Early Signing Period: 3-Star WR Cam Hart Signs With the Irish

Like almost all lanky wide receivers holding scholarship offers from elite universities, Cam Hart has NFL ambitions.

But he also has perspective.

The 6-foot-3, 197 pound product from Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) High School said his first-year goal is “to fit in as much as possible.”

He told the South Bend Tribune: “I don’t expect to come in as a freshman and be the superstar of my team. Usually Notre Dame isn’t known for having those type of freshmen. Just come in, play my role and help as much as I can.”

Hart will need to confront the challenge of a divided focus in his first year. His mother, who raised him along with his grandmother, has endured three brain aneurysms and is currently battling a tumor in her neck.

The 247 Sports Composite has Hart at a ho-hum rank of 750, figuring he’s the 97th best wide receiver available in the 2019 class.

Andy Stefanelli, in his first year as Good Counsel’s coach, is unsurprisingly more bullish:

“He’s a match-up nightmare because of his height and range and speed. He’s a real tough guy to cover one-on-one, so usually he’ll command double coverage.”

Hart joins a wide receiver room that should Kevin Austin, Javon McKinley, Micah Jones, Chris Finke, Joe Wilkins, Lawrence Keys III, Isaiah Robertson, Chase Claypool, Michael Young, Braden Lenzy, Kendall Abdur-Rahman and possibly Miles Boykin. Of those, Hart would be the fourth tallest behind Jones (6-foot-5), Boykin and Claypool (both 6-foot-4).