The future of college football will be readymade next Wednesday (Feb. 3) as National Signing Day 2016 corrals the next class of collegiate stars. The Peach State's Class of 2016 has once again attracted programs from across the country and will be center stage as its top prospects make their final decisions. The top 3 ranked recruits in the state of Georgia are stiil undecided and it will be a fight for the finish for this trio of five stars and many more impact players waiting to sign.

Leading the undecided stars is Lanier's defensive tackle Derrick Brown. The 6-foot-4, 317-pound lineman was named Atlanta Journal Constitution All-Classification Player of the Year this past season. The athletic and disruptive defender tallied 106 tackles, 42 tackles for loss and 13 sacks in Lanier's 12-game season. As a result, Brown became the first AJC all-classification player of the year whose team did not make at least the quarterfinals in the past 30 years.

His head coach Korey Mobbs knows the type of athlete Brown has become.

"The kid can easily dunk a basketball at 320 pounds,'' Mobbs told the AJC. "Most people think of a player of his stature as a hole-plugger or tackle-to-tackle guy, but he really shows his athleticism on plays to the outside, or wide receiver screens where he makes the play for no gain, or when running plays down from the backside where he lays out like a big-time athlete.''

Brown also blocked kicks, took carries and caught touchdown passes this season and gave a glimpse into the complete package a lucky college will land next week. East Paulding fell 27-13 to Brown and the Longhorns this season and head coach Jon Lindsey was impressed with the talent and effort of the state's top prospect.

"We wanted to know where he was lined up on every play,'' said Lindsey. "We felt like we could not block him, so we used him as the read in our option scheme. I have coached against several big-time recruits, and the thing that impressed me the most was how hard he played. He did not take a lot of plays off. I was very impressed.''

Brown's leading schools are Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee.

Fellow five-star Mecole Hardman Jr. out of Elbert County will have the college football world also keeping track of his decision this Wednesday. Hardman is a U.S. Army All-American that is being heavily recruited by Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee and Ohio State. Hardman recently changed his Twitter profile header to an edit of himself and a recent commit in Ohio State jerseys. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound athlete quarterbacked Elbert County this past season but can be used as an explosive receiver, running back, return man and possibly defensive back at the next level.  

Hardman practiced at defensive back before moving over to wide receiver at the U.S. Army All-American game, where he accounted for 143 all-purpose yards with three catches for 36 yards, one carry for five yards, two punt returns for 57 yards and two kickoff returns for 45 yards. Hardman is coming off a senior season that saw him pass for more than 700 yards and rush for more than 2,100 yards.

Further south, Savannah Christian star Demetris Robertson is waiting to make his anticipated college decision. The five-star receiver could also play a multitude of positions depending on his development. Robertson has narrowed his choices down to Notre Dame, Alabama, Georgia and Stanford. Robertson was visited by Georgia's Glenn  Schumann on Jan. 21 and then took an official visit to Alabama on Jan. 22. The folloing day, Robertson announced that Notre Dame had become his outright leader.

Robertson would be the second five-star recruit Notre Dame has landed in this class if he inks the Irish. Cincinnati (Ohio) Elder five-star offensive tackle Tommy Kraemer, the nation's No. 8 overall player, was the first.

Per the 247Sports Composite rankings, Robertson is the No. 14 overall player nationally, No. 1 wide receiver in the country and No. 3 player in Georgia from the class of 2016.

National Signing Day is sure to see it's annual shuffling of decommits and surprise moves, but there are still plenty of prospects keeping their decisions completely open until the day of. Peachtree Ridge safety Nigel Warrior is expected to make a decision between Tennessee and Alabama. Warrior is listed as the No. 4 safety in the country and the seventh-ranked prospect in the state. The University of Georgia is hoping to land Archer's massive offensive tackle E.J. Price on Wednesday. The 6-foot-6, 311-pound lineman took official visits to both Auburn and Georgia this week. Georgia is also expected to land Jackson defensive tackle Michail Carter. The 6-foot-4, 302-pound tackle is the 14th-ranked prospect in the state according to 247sports and is predicted by every recruiting source to sign with the Dawgs next week.

In the national class rankings, Alabama currently ranks seventh and Georgia sits at ninth, but that is not a surprise considering recent events. The Tide were busy winning a national championship and are just now pouring focus into solidifying this class and Georgia's new coach, Kirby Smart was coordinating Alabama's championship defense. Expect both Georgia and Bama to keep climbing this week.