Midweek Irish recruiting update, offers out to ’21 and ’22 prospects

Notre Dame has been busy offering prospects from the ’21 and ’22 recruiting classes.

It has been a busy week for Brian Kelly and his staff on the recruiting trail. There have been numerous offers heading out to a variety of different prospects. The majority of offers have been for the rising junior class, but also to rising sophomores as well.

Coming off of his offer last week, junior Texas DE David Abaira will make a visit to South Bend this weekend, getting an opportunity to visit the campus along with more face time with the coaches, specifically Defensive Line coach Mike Elston and Defensive Coordinator Clark Lea. Abaira checks in at six-foot-four and has a solid offer list which includes Oklahoma, Baylor, Utah, Texas A&M among others.

Over to the other side of the ball where Offensive Line coach Jeff Quinn offered a scholarship to Virginia OT Tristan Leigh. Leigh is six-foot-five and tipping the scales at 275, which is impressive size for a high school junior. The battle to win Leigh commitment won’t be easy, as he reports offers from Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Ohio State, and plenty of others. Leigh is just coming off a visit to Clemson, his second one in the past 4 months, so it may be hard to wrestle him away from Dabo Swinney and the Tigers.

Ohio athlete Devonta Smith was offered this morning as well, currently projected to the defensive side of the ball, but could potentially end up splitting out wide as well. At an even six-feet tall and weighing 185 pounds, the body type for an elite corner is there. Schools from across the country are trying to secure Smith’s commitment as Oklahoma, Penn State, Louisville and West Virginia are some of his reported offers.

Moving to the 2022 class, the Irish went out west and offered Ephesians Prysock of California. The sophomore safety stands at six-foot-three and weighing a solid 170 pounds is being recruited primarily by his would be position coach, Terry Joseph, and at this early juncture Prysock is building an impressive offer list. He has USC, LSU, Florida along with the Irish all chasing him down at this early stage in his recruitment.

Joseph was busy offering 2022 California safety recruits, as another offer went out to Kamari Ramsey. The impressive underclassmen is an even six-feet and already 190 pounds, has early offers from Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon, and USC. At this early junction in Ramsey’s recruitment he is already looking like a top prospect.

It’s great to see the Irish get in early with multiple prospects in the upcoming 2021 and 2022 classes. Establishing early relationships with recruits will be big keys to their commitments and hopefully for Brian Kelly and the Irish the early offers pay off.