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Welcome to the newest update to the recruiting Big Board. Notre Dame continues to target recruits and is especially looking for more defensive tackles. Only 16 more days until National Signing Day, ya'll.
Nothing new at quarterback where Notre Dame only sent out 6 offers for the 2014 class. Incoming freshman DeShone Kizer won't be in South Bend until the summer sessions begin but here's a great article on the Toledo product from a couple weeks ago.
Running Back | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.942 | Derrell Scott | NC | 5-11/180 | Cold | |||||
.908 | Donte Thomas-Williams | NC | 6-0/220 | Cold | |||||
Scott has been a South Carolina lean for some time but was offered by Florida recently and is taking an official visit to Gainesville. The consensus is that DTW is going to West Virginia.
Notre Dame is not focused on running backs.
Wide Receiver | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.991 | Malachi Dupre | LA | 6-2/187 | Cold | |||||
.886 | Isaiah McKenzie | FL | 5-9/172 | Mild | |||||
.855 | Kameron Uter | GA | 6-4/205 | Cold | |||||
Clemson got a big pick up on Sunday in (NC) Trevion Thompson .937 who becomes the Tigers third highest rated recruit.
Dupre is being courted by a number of schools. He just visited LSU, will be at Alabama today, and heads to Florida State and UCLA later in the month.
Not much of an update with Uter after he left Vanderbilt's class and was offered by the Irish. He visits Wake Forest and the Commodores in the next two weeks.
There's been some positive news with McKenzie since our last update. Notre Dame will get his last official visit on the 31st of this month. He'll apparently have a crucial meeting with the Admissions folks and if things go well there Notre Dame will have a great shot. He visited Florida this past weekend and will host Brian Kelly for an in-home visit tomorrow.
Athlete | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.972 | Budda Baker | WA | 5-9/174 | Cold | |||||
.870 | Charles Nelson | FL | 5-8/170 | Mild | |||||
.969 | Michiah Quick | CA | 6-0/170 | Mild | |||||
.990 | Ju Ju Smith | CA | 6-1/200 | Mild | |||||
As noted during the last update (IL) Tommy Mister .856 left Iowa State's class and was looking hard at Indiana. He joined the Hoosiers class on Saturday.
The Irish offered (IN) Austin Roberts .928 but he has no intention of leaving UCLA's class for South Bend.
Baker recently left Oregon's class and is coming off a visit to Washington this past weekend. He'll likely choose between the Huskies or UCLA where he visits this weekend.
Nelson recently eliminated all Florida schools from contention and he's now down to Notre Dame, USC, West Virginia, and Oregon. He's coming off a visit from USC this past weekend.
Quick's high school assistant coach recently stated Michiah is down to Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and UCLA. Tony Alford, Scott Booker, and his primary recruiter Mike Denbrock will visit him today.
Notre Dame is hoping to still be in it with Ju Ju Smith but he'll be tough to pry away from USC where he visits this weekend.
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With (UT) Dalton Schultz .951 giving his verbal to Stanford there are no more uncommitted tight ends on the Big Board. He's been one of the more classy prospects from this cycle and left a video on his dropping the Irish.
Offensive Line | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.980 | Damien Mama | CA | 6-4/370 | Cold | |||||
.986 | Damian Prince | MD | 6-5/295 | Cold | |||||
.967 | Braden Smith | KS | 6-6/290 | Cold | |||||
.961 | Casey Tucker | AZ | 6-6/270 | Cold | |||||
Notre Dame is all done at offensive line with the lone target in Braden Smith cancelling his visit to South Bend.
Defensive Line | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.892 | Daniel Cage | OH | 6-3/295 | Mild | |||||
.989 | Lorenzo Carter | GA | 6-5/232 | Cold | |||||
.927 | Matt Elam | KY | 6-6/350 | Cold | |||||
.852 | Jaylen Johnson | CA | 6-3/232 | Cold | |||||
.873 | Trey Lelaimatafao | TX | 6-0/301 | Cold | |||||
.983 | Malik McDowell | MI | 6-7/290 | Not as Cold | |||||
.955 | Derrick Nnadi | VA | 6-1/305 | Cold | |||||
.882 | Michael Sawyers | TN | 6-2/300 | Mild | |||||
.988 | Solomon Thomas | TX | 6-3/256 | Cold | |||||
.952 | Travonte Valentine | FL | 6-3/338 | Cold | |||||
.907 | Andrew Williams | GA | 6-4/247 | Cold | |||||
No surprise as (NY) Thomas Holley .962 flipped from Penn State to Florida following the coaching change in Happy Valley.
