It’s a rite of passage for some elite high school football players to compete one last time on a national stage in an all-star game. Notre Dame has a few players competing in those this cycle.
Two of them, linebacker [autotag]Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa[/autotag] and running back [autotag]Kedren Young[/autotag], have impressed scouts enough for them to believe they will have immediate impacts. 247Sports chose 13 players who should make a splash right away, and the site selected two Irish signees.
Viliamu-Asa “erased any doubts of athletic limitations as he displayed outstanding play speed and the ability to quickly key and diagnose,” wrote Cooper Petagna.
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As for Young, Gabe Brooks described him as “one of the most ready-made running backs in the outgoing class.”
Significant credit has to go to head coach Marcus Freeman. During his tenure, the Irish have seen a massive uptick in recruiting talent to South Bend. Viliamu-Asa and Young are just two of the many players who will start their Notre Dame career with high expectations.
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