National Signing Day 2019: 10 recruits who will be freshman phenoms

SANTA ANA, CA - AUGUST 08: Mater Dei's Bru McCoy in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 is one of the top five players at Mater Dei. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
SANTA ANA, CA - AUGUST 08: Mater Dei's Bru McCoy in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 is one of the top five players at Mater Dei. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images) /
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – JANUARY 05: Wide receiver Bru McCoy (5) runs the ball during the All-American Bowl on January 05, 2019 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Daniel Dunn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Which incoming recruits will be able to make an immediate impact at their school?

With the success of Tua Tagovailoa and Trevor Lawrence as freshmen in the last two seasons, more and more college football programs are looking for immediate impact performers. Surely, finding the next Tua or Trevor isn’t an easy thing, but finding recruits who can play big roles as freshmen is a vital part of the recruiting exercise.

It wasn’t long ago that most freshmen were going to redshirt, sit for a year or two behind upperclassmen after that, and then compete for a starting job. That’s all in the past now because colleges know they may only have a year or two before the recruits enter the transfer portal and look for a new school that will give them an opportunity to play.

The recruits on this list won’t have to worry about that, because they are the type of immediate impact performer that can make a big difference for a team without waiting a year or two for that recruit to develop.

Let’s break down some players in the class of 2019, who have the potential to be among the new crop of college football’s freshman phenoms.