If you follow high school football or college recruiting whatsoever you’re aware that Notre Dame recruits as much nationally as any team in the country. No, just because Notre Dame shows up doesn’t mean a kid is coming like it was believed to mean decades ago, but it clearly carries significant weight.
With that in mind, how much of a fence has Marcus Freeman been able to put around the state of Indiana early on?
Admitidly, Indiana isn’t Texas, California, Georgia, or Florida.
Heck, it’s not Louisiana, Ohio, or plenty of others.
I was a bit curious though with the recent addition of offensive lineman [autotag]Styles Prescod[/autotag] to Notre Dame’s 2024 class. How have the Irish done in locking up in-state talent?
Well, it appears they’ll have at least one of Indiana’s top players in the 2024 cycle and very possibly a second. But did they lose by a couple of the very top ranked players leaving for a bordering state?
I know we like to say that “a fence has to be put around the home state” in regards to any big-time program but is batting .333 (potentially .500) on players offered here fine? Or does that fact that both No. 1 and No. 2 declined mean more?
Here are the top-10 recruits from Indiana in the 2024 recruiting class according to the 247Sports composite rankings and where each player is committed.