Notre Dame football: Devin Moore makes his decision for 2022

The Notre Dame football team had an early commitment from Florida cornerback Devin Moore, who made his final decision Wednesday morning.

After the Notre Dame football team beat the Stanford Cardinal, it began a real roller coaster of emotions for the program. Head coach Brian Kelly, who had stated that a ‘fairy godmother’ would have to give him $250 million to leave the program, bolted for LSU, leaving players, alumni, and recruits in his wake.

Once Kelly was gone, the attention turned to getting Marcus Freeman to be the team’s next head coach, as that was the consensus from alumni, current players, and especially recruits. Freeman was the key to bringing in a heralded 2022 recruiting class, and once he was named head coach, many recruits could breathe a sigh of relief.

One recruit who opened his recruitment back up was Devin Moore, an outstanding cornerback prospect from the state of Florida. Moore took to social media to announce his decision, and while he did not rule out staying with the Irish, he needed more time before making them his final choice.

As one of his final two choices, Notre Dame football still had a chance to land Moore, and on Wednesday AM, he made his decision.

Notre Dame football has a loaded 2022 recruiting class

Going into the start of today’s Early Signing Day, the Notre Dame football team expected to hear from a bunch of high-level prospects. They had 22 hard commits going into Wednesday, as well as a top-5 recruiting class, with not many big surprises still to come.

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The Irish are in a much better position with Freeman taking over than they were when Kelly took the helm, as they finished as the No. 5 team in the final College Football Playoff rankings. They are loaded with young talent and have a special class coming in, so the expectations in Year 1 of the Freeman Era will be huge in 2022 as they open up against powerhouse Ohio State, Freeman’s alma mater.