLEY ALPHONSE, NG, Stamford — Western Connecticut
  • DAVID CASSETTI, RB/LB, Ansonia — New Haven
  • ETHAN COADY, QB, Hamden Hall (via Haddam-Killingworth) — Pace
  • ALEX CUSHING, LB, Hand — Union
  • LEROY DEBERRY, LB, Wilbur Cross — Western Connecticut
  • JOHN DESMARAIS, DL, Glastonbury — Bowdoin
  • SIMEON DOLL, QB, Darien — Denison
  • ERIC FACEY, DT, Taft (via Bristol) — Bates
  • TREY HARTNETT, WR, Fairfield Prep — Bates
  • MICHAEL ISZCZAK, OL, Torrington (via Milford Academy) — Southern Connecticut
  • NEHEMIAH JOHNSON, WR/DB, Capital Prep — New Haven
  • CHRIS KAMINSKI, QB, Ansonia — UMass-Dartmouth
  • JUSTIN KELLER, QB, Ridgefield — Tufts
  • BEN JAX, WR/DB, Killingly — Southern Connecticut
  • TANNER LANGIS, LB, Fairfield Prep — Union
  • JAMEL LEE, DB, Wilbur Cross — Franklin Pierce
  • MATTHEW MILLER, DB, Bloomfield —  Husson
  • RYAN PHILLIPS, DL/LB, Bloomfield — Southern Connecticut
  • BRIAN ROSE, WR, Stamford — New Haven
  • DANNY RYAN, LB, Glastonbury — Western New England
  • WESLEY SELMANI, OL/LB, Hand — Trinity
  • CALEB SMITH, RB/DB, Newtown — Middlebury College
  • CONNOR SMITH, WR, Milford Academy (via Fairfield Prep) — Assumption
  • HOWARD STEDFORD, OL, Maloney — Pace
  • QUINN STENGRIM, LB, Fairfield Prep — Denison
  • ROHAN TERRELL, LB, Bunnell — Tufts
  • JAMES THOM, OL, Darien -- Tufts
  • DOUG TRAYNOR, DL, New Fairfield — New Haven
  • GIOVANNI VICENS, OL, Derby — New Haven
  • JACK WHITTLE,  DE/LB, Staples — St. Lawrence

*Denotes early signee.

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Sean Patrick Bowley
Sean -- or SPB -- is a Woodbridge native and an alumnus of Amity Regional and Syracuse University who has covered high school sports in Connecticut for over two decades, beginning at Elm City Newspapers and Connecticut Post, now as editor of GameTimeCT.com. Sean has won numerous national and regional honors and is best known for his innovative and comprehensive coverage of Connecticut high school football. A ski and movie aficionado during off-seasons, he still calls Greater New Haven home.