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Welcome to the latest update to the Recruiting Big Board. If you missed last week's update at quarterback, running back, and athlete you can read it HERE. Today, we take a look at the three other positions on offense.
Wide Receiver | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.918 | Miles Boykin | IL | 6-4/212 | Mild | |||||
.950 | Cordell Broadus | NV | 6-2/195 | Mild | |||||
.955 | Equanimeous St. Brown | CA | 6-5/205 | Mild | |||||
.987 | George Campbell | FL | 6-3/184 | Cold | |||||
.907 | Michael Chigbu | LA | 6-2/211 | Cold | |||||
.844 | Kaleel Gaines | FL | 6-0/175 | Cold | |||||
.916 | K.J. Hill | AR | 6-1/175 | Mild | |||||
.984 | Tyron Johnson | LA | 6-1/191 | Cold | |||||
.981 | Christian Kirk | AZ | 5-11/195 | Cold | |||||
.984 | Damarkus Lodge | TX | 6-2/190 | Cold | |||||
.835 | A.D. Miller | TX | 6-4/175 | Cold | |||||
.911 | Ryan Newsome | TX | 5-8/175 | Mild | |||||
.965 | Alex Ofodile | MO | 6-3/185 | Mild | |||||
.919 | Ykili Ross | CA | 6-2/185 | Mild | |||||
.937 | Carlos Strickland | TX | 6-5/194 | Cold |
The big surprise commit since our last update was C.J. Sanders who chose the Irish seemingly out of nowhere after taking a quiet visit to South Bend.
A couple of new offers have gone out since our last update. In early May the Irish offered 5-star stud Tyron Johnson from Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans. As you would expect LSU is the heavy favorite.
Damarkus Lodge is the other new offer and also a 5-star prospect. There hasn't been much info on him since his offer and he's probably not a realistic option moving forward.
Notre Dame remains in the mix with Myles Boykin who visited Michigan this past weekend. He'll see Missouri next Friday and make his fourth trip to South Bend since March the following day.
There's been positive news with Cordell Broadus who will be making the trip to South Bend for the Irish Invasion camp later this month. He's also mentioned taking a second visit to Notre Dame during the summer as well.
E-Street Brown is also lining up a visit for Irish Invasion as well. He's probably not going to commit at any point during the summer so his recruitment will stretch into the fall and maybe later.
Over the past month there's been talk from K.J. Hill of locking in an official visit to Notre Dame and he's trying to get up to South Bend this summer. We'll see if he's also another Irish Invasion invitee.
The staff has pushed hard for more from Christian Kirk but it looks like not much is happening. He's looking to set official visits for the fall and Notre Dame appears on the outside looking in for now.
As mentioned in previous installments Notre Dame should get an official visit from Ryan Newsome and they are trying to get him up here during the summer. He'll be making a West Coast trip next week to see UCLA, USC, and Oregon.
Alex Ofodile's timeline was to commit at some point in late May or June but he has pushed his decision back to July. He will be visiting Notre Dame next weekend and the Irish are squarely in the mix with Missouri and Oklahoma.
4-star WR Alex Ofodile (@alexofodile4) discusses his relationships with Missouri, Oklahoma and Notre Dame https://t.co/hVOhqfMGmf
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Ykili Ross is being recruited as a corner and will be visiting Notre Dame soon. There are definitely some positive vibes with him right now.
Tight End | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.947 | Devonaire Clarington | FL | 6-6/222 | Cold | |||||
.953 | Chris Clark | CT | 6-6/247 | Cold | |||||
.925 | Will Gragg | AR | 6-4/245 | Cold |
As mentioned in yesterday's scholarship and roster post there isn't much action going on at tight end and little stress in expanding the offers at this position right now. Most expect Clarington to stay down south, Clark is taking another round of visits that doesn't include Notre Dame and will be committing (again) at The Opening next month, while I'm not sure how likely it is that the Irish pull any player out of Arkansas.
However, there is some good news with Alize Jones, a current commit to UCLA. He's always been the top tight end on Notre Dame's board, attends the ND-friendly Bishop Gorman school in Las Vegas, and recently stated he'll probably take visits in the future including possibly to Notre Dame.
Offensive Line | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.850 | Mike Arnold | FL | 6-5/280 | Cold | |||||
.966 | Matthew Burrell | VA | 6-5/290 | Cold | |||||
.996 | Martez Ivey | FL | 6-6/270 | Cold | |||||
.903 | Zach Robertson | CA | 6-5/308 | Mild | |||||
.871 | Reno Rosene | CA | 6-7/340 | Mild | |||||
.866 | Brandon Tiassum | IN | 6-5/285 | Mild | |||||
With three offensive linemen currently committed the Irish are full for this cycle. The newest offer to Brandon Tiassum is on the defensive line and he's very interested in Notre Dame. I'm not sure if his offer is committable at this moment but he'll be visiting campus soon and plans on picking a school before the football season begins.
The thought was that Tiassum would have to come to the Irish Invasion to earn his offer but since he didn't need to do that I wonder how the Irish will handle his enthusiasm over the next 4 to 6 weeks. He might be the first defensive line commit for Notre Dame.