Category: Notre Dame

Notre Dame Football offers 2023 Missouri star athlete

The Missouri star could play a variety of positions

The Irish have loaded up heavily on the defensive side of the ball so far in their 2023 recruiting class, but that doesn’t mean they won’t try to continue to add on more potential stellar defenders. Today another one was offered, Christian Brothers College High School’s star athlete Jeremiyah Love.

The multi-positional player could end up at a variety of spots, either running back, safety, wide receiver, or cornerback. At six-foot-one-inch and 195-pounds, Love has the frame to play all of those positions and could even grow into another one, linebacker. Athletes like Love don’t come by often so the Irish getting a scholarship offer out to him makes plenty of sense.

Already Love had offers from Alabama, LSU, Michigan, Oregon and others before getting the Irish offer. It looks like Marcus Freeman is making the state of Missouri a focus, as Love makes it now three different players the Irish are going hard after, tight end Mac Markway and cornerback Christian Gray being the others.

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Ohio State hires new recruiting director, what it teams to Notre Dame

Time will tell if the Irish take advantage of this hire

For the first time in Ryan Day’s tenure at Ohio State, he did not lead his team to a berth in the College Football Playoff. Day needed a makeover on his staff, as he has hired a new defensive coordinator and now replacing his recruiting director who left for USC with Zach Grant.

This move is viewed around the country as a good one, one that obviously has an impact on Notre Dame. The Irish, along with the Buckeyes and a handful of other schools have a national brand and recruit that way. The Midwest powers rosters each have players from all across the country, often pitting against each other in those recruiting battles.

The hiring of Grant could be seen as an advantage for the Irish, as he will have to establish relationships with a new set of recruits. Western Kentucky, his old employer, doesn’t recruit at the same level as OSU, so Grant is going to have to make new impressions.

Marcus Freeman may be the “new” head coach for the Irish, but his Midwestern roots along with being on the staff for a season prior give him and his staff, who for the most part stayed with him, a leg up. Yes, Ohio State has been one of the best recruiting schools in the country, but Notre Dame needs to take advantage of any chink in the Buckeyes recruiting armor.

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Former Notre Dame pitcher Kohlhepp impressing during Detroit Tigers camp

The former Irish pitcher has impressed early in his MLB career

It’s always a great selling point during the recruiting process to sell players that their future is at the next level. Regardless of what sport it is, every athlete that gets an opportunity to play at the collegiate level has those dreams. For some, it’s not realistic but for others, like former Notre Dame pitcher Tanner Kohlhepp, it is.

We fondly remember Kohlhepp’s part in last years run in to the Super Regionals, then having the Detroit Tigers select him in the fifth round. Not all drafted players are fast tracked through systems, especially when drafted into an organization that is rebuilding. The Tigers were one of the worst teams in the MLB last year, but have the envy of many other teams due to a wealth of minor league talent, Kohlhepp included.

In his first outing facing live hitters since donning the Blue and Gold, Kohlhepp was more than impressive according to MLB.coms Jason Beck.

It’s great to see players like Trey Mancini and Cavan Biggio having big roles for their teams and it looks like Kohlhepp could be doing the same with the Tigers. It looks like Link Jarrett can use Kohlhepp as recruiting ammo in the near future.

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South Carolina 2023 offensive tackle expect to visit Notre Dame in April

We love Hiestand too

There is an elite camp happening today, the Under Armor All-American Camp in Atlanta and there is some intel coming out on a Notre Dame recruit. Andrew Ivins of 247Sports got a chance to speak with offensive tackle Monroe Freeling of South Carolina and was told to expect a visit to South Bend in April.

The six-foot-seven-inch and 283-pound offensive tackle has an impressive offer list which includes Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Texas A&M and others. There is another tidbit that Ivins had regarding Freeling’s thoughts on Notre Dame, that he “sounds like he’s big on (Harry) Hiestand.”

No doubt that is good news for the Irish, as Freeling would be coached by Hiestand if he opted for Notre Dame. Hopefully his April visit is the start of much bigger relationship.

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Arizona offensive tackle is offered by Notre Dame Football

The Irish are in the mix for the intriguing OT

The Irish have been a bit quiet on the recruiting trail, with not many offers going out over the last few weeks. That changed a bit as Arizona offensive tackle Elijah Paige was offered by Marcus Freeman and his staff.

The six-foot-six-inch and 285-pound lineman is a high level athlete, not only does Paige star on the gridiron, he is a solid basketball player as well. His recruitment is picking up, as Colorado State, Cincinnati and the Irish have offered him in the last week. Previously Paige held other offers from Auburn, Duke, Washington, Oregon State, Nebraska and a few others.

