Tag: 2021 ncaa recruiting

Shocker – Star ’21 Receiver De-Commits from Notre Dame

Four stars or five, who cares?  Colzie is one of the very best receivers in the nation in this 2021 recruiting class. This loss is a massive one as talents like it simply don’t come around.   

This one stings, Notre Dame fans.

Top-100 recruit and one of the stars of the 2021 recruiting class has de-committed from Notre Dame as Deion Colzie of Athens, Georgia has reopened his recruiting.

Colzie, a four-star recruit per 247Sports rankings was also slotted as the third-best receiver in the 2021 class, nationally.  He made the announcement Friday afternoon on his Twitter page.

Colzie doesn’t say that he won’t consider Notre Dame as he re-opens things but obviously the chances of that are low.

Four stars or five, who cares?  Colzie is one of the very best receivers in the nation in this 2021 recruiting class. This loss is a massive one as talents like it simply don’t come around.

Notre Dame’s 2021 class is seen as one of the best nationally, at least in the early stages.  This de-commit brings the total commitments down to six for Brian Kelly and the Fighting Irish.

If there is good news it’s that there is time to put efforts into a replacement, the bad news is obvious, that they’re simply aren’t many talents quite like his to pursue.

What was supposed to be a massive recruiting weekend for Notre Dame before cancellations in recruiting due to Coronavirus has instead gotten off to a brutal start with the Colzie news.

Notre Dame QB Commit Tyler Buchner Skyrockets in New Rankings

It was a strange day because of the star ranking being applied to Notre Dame quarterback commit in the 2021 class, Tyler Buchner.

It was a weird day in recruiting if you’re a Notre Dame fan.  No, not because any big-time player committed and then de-committed or because Notre Dame offered a sophomore tight end that looks ready for the big time.  It was instead because of the star-ranking being applied to Notre Dame quarterback commit in the 2021 class, Tyler Buchner.

Buchner, a senior to be at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California began the day as a four-star recruit.  Sometime in the late morning his composite rating on 247Sports jumped to five-stars.  Then a short time later it was back down to four.  One Foot Down did a good job breaking this down.

Listen, I don’t really care what his star total is today or what it is going to be in late December when he ultimately signs his National Letter of Intent.  He appears to be a star in the making and will enter Notre Dame with the most hype a quarterback has had since Gunner Kiel began his Fighting Irish career (and we all know how well that worked out).

Where Buchner did gain a ton of ground and didn’t give it back in a single day was in the overall player rankings on 247Sports.  Buchner had been the 103rd rated player in the 2021 recruiting class nationally by the outlet before being promoted to number 50 overall today.

Buchner now ranks as the third highest dual threat quarterback in the class according to 247Sports and the sixth overall quarterback.  He’s shown that he is clearly a great athlete but most of the questions surrounding him come from his level of competition as he plays in California’s lowest classification for high school football.

Regardless of who he plays and whether he ends up with a fifth star or not, the hype train has already pulled out of the station for Tyler Buchner and will likely only be picking up steam as it makes the year long journey to South Bend.