2023 CB Christian Gray Commits to Notre Dame

The rich get richer… Notre Dame extended its scalding hot recruiting streak today when top 100 corner Christian Gray announced for the Irish. The 6’0”, 175 pound Missourian likely had Notre Dame in the lead since visiting with his mother in the fall, but the recruitment was not without some anxious moments. LSU tightened up [...]

By |2022-07-04T17:11:04-04:00July 4th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|27 Comments

2023 WR Rico Flores Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame added a much-anticipated second receiver in the 2023 class when four star prospect Rico Flores announced for the Irish. The 6’1”, 190 pound Californian set this as his announcement date a long time ago to honor his late uncle, as IrishSportsDaily recently recounted. The when was always clear, but the who was a [...]

By |2022-07-03T15:24:05-04:00July 3rd, 2022|Football, Recruiting|6 Comments

We Live in a World Where Joining the Big Ten May Not be a Mistake

This past Thursday news of USC and UCLA suddenly leaving the Pac-12--after nearly 100 years together going back to the old Pacific Coast Conference--to join the Big Ten left the college sports world shooketh, as the kids say. For a bunch of fans who have grown almost numb to conference realignment, or NIL deals, or [...]

By |2022-07-03T09:34:51-04:00July 3rd, 2022|Football|39 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: OT Charles Jagusah Commits to Notre Dame

Early Independence Day fireworks continued for Notre Dame today when top 100 OT Charles Jagusah announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6’6”, 300 pound Illini had reportedly been down to Notre Dame and Michigan for some time and, well, you know how that goes. recruiting at michigan & notre dame, summer 2022, in two [...]

By |2022-06-30T09:18:11-04:00June 30th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|25 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 14: Fumbling Your Way to a Record

It's September 27, 2014 and Syracuse has decided to play a home game inside MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey for the pleasure of watching a near capacity crowd of 76,802 cheer on 3-0 Notre Dame. It's an odd time for the Orange as they're in the midst of a basketball-fueled attempt to become [...]

By |2022-06-27T09:20:47-04:00June 27th, 2022|Football|5 Comments

2024 Football Recruiting: TE Jack Larsen Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame football added another piece to its 2024 recruiting class Friday afternoon when 4-star tight end Jack Larsen verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'3"/220-pounder out of Charlotte, North Carolina is the 4th player to join Notre Dame's group of 2024 commits, a group which has now passed Florida State for the #1 [...]

By |2022-06-24T19:33:13-04:00June 24th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|4 Comments

2024 Football Recruiting: Five Star QB CJ Carr Commits to Notre Dame

Shockwaves shot through the college football recruiting world today when five-star quarterback CJ Carr announced for the Irish. The 6'3", 190 pound Michigander is a huge win for Tommy Rees and Notre Dame not just because of his talent - at #20 overall in the 2024 247 Composite, he's the highest ranked QB to pledge [...]

By |2022-06-10T13:53:13-04:00June 9th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|23 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: OL Joe Otting Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame added another piece to its offensive line haul Tuesday afternoon when interior prospect Joe Otting verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'4"/275-pounder out of Topeka, Kansas is the 14th commit for Notre Dame's class of 2023 and third along the offensive line. pic.twitter.com/zwdSdrbDkz — Joe Otting (@JoeOtting) June 7, 2022 Joe is [...]

By |2022-06-07T22:34:28-04:00June 7th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|26 Comments

Ranking the Highest Approval Ratings of the Brian Kelly Era at Notre Dame

Let's remember some of the good times. Around half of a year has passed since Brian Kelly left a recruiting visit on the west coast and was soon hired by Louisiana State University. He leaves behind a legacy in South Bend that is complicated, let's agree on that. However, in the grand scheme there were [...]

By |2022-06-05T22:01:44-04:00June 6th, 2022|Football|56 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 13: When a 5-Star Shouldn’t Be a 5-Star

I'm a big believer in athletes not being subjected to too much criticism over hype because most of the time that hype is generated by others who have different skin in the game and are mostly looking for a buck at some point along the way. However, sometimes things get so ridiculous that we have [...]

By |2022-05-29T22:40:59-04:00May 30th, 2022|Football|2 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: RB Jayden Limar Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame is back up to one running back in the 2023 class thanks to the addition of four-star prospect Jayden Limar today. The 5'11", 190-pound Washingtonian joined the class less than a week after Sedrick Irvin Jr. backed off his September pledge to the Irish, presumably as the new staff made it clear they [...]

By |2022-05-26T19:53:53-04:00May 26th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|42 Comments

The 2022 Notre Dame Football Pro Scouting Annual: Defense

We are debuting a scouting report for Notre Dame's NFL prospects with a few twists. In case you missed it, the annual for the offense was published recently and you can read it HERE. We'll keep the notes that explain our process for this defensive report: *Some players, especially upperclassmen, won't be featured in the [...]

By |2022-05-23T12:01:45-04:00May 23rd, 2022|Football|1 Comment

2023 Big Board Launch

So, I don't know if you folks have heard, but 2023 recruiting is going really well. Like, really well. In his first cycle as the head man, Marcus Freeman has Notre Dame ranked #1 nationally in the 247 Composite; it's very unlikely (but not impossible!) that they'll finish there, but our recruitnik opinion is that the [...]

By |2022-05-20T13:04:01-04:00May 21st, 2022|Football, Recruiting|44 Comments
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