It’s still a little early in the 2023 tackles recruitment to say where he is leaning but Notre Dame has put themselves in the mix for Paige.

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Notre Dame baseball blanks Monmouth, sweeps double-header

The Irish get another series win with one left to play

The Irish once again will go into a Sunday series finale knowing that they have won the series. The two games on Saturday were blowout by the Irish, first the 16-2 win then the nightcap, a 9-0 blanking of Monmouth.

Pitching was the story all day, first John Michael Bertrand spinning a gem, then in the second game, four Notre Dame pitchers combined for the shutout. Starter Austin Temple went five strong innings, allowing just two hits while striking out five. The Irish’s Ohtani, Jack Brannigan, was next on the mound, striking out each of the three batters he faced. Then Ryan McLinskey and Alex Rao finished out the game, with seven strikeouts between them. During the second game, Irish pitchers struck out a total of 15 Hawks.

Offensively, it was Zack Prajzner and Danny Neri, who each made their lone hit count, each racking up 3 RBI. Jared Miller and TJ Williams each had two hits for the Irish.

Link Jarrett’s team will conclude the series tomorrow, as they face off against Marist. The getaway day game will start at 12pm EST as the Irish look to complete the series sweep and improve on their 5-1 record.

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Late hitting and phenomenal pitching lead Notre Dame baseball in game 1

Late runs and good pitching is a great recipe for the Irish

As legendary Chicago Cub Ernie Banks famously said, “let’s play two,” that’s exactly what the Irish are doing today. With staff ace John Michael Bertrand on the mound, Link Jarrett rode his lefty to 7 innings giving up 2 runs. He set a career high with eleven strikeouts.

The hitters were quiet for the majority of the game, but during the fifth and sixth innings they woke up. Both Carter Putz, fifth, and Ryan Cole, grand slam, blasted homers as the Irish lead went for 2-0 to 8-0 in a hurry. Although Monmouth would manage two runs, the Irish answered with eight more of their own, to finish them off 16-2.

It was exactly what Jarrett wanted to see, his ace going deep into a double-header, saving his bullpen for game two. The Irish will have a quick break before heading back out to the diamond looking to secure a series win and sweep of the double-header.

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Notre Dame baseball routs Marist to start their weekend series

A nice way to start a weekend

The Irish didn’t want to let another team think they could hang around with them and it showed against Marist. Link Jarrett’s team jumped out to an early 8-0 lead after the first inning and then cruised to a 20-2 win to open their weekend series.

It was a total team effort as four players (TJ Williams, Jack Zyska, DM Jefferson and Nick Juaire) each had multiple RBIs in the contest. Ryan Cole led the team with three hits, and two players, Zyska and Justin Kapus hit homers.

Starter Aidan Tyrell was magnificent, going seven strong innings, allowing just three hits, no runs and striking out five batters. Sammy Cooper finished off the game and although he did allow two runs, he struck out three finishing off the blow out.

The Irish play two today, their first game of the doubleheader starting at 2pm EST as John Michael Bertrand takes the hill against Monmouth.

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Pro Football Focus has Notre Dame S Hamilton getting drafted lower than most

A bit low for Hamilton?

For the most part during the NFL Draft mock season, we have seen former Irish star safety Kyle Hamilton going inside the first few selections of the projections. Well, Pro Football Focus doesn’t think that will be the case.

Austin Gayle recently dropped his two-round draft guess and Hamilton is set to head home to Georgia and play for the Atlanta Falcons if he is correct. Although PFF rates him as the second overall player in the draft, Gayle has Hamilton falling outside the top-5, going eighth overall.

Gayle’s rationale is that “safety isn’t a premium position, and it is relatively low on the positional value chart,” giving a reason why Hamilton could fall. He does contradict himself a bit saying that the safety is “different.”

It’s always interesting to see where the experts project players to land, each one of them values skill sets differently, but for Gayle, he’s not as “high” on Hamilton as most.

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The weekend rotation is almost set for Notre Dame baseball

Just one unnamed starter remains

The Irish are coming off a successful opening weekend, winning two of their three games and keeping their high ranking among the polls. As is normal for Midwest baseball teams, Link Jarrett’s team will play their majority of games on the road until the weather turns in South Bend.

This weekend the Irish head off to Greenville, South Carolina as they are set to face Marist and Monmouth. Earlier they announced their starting rotation for the weekend series, as Aidan Tyrell will start the first game, John Michael Bertrand the second and Austin Temple in the finale. The only unknown is the third starter, as Jarrett has yet to name who will toe the mound.

It could very well be a bullpen game for the second half of the double-header, depending on how the first two games play out. Either way, we know at least three-quarters of the Irish’s starting rotation for this coming weekend.

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