Tag: 2022 Notre Dame Recruiting

Top Notre Dame 2022 quarterback target set decision date

Recently offered Tennessee quarterback Ty Simpson has announced when he will make his collegiate decision.

Just over a week ago, Notre Dame offered Tennessee star quarterback Ty Simpson. What we didn’t know was how soon it would take Simpson to make his decision as to where he would spend the next 3-5 years of his life. Well, on Sunday, Simpson let everyone know he’s ready to make that decision.

In just under three weeks, Simpson will make his announcement as to what’s next in his football journey. According to a report by 247Sports Steve Wiltfong, he will be making his decision from this group of schools: Alabama, Clemson, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and the Irish.

Simpson gave Wiltfong a great review of what the Irish offer meant to him, it “was an awesome offer because of the prestige of the school and it’s big for someone to get a degree from Notre Dame and to be able to say they played there, I’d love to be able to tell my kids that.”

What’s interesting is that his father also made a comment about Simpson making his decision for the next forty years, a staple of Brian Kelly’s recruiting pitch.

It’s hard to tell where Simpson will eventually end up, there have been two 247Sports crystal ball picks, both that he will end up at Clemson. He did say he was about 65% of his decision right now, so there is still time for Kelly and Tommy Rees to make their impression. We will all find out what Simpson will do come February 19th at 2:00pm CST.

Eyes on Texas as Notre Dame offers another ‘22 defensive standout

Notre Dame sends out yet another Texas offer, this time to outside linebacker Martell Harris.

In the last few days, Notre Dame has certainly been hitting Texas hard, especially on the defensive side. Yesterday, another outside linebacker was offered, Martell Harris Jr.

It has been increasingly obvious with the recent offers that Marcus Freeman wants to see a talent upgrade at the outside linebacker spot and the six-foot-two-inch and 205-pound Harris Jr. fits the mold he’s looking for.

At this early point in Harris Jr.’s recruitment, he’s got a very good offer list which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor and Arizona State. Due to transfer rules in Texas, Harris Jr. was only allowed to play on the junior varsity level last year, but that didn’t stop him from improving his game during that time. The work has obviously paid off.

The JV season was so impressive, Harris Jr. received an offer from Texas A&M almost a year ago. With Freeman taking over the defense, we have seen an uptick in offers to players who fit more of his scheme. Hopefully the Irish have made an impression on Harris Jr. as his recruitment moves forward.

Notre Dame offers 2022 star New Jersey defensive back

The first offer of the Marcus Freeman era goes out to a New Jersey defensive back.

We are all waiting to see how the Marcus Freeman effect will impact Notre Dame recruiting and the first offer to a defender has been made to New Jersey’s cornerback Davison Igbinosun.

It seems like cornerback coach Mike Mickens is leading the six-foot-three-inch and 185-pound defenders recruitment. I am a big fan of this offer, bigger corners are exactly what modern defenses are looking for.

Although Igbinosun’s offer list isn’t overly impressive (Duke, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Rutgers and a few others), he fits the profile that the Irish are looking for. A great student-athlete who has a bright future on the playing field.

Igbinosun’s recruitment is just starting to heat up, but with the Irish getting his attention now, it could potentially yield good news down the road.

Irish recruiting coordinator Polian excited for next step with ‘22 class

Notre Dame recruiting coordinator Brian Polian is excited to have more access to recruits in the 2022 class starting tomorrow.

The Notre Dame recruiting class of 2021 has not yet been signed, sealed or delivered, but that isn’t going to stop the staff from going after the next group of talented prospects in the 2022 class. September 1st means that college coaches can up the contact with the ‘22 players, and Notre Dame’s recruiting coordinator and special teams coach Brian Polian is excited.

As Polian points out that Brian Kelly’s coaching staff can now text, send direct messages via social media accounts, and go old school and send mail. You might be thinking mailers still in the internet age? That’s typically an edit, where they superimpose the prospect in uniform, on campus or some other creative way.

This is very popular among recruiting circles and although a bit archaic to send mailers, it’s still a key part of the recruiting process.

Right now the Irish staff has done a great job with limited contact in the ‘22 class, already securing three commitments for a top rated class. Instate offensive tackle Joey Tanona, tight end Jack Nickel and safety Nolan Ziegler comprise the commits, the trio are ranked 4th by 247Sports, while the other two major services (ESPN and Rivals) have yet to rank the teams classes.

The Irish have offered 96 prospects in the ‘22 class and expect that number to rise in the coming weeks. As an example the ‘21 class has offered 143 players while the ‘20 class offered 161. Stay tuned for more recruiting news in the future, as Notre Dame will try and bring in yet another highly regarded recruiting class.

Notre Dame Recruiting: Irish in Top 10 for North Carolina linebacker Walker

The Irish have advanced to the next stage of North Carolina linebacker Jalon Walker’s recruitment.

The Notre Dame coaching staff knows that in order to take the next step and join the nations elite elite programs they must do it on the recruiting trail. The 2021 class is 13th in the nation according to the 247Sports composite, but the 2022 class is off to a fast start. Three early commits have the Irish 4th nationally and go some good news over the weekend from North Carolina linebacker Jalon Walker.

As you can see Walker is a wanted prospect, some of the best schools in the country are after his signature. He is the kind of player that would help the Irish ascend to where schools like Clemson and Alabama are. Currently Walker is rated as the 41st best player overall and 2nd outside linebacker by the composite player rankings of 247Sports.

Brian Kelly and defensive coordinator Clark Lea will need to put the full-court recruiting press on Walker. He is the rightest rated outside linebacker they are pursuing, so going hard after him makes plenty of sense. We will have a better sense if Walker is a viable option when he inevitably trims his list down. Hopefully the Irish will make it on to the next stage of his recruitment, if not they will have to focus their efforts on other players, albeit not quite as talented according to the recruiting experts.