Sports Illustrated has gotten more involved in the recruiting game of college football and has started the SI99, where they rank the 99 top high school senior football players.
They have released the 99 names to make that list and ranked them 1-99. Although Notre Dame doesn’t have as many commitments in those 99 like the 10 Ohio State offers, the eight from Alabama, six from Clemson or five from Georgia, the four future Fighting Irish rank the Irish high on the list for most representation.
Here is where the Notre Dame commitments were ranked:
Y-TE Cane Berrong – 44th
QB, Tyler Buchner – 55th
DT, Gabriel Rubio – 66
OL, Blake Fisher – 68
Berrong checks in as the top rated tight end, one spot above Thomas Fidone, Jr. who is yet to announce his college decision. Tight End U continues to be loaded not just today but in the years to come.
Buchner is ranked as the seventh quarterback on the list as he checks in at 55 overall.
Rubio checks in as the seventh overall interior defensive lineman in what appears to be a very strong class nationally at that position.
And Blake Fisher, fresh off getting his fifth star from Rivals, checks in 68th overall, 50 spots lower than he appears on the overall Rivals rankings.
Notre Dame is joined by Michigan, Oklahoma and Tennessee as having four commitments on the SI99 list.