Tag: 2021 ND Football recruiting

Rivals expects multiple 2021 Notre Dame three-star players to thrive

The scouting director for Rivals, Mike Farrell is high on a pair of three-stars in Notre Dame’s 2021 recruiting class.

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Let’s make it clear off the bat, being a three-star prospect doesn’t mean you can’t be a very good collegiate player. Plenty of lower ranked players go on to have great careers; recruiting isn’t an exact science.

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I’ve always been very high on Louisiana running back Logan Diggs and Rivals scouting director Mike Farrell agrees. He believes Diggs will outperform his ranking; he was named one of Farrell’s three-star prospects that will surprise. Farrell thinks the situation could be similar to a former Clemson star’s, “this one was easy for me as we could be looking at another Travis Etienne kind of rankings mistake.”

If Farrell is correct with his comparison, Diggs will go down as one of the best ever in South Bend. Travis Etienne is the all-time ACC leader in rushing yards. He finished just shy of 5,000 rushing yards during his career for the Tigers. That’s huge praise for the final signee of the 2021 Notre Dame recruiting class.

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Diggs wasn’t the only Irish recruit to be named to Farrell’s list; tight end Mitchell Evans also was named. This one is a completely different situation, as Evans was primarily a quarterback for his Wadsworth high school team.

It’s no surprise when the best athlete on a high school team plays quarterback, you want that player to have the ball in his hands as much as possible. Due to this, Evans didn’t have much film as a tight end thus a lower ranking among the recruiting services.

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Farrell sees the “6-foot-7 tight end target who is raw sound(ing) like a recipe for success in the Fighting Irish offense.” After what Michael Mayer showed last year, along with contributions from Tommy Tremble and George Takacs, the tight end room looks to be loaded for the foreseeable future.

I expect for both Diggs and Evans to have productive careers in the Blue and Gold. The excitement for the 2021 class continues to grow.