Football signing day is right around the corner (Wednesday, Feb. 1, to be exact) and as usual we've got you covered as far as BYU's 2012 class is concerned.
Check out Sunday's Tribune for a complete list of players who are expected to sign with BYU on Wednesday, and some details about each prospect.
If you can't wait, a lot of the information will be posted online as early as Friday night.
On the BYU football recruiting front, it has been a slow month, a slow couple of months, actually, as recruiting for the 2012 class was pretty much wrapped up by October.
The Cougars have one last scholarship to give out, and it appears that one will go to Theodore King, a defensive lineman from San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian High) who was sort of a late find. King, who is not LDS, visited BYU last weekend, and reportedly does not have any other Division I offers.
BYU recruiting coordinator Joe DuPaix spent about 15 minutes on a teleconference with reporters on Thursday afternoon. DuPaix, in his first year as the recruiting coordinator after replacing Paul Tidwell, was cautious in his remarks because NCAA rules prohibit coaches from talking about specific recruits until they have signed.
But DuPaix did provide some fresh insight into the recruiting process at BYU, and you can read his answers to most of our questions here:

On the position needs BYU coaches tried to fill this year:

"When you go out and recruit, you are really trying to, on top of specific needs, you are trying to really get the best athletes you can get that fit our program, and what we are trying to do at BYU.
Specifically, a few needs, at the running back position we lost JJ [DiLuigi] and Bryan [Kariya]. So the running back position [was a need].
Up front, linemen are always a need. Linebacker, wide receiver, kind of across the board. ... In recruiting, it is such a long process that by the time most kids come into your program there's a long time before they are really contributors on the football field.
So you kind of have to factor the overall process of the grooming and getting kids ready to actually play. But every year is a new animal. You lose a bunch of seniors and you have to replenish the cupboard and keep guys coming back.
So it is across the board, to be honest with you."

On how independence and ESPN deal resonated with this year's targets:

"The fact that we have an eight-year contract with ESPN, and that we are independent, meaning that we can play anywhere in the country, are great assets to our recruiting effort.
When you go into a home and a young man knows that he is going to be able to have his family watch him play, no matter where he is playing, that makes a big difference.
So that partnership with ESPN is a very powerful tool, and it is exciting. I think the kids understand the excitement of being able to go out and play whomever, where ever, and that is what the schedule provides us, and so it has been beneficial, needless to say."

On how his first-year as BYU's recruiting coordinator has been:

"I tell you what, it has been really fun. I have learned a tremendous amount. same goal -- win football games at a high level. Bunch of guys working for a common cuase. Fun to be a part of that. ... I have learned a lot. Coach Tidwell has taught me a whole bunch. .. I will be kind of excited when it is done. I look at Wednesday as a celebration. I am pretty excited to see Wednesday to come and celebrate those guys who signed their name on the dotted line and become Brigham Young Cougars."

On whether the increased exposure has effected recruiting and drawing more players to BYU:

"The increased exposure has definitely attracted more recruits and more coaches and has educated coaches and recruits across the country on what BYU is and what BYU stands for, and the success of our program.
To finish in the Top 25, obviously, is very beneficial as well. To have that out there, too, it is a big deal ... It is kind fun to know that BYU stands for something so great as an institution, and it continues to play football at a very high level. With independence and ESPN, that part of it just continues to add exposure and young men are emailing and calling in very frequently. And I think it is just the tip of the iceberg. It is going to continue to build. As we play more and more on national TV, it is going to continue to hopefully better our recruiting efforts."

On how many players they will sign on Wednesday:

"With BYU it is a little tricky. With the returned missionaries and the new guys and the whole deal, I think our class is going to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 25, without giving you a specific number. It is going to be a good day."

On the differences recruiting for BYU as opposed to other schools:

"Here at BYU, the recruiting process is so much more specific in who we are looking for. And that begins with who we are. .. The pool of recruits to start with is a smaller group. We are looking for those young men who want to come to BYU and experience what BYU has to offer and win football games at a high level.
It changes the game quite a bit, compared to, for example, Navy."

