Just a few weeks after losing a member of his 2024 wide receiver group, Chansi Stuckey has gone out and landed a replacement piece. In the wake of Isiah Canion’s flip to Georgia Tech, the Notre Dame staff was tasked with finding new potential targets at receiver. Logan Saldate was quickly identified as a a guy that needed serious consideration and both Stuckey and Freeman have been quietly pursuing him for the last couple of weeks. Today, the 5’11″/185-pounder out of California backed off his commitment to the Oregon State Beavers and verbally committed to the Fighting Irish.

Recruiting Service Rankings

247Sports Composite — 3 star (.8658), #961 overall, #122 WR, #68 in CA

On3 Consensus — 3 star (85.88 rating), #988 overall, #143 WR, #68 in CA

The 247 Composite and On3 Consensus both combine 247, On3, Rivals, and ESPN rankings.

247Sports — 3 star (89 rating), NR overall, #59 WR, #38 in CA

On3 — 3 star (86 rating), NR overall, #173 WR, #76 in CA

Rivals — 3 star (5.5 rating), NR overall, NR WR, #86 in CA

ESPN — 3 star (77 rating), NR overall, #94 WR, #52 in CA

Irish Sports Daily — 3 star (89 rating)

Cohort

In addition to Notre Dame and Oregon State, Logan also holds offers from Arizona, Cal, Washington, Washington State, Oklahoma State, Fresno State, UNLV, Utah State, Nevada, New Mexico, and Army.

Highlights

This is a kid with legitimate speed and athleticism proven by track numbers — a 10.8-second 100m and a 24’5″ long jump this past spring. Aside from a nice athletic profile, you can tell based on his film that he has strong hands and excellent body control when high-pointing the football. The back-to-back catches starting around the 32-second mark are highlights at any level. His shiftiness in the screen game shows he can be a weapon out in space as well.

For a more in-depth film review on Logan, check out ISD’s Film Don’t Lie piece linked here.

Impact

Over the last two recruiting cycles, Chansi Stuckey has been working to rebuild a receiver room that was left in a pretty poor spot by his predecessor. With a four-man haul in 2023 followed up by three commits in 2024, Notre Dame is on its way towards replenishing that position group with both numbers and talent. As of right now it sounds as if the Irish will be happy with a three-man group in the 2024 cycle, but that may change as we come into the fall and new faces pop up on the radar with senior film.

Next year Logan will be walking into a receiver room that is talented but still pretty young. I’ll be interested in seeing how he stacks up to the rest of the young talent in the room.

Welcome to the Irish family, Logan!