It's officially February. Signing Day is almost here, but plenty of drama remains in the days leading up to it. Auburn is a finalist for four big-name recruits in the next few days. Here's the rundown of who's announcing in the upcoming days:

• Today: Four-star DT Jeffrey Whitaker (Warner Robins, Ga.) will pick between Auburn, Georgia and Miami at a 2 p.m. ET ceremony at his high school. Rivals ranks him as the No. 5 defensive tackle in the country.
  

• Tuesday: Five-star RB Marcus Lattimore (Duncan, S.C.) will pick between Auburn and South Carolina. Coaches from both staffs made their final push for the elite recruit, who is ranked by Rivals as the No. 1 back in the nation. Tigers head coach Gene Chizik made an in-home visit last Friday. The announcement will take place at Lattimore's church at 6 p.m.

• Wednesday: There will be some signing day drama when four-star DT Byran Jones (Junction City, Ark.) and four-star DE Corey Lemonier (Hialeah, Fla.) make their decisions known. Jones is down to Arkansas and Auburn; Lemonier to Florida State and Auburn.

Auburn currently has 23 players set to sign on Feb. 3. But two appear uncertain if they'll end up on the Plains:

• Five-star OL Shon Coleman (Olive Branch, Miss.) visited Miami this weekend after a mid-week visit to Alabama. He's been committed to Auburn since April but has followed through on his promise to take all of his official visits. He's also been to Arkansas.
  

• Three-star ATH D.J. Howard (Lincoln, Ala.), an Auburn commit since July, took a visit to Kentucky last weekend, a week after checking out Clemson He reportedly wants to play running back in college. Auburn, with Michael Dyer already in the fold and possibly Lattimore in the future, seems like an odd choice for him if that's the case. Howard is announcing where he'll go on Wednesday.
  

So who's going where? Good question. The blog stumbled across this article on SuperPrep.com that quoted Hurricanes defensive tackle commit/amateur soothsayer Jeffrey Brown, who spent time with a few of these players on an official visit in Miami this weekend.

• On Whitaker: "He liked (Miami) too, but I think he's going to Auburn."

• On Coleman: "I didn't talk to him much. I think he's going to Alabama."

Does that mean anything? Possibly. Such is the ambiguous nature of any recruiting news until signing day actually gets here and the letters of intent come across the fax machines. It'll certainly make for an interesting few days with the Internet potentially crashing on several occasions. Stay tuned.