Every year, the state of Arizona produces more and more top-flight high school football talent, and the 2012 class could be among the best to ever come out of the Grand Canyon State. FOX Sports Arizona is set to showcase it by offering its most comprehensive coverage ever of National Letter of Intent Day, with live webcasts at two events and a special television show as well.
The coverage begins at 10 a.m. Feb. 1 from the National Football Foundation Valley of the Sun Chapter’s "Signing Day Spectacular" at the Doubletree Guest Suites (320 N. 44th Street). FOX Sports Arizona and FOXSportsArizona.com are partnering with the NFF and The FAN 1060 AM on this event, which will have around 20 of the Valley’s high school players who will have signed National Letter of Intents in attendance (a complete list can be found at this link).
FOXSportsArizona.com will offer a live webcast from the event and has commitments from four Valley recruits who will reveal their college choice live during the webcast:
• Dylan Cozens, Chaparral, deciding between Arizona/Washington/Boise State
• Zach Hoffpauir, Centennial, deciding between Arizona State/California/Stanford
• Jaxon Hood, Hamilton, deciding between Arizona/Arizona State/Boston College
• Javon Williams, Chandler, deciding between Arkansas/UCLA/Oregon
In addition to the decisions that will be announced, the webcast will also feature interviews with other high school players at the event who have committed to play college football, including the likes of Chandler’s Zach Hemmila and Chaparral's Cody Ippolito, who have given commitments to Arizona, and Chandler’s Kisima Jagne, who is bound for Colorado. FOX Sports Arizona’s Mark McClune and Jody Jackson will host the show on the website. Additionally, Hod Rabino of DevilsDigest.com and Scout.com’s Inna Lazarev will join the show to analyze the choices and the draft classes for UA, ASU and NAU.
At 4 p.m. on signing day, FOXSportsArizona.com’s coverage will shift to Tempe for a live webcast of Arizona State football’s Letter of Intent press conference. New head coach Todd Graham will discuss his first-ever recruiting class at ASU, and Sun Devil fans will be able to watch and find out details on the group.
At 4:30 p.m., FOX Sports Arizona’s television coverage of the big day is highlighted by "Decision Day 2012, Presented by Allstate." This 30-minute show highlights everything that happened earlier in the day at the NFF’s “Signing Day Spectacular” as well as interviews, profiles and behind-the-scenes access during this exciting day for the Arizona kids who made their college choices. The show will then re-air immediately after the Suns-Hornets postgame show, starting at approximately 9:30 p.m.
FOX Sports Arizona televises the most regional sports action in the state and is the exclusive cable television home of the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Coyotes, Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Cardinals, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Phoenix Mercury and the AIA. FOX Sports Arizona is currently seen in 2.5 million households in Arizona and New Mexico and can also be seen across the country via home satellite services. For even more coverage of the local sports scene, log onto www.foxsportsarizona.com, www.twitter.com/foxsportsaz and www.facebook.com/foxsportsarizona.