"At BYU, with all the early commits and things of that nature with Division I football, at that level, it changes things a little bit more, and you have to be more specific for a particular recruit, because you need to know who the guys are that you are bringing in."

On having recruits reach out to BYU from their end:

"It is definitely, for the most part, a benefit. If I receive an email or a phone call, or a tip on a young man. Or if a young man sees us play football on a Saturday afternoon on ESPN and emails me the following day, or sends me a highlight film and I can evaluate that, it just kind of increases the pool of what we can look at. And so that is a lot of the added exposure. More people want to learn what BYU is, and what we represent. And they want to come play here.
I think that will continue to benefit us quite a bit over the next while."

On whether there is a way to gauge how much time is saved recruiting because prospects contact BYU:

"It is really hard to put a percentage on it, or gauge it. ... It is really an ongoing, daily process. That's one thing about Brigham Young University, recruiting is an all-year event. A lot of people see it just as Wednesday, Feb. 1, NLI [day]. In reality, it has been going on for 12 years, and even further back with a lot of kids. So hard to gauge a percentage on that one."

On whether it will be more beneficial down the road:

"For a couple of reasons: 1, all our games are in the fall and with early commitments, a lot of those commitments happen before you have played your games. ... Right now, there are a lot of leads coming through for the 2013 class, or the 2014 class. So that's where I can see that continuing to build as well."

On how they have done with instate recruiting this year:

"I would rather really comment on that on Wednesday, after [letters] are in. Overall, it has been really good. I think our guys have done a great job with our recruiting effort within our state."

On Bronco's push to get early commits, and whether that will continue with him as recruiting coordinator:

"I am not sure that it will continue at the same high level that it has. But it is definitely something we will continue to do, to [seek] early commits. But maybe not as many early commits. We still need to sit down and discuss that, and make a decision on those things.
When it comes right down to it, every situation is individualized, and specific, and when you find the right kid. If it is the right young man who belongs at BYU, and he's the right fit and can help us be dominant on the football field, you are going to go ahead and go with it. But it becomes a one-on-one opportunity. It is a case-by-case event."

Here's the list of known commitments:

BYU Football 2012 Commits

Dylan Collie, 5-10, 200 WR from El Dorado Hills, Calif. (Oak Ridge High School)

Taysom Hill, 6-2, 210 QB from Pocatello, Idaho (Highland High School)

Tanner Mangum, 6-2, 182 QB from Boise, Idaho (Eagle High School)

Josh Weeks, 6-4, 200 WR from Show Low, Ariz. (Show Low High School)

Rhett Sandlin, 6-3, 194 Safety from Sandy, Utah (Alta High School)

Matt Hadley, 5-11, 190 Safety from Connell, Wash. (Connell High School)

Austin Hoyt, 6-7, 240 OL from Jackson, Calif. (Argonaut High School)
Phillip Amone, 6-0, 218, LB from Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips High School)
Steven Richards, 6-4, 240, TE from Draper, Utah (Alta High School)
Jamaal Williams, 6-2, 190 RB from Fontana, Calif. (Summit High School)
Jherremya Leuta-Douyere, 6-0, 220 FB from Anaheim, Calif. (Servite High School)
Butch Pauu, 6-0, 215 MLB from Anaheim, Calif. (Servite High School)
Micah Hannemann, 6-1, 185 Safety from Highland, Utah (Lone Peak High School)
Troy Hinds, 6-5, 230, DE from Kaysville, Utah (Davis High School)
Sawyer Powell, 6-1, 205, OLB from Richland, Wash. (Richland High School)
Marques Johnson, 6-2, 305, DT from Torrance, Calif. (El Camino Community College)
Ammon Olsen, 6-4, 205 QB from Draper, Utah (Alta High School/SUU)