Four offers went out per our last update and Notre Dame's chances with Lelaimatafao and Valentine appear very slim. However, things are heating up with Cage and Sawyers the latter officially decommitting from Vanderbilt recently.
Cage will visit Notre Dame in a couple days and while Sawyers has visits filled up each of the next two weekends he will likely come to South Bend during the week at some point just like Cage.
There have been some interesting developments with McDowell as his father spoke glowingly about Notre Dame. The coaching staff is trying to re-establish a bond there but it may be far too late in the process.
Notre Dame was looking to extend an offer to Isaiah McKenzie's teammate Edgar Cerenord but that may not happen as he gave a verbal to Duke yesterday.
Linebacker | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.986 | Rashaan Evans | AL | 6-3/220 | Cold | |||||
.857 | Vincent Jackson | FL | 6-2/235 | Cold | |||||
.920 | Kenny Young | LA | 6-2/220 | Cold | |||||
One linebacker gave a verbal since our last update and that was (TX) Edwin Freeman .925 who joins Charlie Strong at Texas. Notre Dame is not targeting any of the above players anymore.
Defensive Back | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.866 | Terrence Alexander | LA | 5-10/180 | Mild | |||||
.853 | Nick Glass | GA | 6-2/205 | Cold | |||||
.995 | Adoree Jackson | CA | 5-9/182 | Cold | |||||
.883 | Mattrell McGraw | LA | 6-0/183 | Cold | |||||
Alexander is coming off a visit to Notre Dame from this past weekend. He's the last remaining hope for a player in the secondary. Alexander visited Stanford two weekends ago and heads to Ole Miss this weekend. Alexander really enjoyed his visit and the Irish are trending upward.
Irish Offense Commits | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Position | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.907 | DeShone Kizer | OH | 6-5/207 | Quarterback | |||||
.953 | Justin Brent | IN | 6-3/190 | Wideout | |||||
.920 | Corey Holmes | FL | 6-2/175 | Wideout | |||||
.905 | Nic Weishar | IL | 6-5/223 | Tight End | |||||
.900 | Tyler Luatua | CA | 6-4/230 | Tight End | |||||
.892 | Jimmy Byrne | OH | 6-4/290 | Offensive Line | |||||
.907 | Sam Mustipher | MD | 6-3/285 | Offensive Line | |||||
.968 | Quenton Nelson | NJ | 6-5/295 | Offensive Line | |||||
.953 | Alex Bars | TN | 6-6/309 | Offensive Line | |||||
Justin Brent is the sole offensive player from the class to early enroll. He's already on campus starting classes and working out. He's been a favorite of many OFD staff writers.
As expected, Weishar officially passes Luatua in the rankings. I don't know if many people would have believed that this would happen a year ago when Luatua was considered the top tight end in the country.
Irish Defense Commits | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Position | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.898 | Grant Blakenship | TX | 6-6/252 | Defensive End | |||||
.860 | Jonathan Bonner | MO | 6-4/250 | Defensive End | |||||
.853 | Kolin Hill | TX | 6-2/220 | Defensive End | |||||
.934 | Andrew Trumbetti | NJ | 6-5/250 | Defensive End | |||||
.840 | Jhonathon Williams | MI | 6-6/237 | Defensive End | |||||
.906 | Jay Hayes | NY | 6-5/260 | Defensive Tackle | |||||
.972 | Nyles Morgan | IL | 6-1/225 | Linebacker | |||||
.883 | Greer Martini | VA | 6-3/232 | Linebacker | |||||
.872 | Nile Sykes | IL | 6-2/223 | Linebacker | |||||
.904 | Richard Yeargin | FL | 6-4/225 | Linebacker | |||||
.926 | Nick Watkins | TX | 6-1/185 | Cornerback | |||||
.896 | Drue Tranquill | IN | 6-2/210 | Safety | |||||
.805 | Tyler Newsome | GA | 6-3/190 | Punter | |||||
Trumbetti is the lone defender to enroll early.
There are 78 scholarships taken right now including verbals for this 2014 class. According to Irish Illustrated there will be 4 players extended a fifth-year to play at Notre Dame: Christian Lombard, Austin Collinsworth, Kendall Moore, and Justin Utupo.
That brings us to 82 scholarships and room for 3 more recruits.
Brian Kelly has said they are going to take up to 26 recruits this cycle--which would be 4 more recruits--and that means they are either planning on further attrition or possibly not renewing Joe Schmidt's one year scholarship from 2013.
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