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Report: Notre Dame 2023 safety commit still speaking with other schools

Not the greatest news…

In recruiting, there is nothing official until a prospect signs. Each year there are plenty of “flips” as schools will keep going hard after a prospect, even after they have verbally committed to a school.

It looks like current 2023 safety Texas [autotag]Peyton Bowen[/autotag], an Irish commit, is going through that process right now. Bowen committed to [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and Notre Dame on the first of this year but according to a report by 247Sports at the Under Armour Future 50 event, Freeman is going to have to continue to recruit Bowen hard.

Andrew Ivins reported that although Bowen is “confident” in his commitment, “he’s still in contact with both Oklahoma and Texas A&M.” Although this is not the greatest news for Notre Dame, Bowen still is committed but the Irish can’t let up in his recruitment.

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South Carolina 2023 offensive tackle expect to visit Notre Dame in April

We love Hiestand too

There is an elite camp happening today, the Under Armor All-American Camp in Atlanta and there is some intel coming out on a Notre Dame recruit. Andrew Ivins of 247Sports got a chance to speak with offensive tackle Monroe Freeling of South Carolina and was told to expect a visit to South Bend in April.

The six-foot-seven-inch and 283-pound offensive tackle has an impressive offer list which includes Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Texas A&M and others. There is another tidbit that Ivins had regarding Freeling’s thoughts on Notre Dame, that he “sounds like he’s big on (Harry) Hiestand.”

No doubt that is good news for the Irish, as Freeling would be coached by Hiestand if he opted for Notre Dame. Hopefully his April visit is the start of much bigger relationship.

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Report: Notre Dame still looking to add another ‘22 RB

Rumor has it…

The Notre Dame 2022 recruiting class is starting to fill up, with the commitment of cornerback Jaden Mickey, the class grew to 10 recruits.

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The spring is when student-athletes work on their games, hit the weight room and attended as many camps as they can. Those camps are usually flush with recruiting info and this past weekend, 247Sports Andrew Ivin’s had an Irish tidbit.

According to chatter around the Pylon 7-on-7 camp in Atlanta, Georgia, Notre Dame might not be satisfied with just one running back in the ‘22 class. Ivins reports that Tennessee’s Dallan Hayden is being recruited hard by the Irish staff. The main competition for his verbal pledge is Ohio State, and Hayden’s decision could come as early as this summer.

Just recently Jadarian Price committed to the Irish, the Texas star is viewed as one of the best in the nation.

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There pursuit of Hayden shouldn’t mean much to Price’s status with the class, they are different kind of players. The recently committed is more of a scat-back, while Hayden is certainly a bruiser at five-foot-eleven-inches and 195-pounds, outweighing Price by 15-pounds.

The Irish scored a big recruiting win in Tennessee last cycle with the commitment of linebacker Prince Collie. They’re looking for the same kind of success this cycle with Hayden.

247Sports compares Notre Dame QB signee Buchner to former USC star

The experts at 247Sports give Notre Dame signee Tyler Buchner a very interesting comparison to a former USC quarterback.

Today, one of the major recruiting services, 247Sports made their final rankings of the 2021 cycle. Unfortunately no Notre Dame signee or commit was named a 5-Star, although that doesn’t mean there aren’t talented players that will matriculate to South Bend.

With their penultimate rankings out, Andrew Ivins went over each of the quarterbacks ranked inside their top 247 players and Irish signee Tyler Buchner was included in that group as the 90th overall player in the class. His player comparison was to former USC star Sam Darnold, who if you don’t remember went third overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

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Their evaluation went to Greg Biggins, who gave a glowing scouting report of what to expect out of the Californian. Buchner “has always been a dynamic athlete and was a nationally known lacrosse player in middle school. Physically, has an athletic frame and looks like a running back when he gets out in the open field. Has tremendous escape-ability and a unique sense for making a defender miss and extending plays.”

Sounds like someone we know who just finished his career as the all-time winningest quarterback in Notre Dame history? Ian Book ring a bell?

Biggins went on to then explain what we expect out of Buchner throwing the ball as he “has a live arm and can throw outside the pocket rolling to his right or his left equally well. Has tightened his release over the last year and improved mechanically. Shows accuracy on the deep ball and will continue to improve as a pure pocket passer with more game experience.”

This is where the difference between the two quarterbacks is made. Buchner’s ceiling as a passer is much higher than Book’s, although the outgoing senior was no slouch at slinging the ball around.

Like Darnold, Biggins sees Buchner to “project as a impact upper tier Power 5 starter and future high round NFL draft pick.” If he lives up to this scouting report, Notre Dame fans will surely be happy with Buchner’s career when it’s all said and done.

Could Notre Dame flip an Ohio State ‘22 cornerback commit?

According to a report by Andrew Ivins of 247Sports, Jyaire Brown, an Ohio State commit has been talking with Notre Dame and could flip.

Growing up in Ohio, playing for Ohio State and later coaching at Cincinnati, it’s an understatement to say that new Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman has deep roots in the Buckeye state. According to a report from 247Sports Andrew Ivins, Freeman is going hard after Jyaire Brown, an instate Ohio State commit, who made his verbal pledge last April.

Brown told Ivins that although he is committed to the Buckeyes, that hasn’t stopped him from speaking to other schools. The five-foot-eleven-inch and 165-pound cornerback has continued contact with LSU, USC, and Georgia but the Irish have caught his attention more than the rest.

Freeman certainly has Brown thinking about flipping as “he was recruiting me at the University of Cincinnati and when he went to Notre Dame, he hit me up and said he’s not going to take his foot off the gas. So he’s going to keep recruiting me.”

Not only that, Ivins found out that Brown and Freeman had a virtual meeting one week ago. “Notre Dame is a great program. Like I said though, I’m just chilling. So I got to listen to what they got to say and see if the interest is really there and if they love is really there.” Brown did say that he is still solid to the Buckeyes, and if he was to change his mind, it would be in the coming months.

Even if he doesn’t ultimately flip to the Irish, Brown gave a glowing assessment of Freeman saying “I think he great coach man. I think he’s a great family man. With him it’s like love. You are going to get love out of him. He was obviously doing great things at UC and he’s about to go do great things at Notre Dame.”

Only time will tell if Freeman is able to get in Brown’s ear enough and get the Ohio State commit to flip to Notre Dame, but this is only good news going forward. Brian Kelly’s hiring of Freeman has turned out to be grand slam.