Welcome back to another edition of the One Foot Down Recruiting Big Board for Irish Football.
Outside Linebacker | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.964 | Porter Gustin | UT | 6-5/240 | Mild | |||||
.959 | Jeffery Holland | FL | 6-2/230 | Cold | |||||
.985 | John Houston | CA | 6-3/211 | Cold | |||||
.993 | Malik Jefferson | TX | 6-2/215 | Cold | |||||
.970 | Osa Masina | UT | 6-4/230 | Cold | |||||
.868 | Arthur McGinnis | LA | 6-2/226 | Cold | |||||
.890 | Cassius Peat | AZ | 6-4/235 | Cold | |||||
.872 | Bo Wallace | LA | 6-3/215 | Mild | |||||
At one point it looked like Notre Dame was in a good spot with (GA) Adonis Thomas .925 but he never made a planned trip to South Bend and decided between Alabama and Florida in favor of the Gators in early August.
I love the women who raised me . A big influence over my life and the person I am today. I got y'all back ❤️ pic.twitter.com/XC8E6SIzNR
— Adonis Thomas (@_SimplyThatGuy5) August 2, 2014
Out of the blue in late July we saw Gulliver Prep's (FL) Dominic Sheppard .860 commit to Wisconsin. Not many kids from Miami make it to Wisconsin so we'll see how this verbal plays out over the coming months.
Some good news as Porter Gustin has reiterated his plans to officially visit Notre Dame next weekend for the Michigan game. The Irish are his only scheduled official visit right now. Gustin remains a major target as a pass rushing specialist for the Irish.
Notre Dame has never been in the picture with Jeffery Holland who looks to be zeroing in on a decision between Florida, Auburn, and UCLA. He's lining up additional official visits to USC and Virginia Tech.
John Houston was supposed to visit Notre Dame back in June but that never materialized. However, the Irish did make his Top 13 list from about a month ago. The top-10 California talent took recent visits to the Arizona schools.
Unofficial visit to The University of Arizona #Arizona #WildcatNation #BearDown pic.twitter.com/vfShlOnN3Z
— John Houston (@Official_John10) August 2, 2014
Unofficial Visit to Arizona State University #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/DZGMOpEDEp
— John Houston (@Official_John10) August 2, 2014
As the football season starts Malik Jefferson is focusing on Texas and Texas A&M with Ohio State, Alabama, and Oklahoma also in the picture.
Osa Masina dropped Notre Dame in a past Big Board update and is now looking to schedule official visits to Wisconsin, UCLA, Michigan, USC, and Arizona State.
Notre Dame has been in a decent spot with Arthur McGinnis but there aren't any updates to provide with him other than LSU beginning to sniff around on their in-state product.
Oregon appears to have surged into the lead with Cassius Peat as the Ducks will receive his lone scheduled official visit when they host Michigan State. Peat has also moved up to a Composite 4-star recruit.
Notre Dame has been trying to get Bo Wallace to come on an official visit but John Curtis' football program typically doesn't allow their players the distraction of going to colleges during the season.
I'll get my answer from coach JT about my official to ND for the Michigan game
— Marshall Bo Wallace (@_BoWallace) August 21, 2014
We'll see if he wins his "appeal" of sorts.
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Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.919 | Micah Abernathy | GA | 6-1/187 | Cold | |||||
.935 | Holton Hill | TX | 6-2/184 | Cold | |||||
.997 | Iman Marshall | CA | 6-1/190 | Mild | |||||
.984 | Tavarus McFadden | FL | 6-3/198 | Cold | |||||
.897 | Cameron Ordway | TN | 6-0/174 | Cold | |||||
.991 | Kendall Sheffield | TX | 6-0/181 | Cold | |||||
.921 | Jordan Whitehead | PA | 6-0/180 | Cold | |||||
In past installments we believed (PA) John Reid .948 was one of the few defensive backs with Notre Dame in his top group but he committed to Penn State earlier this month. He was supposedly on track to decide after his senior season but probably felt some pressure from PSU and saw Notre Dame's class at corner plenty full already.
Im committed to Penn State University! Thank you for all the support! #WeAre #PSU
— John Reid (@John_Doe_25) August 8, 2014
A couple weeks ago Urban Meyer went down to southern Florida and picked up (FL) Carlton Davis .854 who committed to Ohio State. Although he is a verbal to the Buckeyes he has recently said he'll take official visits to Florida and South Carolina.
Michigan State went down into Texas to get a verbal from (TX) Josh Butler .885 so he's off the board.
Micah Abernathy visited Tennessee and Ohio State since our last update and has scheduled an official visit to Oregon.
It's turning into a Texas-Texas A&M battle for Holton Hill. He recently visited College Station a couple weeks ago.
As long as the odds may be with the nation's top corner for now Notre Dame is set to get an official from Iman Marshall. We'll see how important these visits turn out to be--notice he's not taking an official to hometown USC where he's been on campus a million times.
Had To Put A Twist To It #HereYouGo pic.twitter.com/9Lc6TN0sU9
— Biggie (@iman_marshall8) August 21, 2014
Kendall Sheffield visited Texas A&M earlier this month and the Aggies are the favorite to land him.
Safety | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.894 | Ben Edwards | FL | 6-0/196 | Cold | |||||
.962 | DeChaun Holiday | CA | 6-2/195 | Cold | |||||
.833 | Denzel Johnson | SC | 6-2/187 | Cold | |||||
.968 | Marvell Tell | CA | 6-2/175 | Cold | |||||
Take note as Ben Edwards who was at one point a Ohio State commit and later an Auburn commit left the Tigers class in early August and is planning a visit to Columbus. Recruiting!
More fun stuff as (FL) Marcus Walker .877 left Kentucky's class in April but has recommitted to the Wildcats.
Our last update is for (FL) Deontai Williams .870 who flipped from Florida to Georgia shortly after our last Big Board was published.