NCAA Division I football in Ohio and across the country will have a SportsInk.com flavor in 2012 as 18 area players expect to sign National Letters of Intent Wednesday.

The Big Ten, Southeastern, Atlantic Coast, Big East, Mid-American and Northeast conferences as well as the Ivy League picked up some quality players from Summit, Medina and Portage counties as major college programs replenish their rosters for the coming football season.

Back in the playoffs for the first time since 2008, Walsh Jesuit once again led area teams in terms of Division I recruits with four, while the University of Akron snapped up two players out of the Northeast Ohio Conference, one out of the Suburban League and yet another from the Portage Trail Conference in the SportsInk.com coverage area.

Below, is a list of area individuals who will be playing football at the highest level in college this coming season:

Curtis BLACK, Kent Roosevelt, 6-4, 325, OL, Akron: Black made a big impact for the PTC Metro c...