Notre Dame Football Recruiting: Early Signing Period Preview
By Andrew Hall
Notre Dame football recruiting is in full swing with the new early signing period only a day away. For the first time, recruits can sign prior to the typical February date. This allows staffs to lock up the majority of their prospects while still hunting the big-time players. Here is a brief preview of tomorrow’s early signing period.
Current Commitments
The Irish hold twenty commitments from prospects who (unless anything changes) will sign during the early signing period. These verbals include (247Sports Composite Ranking):
CB Houston Griffith (63rd)
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QB Phil Jurkovec (66th)
S Derrik Allen (69th)
WR Kevin Austin (73rd)
ILB Jack Lamb (131st)
OLB Shayne Simon (132nd)
DT Jayson Ademilola (159th)
TE George Takacs (244th)
ILB Matthew “Bo” Bauer (280th)
WR Micah Jones (354th)
ATH Tariq Bracy (412th)
TE Tommy Tremble (475th)
OT John Dirksen (499th)
OLB Ovie Oghoufo (525th)
DT Ja’Mion Franklin (548th)
RB Jahmir Smith (586th)
WDE Justin Ademilola (608th)
OT Cole Mabry (693rd)
ATH Joe Wilkins Jr. (715th)
S Paul Moala (NR)
This twenty man group ranks as the 6th best class in the country. Regardless of ranking, this group is very balanced with the exception of the Offensive Line.
After hauling in several premier prospects of the past few classes, Notre Dame sits with commitments from two developmental prospects. The Irish staff still hopes to reel in big-time prospect Nicholas Petit-Frere. But, Notre Dame also moved forward in their pursuit of Colorado commit Frank Fillip and Arkansas commit Luke Jones.
Uncommitted Group
WR Braden Lenzy, S Julius Irvin, CB Kyler Gordon remain undecided but could sign during the early period. Lenzy has scheduled an announcement for Friday, Dec. 22nd. Friday is the last day in the early signing period. Many experts believe that Lenzy will select the Irish on Friday.
After the early period, Notre Dame will continue to pursue the elite prospects like WR Amon-ra St. Brown, OT Nicholas Petit-Frere and ILB Solomon Tuliaupupu.