For the first time ever, we have an early signing day for college football recruiting. It’s a huge day across the country, as coaches and players alike show how committed they really are to each other. There are pros and cons to the phenomenon, of course, but that’s not the point of this post. No, this post will track Notre Dame’s 20 commits during signing day, all of whom are expected to send in their LOIs today. That in turn will allow the staff to focus all their efforts on the handful of kids still on the board.

The Irish come in to today with 20 commits and six early enrollees. As the recruits sign we’ll update this table. One procedural note: While everyone has called it “early signing day,” it’s really an early signing window – recruits can sign from today through Friday, or wait until the regular signing day in February.

Notre Dame 2018 Commits

Score Name State Position Status
.9673 Houston Griffith FL DB Signed-EE
.9663 Phil Jurkovec PA QB Signed
.9649 Derrik Allen GA S Signed
.9626 Kevin Austin FL WR Signed
.9439 Jack Lamb CA ILB Signed-EE
.9426 Shayne Simon NJ OLB Signed
.9326 Jayson Ademilola NJ DT Signed
.9101 George Takacs FL TE Signed-EE
.9036 Bo Bauer PA ILB Signed-EE
.8919 Micah Jones IL WR Signed-EE
.8843 Tariq Bracy CB CA Signed
.8797 Tommy Tremble GA TE Signed
.8776 John Dirksen OH OT Signed
.8755 Ovie Oghoufo MI OLB Signed-EE
.8742 Ja’Mion Franklin MD DT Signed
.8721 Jahmir Smith NC RB Signed-EE
.8709 Justin Ademilola NJ WDE Signed
.8655 Cole Mabry TN OT Signed
.8636 Joe Wilkins FL CB/WR Signed
.8478 Paul Moala IN S Signed

 

Key Remaining Targets

Score Name State Position
.9933 Amon-Ra St. Brown CA WR
.9890 Nicholas Petit-Frere FL OT
.9567 Solomon Tuliaupupu CA ILB
.9348 Julius Irvin CA DB
.9271 Kyler Gordon WA  CB
.9185 Braden Lenzy OR WR
.9078 Lawrence Keys LA WR
.8930 Noah Boykin DC CB
.8776 Luke Jones AR OT
.8622 Malik Langham AL SDE

Gordon and Lenzy are expected to sign later in the week; the Irish are in excellent position with Lenzy but might have just started to fade with Gordon. Boykin is committed to Maryland but said he won’t sign until February. Jones is committed to Arkansas, but it’s not clear whether he’ll sign now or not. UPDATE: Jones apparently said recently that he’ll sign in February.

OT Frank Fillip was committed to Colorado and considering the Irish and UCLA, but he just signed with Colorado.

The stretch run to February will be very interesting indeed.