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The NCAA’s Early Signing Period for football opens Wednesday and goes through Friday, a window for school seniors to sign college scholarship papers before National Signing Day in February.

But for star players like Marceles Carey of DeLand, Li’Darious Pryor of Evans and Keydrick Powell of South Lake, there will be no pens or papers or celebrations.

And for several others, there will be feted ceremonies, but the shine won’t be as glossy. Orlando-area leading rusher Amar’e Johnson of Bishop Moore, who eclipsed the 2,000-yard rushing mark in Friday’s state quarterfinals victory for the Hornets, only had one FBS option, and he’ll be signing with Group of 5 team Missouri State.

Edgewater’s Damian Moore, who played his first season at running bac

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