To this date, Brian Kelly and his coaching staff have focused their recruiting efforts in the 2021 and 2022 class. It’s not to say the staff has forgotten about the 2023 class, but they have been much more selective as to who they are offering. After a talk with defensive line coach Mike Elston, the number one weak-side defensive end Samuel M’Pemba was verbally offered.
🙏🏿Blessed to Receive an Offer from @CoachMikeElston to 💚🤍💛💙
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME@CoachBrianKelly @JohnHough__ @GSV_STL @AllenTrieu @SkysTheLimitWR @Es_academy @JoshHelmholdt 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/JNmGCvvk4L— Samuel M’Pemba (@SMPEMBA5) August 29, 2020
The Missouri native stands 6-foot-4-inches and weighs 216-pounds is seeing his recruitment blow up. Just this month M’Pemba has added offers from Georgia, Michigan, Arizona State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Arkansas, and Missouri while he previously held offers from Texas, California and others.
M’Pemba is quite an intriguing prospect as he did a little of everything in during his freshman campaign. He showed an array of skills, as he rushed the passer as a defensive end, then would flip to the other side of the ball and catch passes from his quarterback. You don’t see many players having the skill set that allows you to be productive at both of those positions. Check out his highlight reel here.
M’Pemba is a prospect that oozes with talent, almost anywhere you put him. Kelly and Elston obviously see his as a defensive end in the future, but who knows with such an impressive athlete that M’Pemba is. Either way we would love to see him in the Blue and Gold in the future.