About a month has passed since Irish Invasion, and Notre Dame football has received another commitment from the event’s visitors list as Louisiana wide receiver Michael Young has decided to verbally commit to the Fighting Irish. The 247 Composite lists the 5’11″/175-pound athlete as the #511 overall player and the #74 wide receiver in the class of 2017.

Recruiting Service Rankings

247 — 3 star (89 rating), #334 overall, #38 position, #15 in Louisiana

Rivals — 3 star (5.6 rating), NR overall, NR position, NR in Louisiana

Scout — 3 star, NR overall, #71 position, #30 in Louisiana

ESPN — 3 star (79 rating), NR overall, #80 position, #24 in Louisiana

247 Composite — 3 star (.8650), #511 overall, #74 position, #24 in Louisiana

Cohort

Michael chose the Irish over other offers from Oregon, Texas A&M, Minnesota, Arizona, Virginia Tech, Missouri, and others. Oregon and Texas A&M were posing some competition for a while, but Irish Invasion pretty much sealed the deal here.

Highlights

Young has been the staff’s priority target at slot receiver this cycle, and the tape shows why. His highlights are legit. I’ll be honest, I don’t see any glaring weaknesses in his game (not to say that there aren’t any, because I’m not qualified to definitively make that claim).

He’s surprisingly physical for someone who weighs 175 pounds — as evidenced by him making two pancake blocks in the first 40 seconds of the film (and then doing it a few more times throughout). He’s pretty fast, shifty, and very dangerous with the ball in his hands. He has some serious big-play potential. He catches the ball with his hands rather than his body and seems to do a pretty good job of adjusting to balls that aren’t thrown exactly on the money. He’s also very clearly a nasty and willing blocker. It seems like he relishes the chance to put an unsuspecting defender on his back.

 

Impact

The commitment of Michael Young provides some extra depth at slot receiver for the Fighting Irish and further adds to the plethora of talented receivers that will be at Notre Dame’s disposal in the future. As usual, Notre Dame is having no trouble recruiting the wide receiver position in the class of 2017. Young’s commitment makes it two committed receivers for the Irish, and Notre Dame is still in pretty good position for others such as Osiris St. Brown, Tarik Black, and Hezekiah Jones.

Welcome to the Irish family, Michael!