Texas spreads its wealth of quarterbacks around

Georgia didn’t get a Lone Star State replacement for Dallas native Matthew Stafford, but plenty of other schools found their future quarterbacks from Texas.

At least 11 quarterbacks from Texas signed with BCS schools, highlighted by Garrett Gilbert of Austin, Scout.com’s No. 2-rated signal caller, who signed with Texas. His signature helped Texas land a high ranking, no worse than No. 6, from Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com.

Also, Tyrik Rollison of Sulphur Springs, Texas, signed with Auburn, and Ryan Mossakowski of Frisco inked with Kentucky.

Some other national storylines from Wednesday:

> Buckeyes score big: Three players rated with five stars by Scout.com signed with Ohio State. DE Melvin Meadows of Garfield Heights, Ohio, LB Dorian Bell of Monroeville, Pa., and DT Johnny Simon of Youngstown, Ohio, all got their letters of intent to the Buckeyes early in the day. The biggest victory may have come when WR Duron Carter (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) signed after considering an offer from Florida. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Carter was among the first to get his letter of intent to Ohio State.

> Trojans sustain success: It’s hard to look at USC’s success in recent years and say the rich get richer. But the Trojans certainly stayed rich, signing the nation’s top-rated high school quarterback in Matt Barkley of Santa Ana, Calif., five-star safety T.J. McDonald of Fresno and defensive end Devon Kennard of Phoenix.

> No surprise: Jake Golic, a tight end from Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford, Conn., signed with Notre Dame. His father, Mike, one of the hosts of “Mike and Mike in the Morning” on ESPN radio, also played at Notre Dame and spent nine years in the NFL.

> Big surprise: Honolulu LB Manti Te’o was expected by many to choose a school on the west coast, but instead the 6-2, 225-pounder chose Notre Dame. Rated with five stars by Scout.com, Te’o was one of two five-star players to sign with the Fighting Irish.

> Distant journeys: Te’o’s distance to school has to be one of the longest in this year’s signing class. At least two from Georgia headed cross country in the other direction: Henry County’s Jamal Patterson is bound for Stanford; Carver-Columbus’ Jarvis Jones is off to USC.

> Linebacker U: Penn State secured two linebackers rated in the top 10 at their positions by Scout.com. Weakside linebacker Gerald Hodges of Paulsboro, N.J., is rated No. 4 at that spot and Glenn Carson is No. 7 among middle linebackers. Both are four-star players.

> Layoff no problem: Sandy Creek High’s Braxton Lane signed with Oregon despite skipping his senior season in high school. Lane, who has been clocked at 4.31 seconds in the 40-yard dash, wanted to pursue baseball and did not play football this past season.

> A Beehive of activity: While the state of Georgia had well over 100 players sign Division I scholarships, observers in Utah were ecstatic over the 26 players from the Beehive State who signed. Most went to BYU, but the Cougars weren’t the only beneficiary. Top lineman Xavier Su’a-Filo signed with UCLA in a mild signing-day upset.

TOP OF THE CLASS

Rivals’ and Scout’s national rankings for the college football recruiting classes:

Scout.com

1. Ohio State

2. LSU

3. Alabama

4. USC

5. North Carolina

6. Texas

7. UCLA

8. Georgia

9. Oklahoma

10. Penn State

11. Texas A&M

12. South Carolina

13. Michigan

14. Stanford

15. Auburn

16. Mississippi

17. Florida State

18. Mississippi State

19. Arkansas

20. Miami

21. Florida

22. Tennessee

23. West Virginia

24. Notre Dame

25. South Florida

26. Maryland

27. Oregon

28. Pittsburgh

29. Rutgers

30. Texas Tech

31. Georgia Tech

Rivals.com

1. Alabama

2. LSU

3. USC

4. Ohio State

5. Texas

6. Florida State

7. Michigan

8. North Carolina

9. Georgia

10. Florida

11. Miami

12. South Carolina

13. Oklahoma

14. Arkansas

15. Michigan State

16. UCLA

17. Mississippi

18. Auburn

19. Stanford

20. Notre Dame

21. Texas A&M

22. Mississippi State

23. Tennessee

24. Virginia Tech

25. Penn State

26. Maryland

27. West Virginia

28. Nebraska

29. Arizona State

30. South Florida

49. Georgia Tech