Notre Dame Football: In Depth Look At 2018 Commits

Justin Ademilola – OLB/WDE – Jersey City – St. Peter’s Prep

Composite Ranking: #320 Overall/ #23 OLB/ #10 NJ

Notre Dame has a major need for pass rushers in the ’18 class. Luckily, they landed Justin Ademilola early on, taking the pressure off of Mike Elko as they’re off to a good start.

Justin and his twin brother, Jayson, are enrolled at St. Peter’s Prep, Brandon Wimbush’s alma mater, which is one of the best prep football programs in the north-east.

The twin brothers chose Notre Dame over offers from Ohio State, LSU, Michigan, Clemson, Alabama and plenty more.

Justin Ademilola had a very productive junior year. He racked up an impressive 83 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks and 20 QB hurries.

On tape, there’s a lot to like. He shows extremely good bend and burst off the line. He’s clearly getting some high-level coaching on pass rush skills as it’s evident in his junior highlight film that he has elite talent in that regard.

He has the strength to engage the offensive tackle then uses strong hands to shed the block and get around the edge. He also has great speed to flat-out beat the tackle around the edge at times.

When he gets to the backfield, he closes on the ball very well and doesn’t fall for the juke and jive of the ball carrier. He keeps his pad level low and tackles efficiently often with force.

I’m very excited about this one.