The eight players are Jordan Lewis, Jarryd Roughead, Mark Williams, Chance Bateman, Robert Campbell, Mitch Thorp, Brent Renouf and Jarryd Morton.
Hawks football manager Mark Evans, a key figure in the back room negotiations, said the signing of so many players in one group was a strong sign of the solidarity amongst the club's players.
"The announcement delivers a tremendously strong message of player commitment to the club and our aspirations for premiership success," Evans told hawthornfc.com.au.
"We have a strong culture amongst the playing group and the club is moving in the right direction and it is so pleasing to have [this] group commit themselves to the vision and future of the Hawthorn Football Club."
The signings are also significant in terms of warding off potential player losses to other clubs including the new Gold Coast franchise set to enter the competition in 2011.
Most of the players signed would be sure to attract such interest and Evans agreed that heading off such moves had been a key part of the reasoning behind the multiple signings, but added none of the group had shown a desire to test the market.
"I think most clubs are fairly diligent with that now, most clubs are well geared at trying to pick players off the edge," Evans told Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun.
"There will always be a balance between the opportunities a player gets and the progress they are making, but I am confident we will be OK.
"I have no doubt that there are a number of players who could have auctioned themselves but, to do that, they would have had to use a public means to put pressure on the club and the quality of these guys here, they don't play it that way.
"They have said they wanted to play at Hawthorn and you always get a deal done if they want that.''
The Hawks are second on the ladder and in a strong position to push for their first premiership since 1991, with the latest raft of signings coming after the signatures of Sam Mitchell, Luke Hodge and Lance Franklin were secured earlier this year.
Evans said the no-fuss signing of the superstar trio had set a strong example to the rest of the group.
"The best thing about the negotiations is they haven't been about a dollar value. The strongest message to come out is this commitment from a large group of players towards Hawthorn's quest for success,'' he said.
"Part of that stems back to Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell and Lance Franklin, who over the last 12-18 months could have auctioned themselves to another club for more money, and decided what was happening at Hawthorn was a chance they couldn't turn down.
"The effect is we have now got some pretty strong players who believe in the same philosophy.''
