After getting tough but expected news about running back Will Shipley last week, Notre Dame quickly bounced back getting a pair of commitments by weeks end from defensive back Philip Riley and defensive end Jason Onye.
They had also been mentioned by four-star defensive back Devin Kirkwood as making his top five but the Gardena (Junipera Serra), California product chose elsewhere Thursday, making a commitment to UCLA.
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Notre Dame’s list of commitments instead stays at ten as of May 14 with a pair of defensive backs included in that with Riley and Justin Walters of Bolingbrook, Illinois. Notre Dame will continue to look near and far for more secondary help in the class.
Kirkwood becomes just the third commitment for UCLA who now ranks 71st overall in the 247Sports team rankings for 2021.