MOBILE, Alabama -- Offensive lineman Dylan McBride, who missed his senior season with a torn labrum, will sign with Alabama A&M during the new early signing period beginning Wednesday.
Coach Fred Riley said the new signing period, which was approved by the NCAA last spring and runs from Dec. 20-22, has advantages and disadvantages.
"I think it's good for a select few," he said. "I think it's good for guys who want to get started in January and who are done with the love me tour and are ready to sign and get it done. I also think it's good for some schools that end up burning official visits on kids who have no intention of going to that school. It's not for everyone, but it is the right thing for some."
McBride (6-5, 260) was injured in spring practice and didn't play at all for Davidson. However, Alabama A&M already had offered him and the school remained true to that. Riley said he will be a "steal" in the SWAC.
"He's a guy who has the genes to play in the Sun Belt or in Conference USA or somewhere like that," he said. "If he'd had a senior year on film for coaches to see, I think other schools would have come in here and tried to sway him. But he really liked A&M."
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