The Hornets scoured the region and recruited passionately. Hornets coach Marshall Sperbeck was at more area games the past two seasons than Pacific-10 Conference head coaches combined.
Sperbeck said eight of nine players who visited Sac State last weekend signed with the Hornets. The one who got away was Folsom High School quarterback Dano Graves, the MaxPreps National Player of the Year who signed with Air Force.