Class of ’21 OT Tengwall Spurns Notre Dame, Selects Penn State

The recruiting back luck for Notre Dame continues as elite OT Tengwall decides to go in another direction.

This one seemed to be trending in the wrong direction for some time and today Maryland offensive tackle Landon Tengwall made his college choice to head to Happy Valley and play for James Franklin’s Penn State squad.

Tengwall is viewed as one of the best in the nation, so this is clearly a loss for Notre Dame. There are no wins in recruiting coming in second place, so now Brian Kelly and his staff will focus their efforts in a different direction.

In-state tackle Blake Fisher, a projected tackle, is currently the only committed offensive lineman for the 2021 Irish recruiting class, so the base is solid on that front. Tengwall would have been a very welcome addition, after the Irish have lost multiple commits, WR Deion Colzie and OG Greg Crippen (who yesterday committed to Michigan), in the last few weeks.

Now look for the staff to up the recruiting with Michigan tackles Garrett Dellinger and Rocco Spindler. They will surely look at some other new names as well, but not having spring visits along with the high school camp circuit not happening is slowing down prospect evaluation big time. The Irish staff will work hard at adding more talent on the offensive line, and hopefully soon the bad luck on the recruiting trail will come to an end soon.