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Where Notre Dame 2023 commitments landed on ESPN’s updated Top 300

An impressive group for the Irish

Collectively, the Irish have one of the best groups in the country. It should come as no surprise as their twenty verbal commitments are among the best players in the nation. ESPN has updated their Top 300 recruits and you’ll find plenty of Notre Dame players on the list. Find out below which of the Irish pledges made their list.

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Where Notre Dame commits landed on the 247Sports updated Top 247 rankings

An extremely impressive group

The high school football season is creeping closer and closer. The summer camps and events are over, prospects have had their chance to impress scouts across the nation as they prepare for real football. Notre Dame has done a tremendous job in the first full cycle of the Marcus Freeman era, the group of  twenty viewed as one of the best collections in the country. It should come to no surprise that many of them landed on the updated Top-247 that 247Sports recently released. Find out where the Irish commits landed on their final update before the high school season.

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Notre Dame has lost ground on ‘23 Maryland star defensive end

Not what the Irish wanted to see…

The Irish and Ohio State Buckeyes have been battling each other for the 2023 number one overall class spot. In the recent weeks, the two teams have gone back-and-forth with each respective commitment.

Not only are they both battling each other for the number one distinction, they are also engaging in a head-to-head recruiting battle for Maryland defensive end [autotag]Jason Moore[/autotag]. Once thought to be a Notre Dame lean, multiple 247Sports crystal ball predictions have been logged in favor of the Buckeyes today.

Irish Insider Tom Loy, Ohio State insider Bill Kurelic and two of 247Sports national analysts, Steve Wiltfong and Brian Dohn all believe that Ohio State currently has the leg up on Moore’s recruitment. Those are the only current projections as to where they believe Moore will and, but each of the holds a good amount of weight within the industry.

Moore officially visited South Bend starting on June 10th and did the same with a visit to Columbus two weeks later. The Irish currently have [autotag]Keon Keeley[/autotag], [autotag]Brenan Vernon[/autotag], [autotag]Boubacar Traore[/autotag], and [autotag]Devan Houstan[/autotag] committed on the defensive line for the 2023 recruiting cycle.

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Notre Dame lands commitment from a Wafle

Notre Dame’s defensive line for the 2024 recruiting class is already off to a nice start!

For the second recruiting class in a row Notre Dame‘s first two verbal commitments come on the defensive line.  Last year it was [autotag]Keon Keely[/autotag] and [autotag]Brenan Vernon[/autotag] getting the cycle started with spring commitments and at this past spring game [autotag]Brandon Davis-Swain[/autotag] announced his commitment to the 2024 class.

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Joining Davis-Swain in the 2024 recruiting class will be defensive lineman [autotag]Owen Wafle[/autotag] who announced his commitment to Notre Dame on Monday.  Wafle is rated as a four-star prospect by both 247Sports and Rivals while On3 pegs him as a three-star talent.  The 6-2, 267-pounder from Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey chose Notre Dame over scholarship offers from Boston College, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Rutgers, and others.

According to MaxPreps, Wafle recorded 47 total tackles and five tackles for loss as a sophomore last season.

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Notre Dame’s most recent commit already putting on recruiting hat

He’s looking for the “missing piece”

At first glance with four defensive line commits, it would leave you to believe that the Irish are finished recruiting the position in the current cycle. That might not be the case, as newest Notre Dame 2023 commit Devan Houstan is actively recruiting another east coast player to join him, Brenan Vernon, Keon Keeley, and Boubacar Traore.

The apple of Houstan’s eye is DeMatha Catholic lineman Jason Moore. The six-foot-six-inch and 255-pound Maryland native boasts an impressive offer list which includes Ohio State, LSU, Alabama, USC, Oklahoma and others. Moore clearly one of the best players at his position in the country and the Irish would love to add him to the current committed class.

Houstan calls Moore “the missing piece” to what would be an absolute monster haul along the line. The age old adage that games are won in the trenches still applies and adding Moore would give Marcus Freeman another weapon to rush quarterbacks.

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Notre Dame adds another east coast defensive lineman with their newest commitment

Traore knew it!!!

When Boubacar Traore tweeted at fellow east coast star defensive lineman Devan Houstan earlier in the week, we kind of saw the writing on the wall that they could become teammates shortly. Well, that was exactly the case as Houstan has just verbally committed to the Irish on CBS Sports HQ.

The six-foot-four-inch and 270-pound lineman selected the Irish over Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest and Northwestern making him the twelfth  commitment for Marcus Freeman in the 2023 recruiting cycle. Houstan becomes the fourth defensive lineman in the class joining Keon Keeley, Brenan Vernon and Traore. You would to believe that Freeman has gotten the four players he was looking to add to the class.

At the current moment, the Irish have one of the top, if not the top, recruiting class of the 2023 cycle with plenty of room to add on other high quality players. They might be doing that as soon as next Friday, as offensive lineman Sullivan Absher is set to make his verbal commitment as well. This ‘23 class just continues to get better and better with each commitment.

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Notre Dame adds another 2023 defensive line commit

The defensive line haul is extremely impressive for the Irish

The Irish have consistently been ranked at the top or near the top of the 2023 recruiting cycle. This evening they have added Massachusetts defensive lineman Boubacar Traore to the already impressive class.

At six-foot-five-inches and 235-pounds, Traore selected the Irish over Boston College (was once committed), Michigan, and Pittsburgh. Those were his only current offers, which is a bit strange for a player who is viewed as one of the top players at his position. It’s also a bit odd due to the family lineage, his brother Badara, went to LSU and although went undrafted is currently an offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Traore becomes the eleventh total commit in Marcus Freeman’s first full recruiting cycle, the third defensive lineman with Keon Keeley and Brenan Vernon. The 2023 Notre Dame recruiting class is beginning to look like it will be on that will shape Freeman’s tenure.

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Recruiting action post Blue vs. Gold game for Notre Dame Football

It was a good weekend for the Irish

The end of the spring is always a big time draw for many recruits and Notre Dame’s Blue vs. Gold game is no different. Committed and uncommitted prospects share their experiences along with new offers as well. Find out below the latest on Irish recruiting post-spring game.

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Where the 2023 Notre Dame commits landed on 247Sports updated rankings

The Irish ‘23 class is loaded with talent

The Irish have one of the best recruiting classes in the country, actually the top class according to 247Sports. They recently updated their top 247 recruits and there are plenty of Notre Dame commits on the list. Find out below where they ranked in 247Sports latest update.

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Top 5 football recruits from the state of Ohio in the class of 2023

Top 5 football recruits from the state of Ohio in the class of 2023 #GoBucks

The 2022 recruiting cycle is almost in the books and the Ohio State Buckeyes did very well with a consensus top-five recruiting class in the nation and what is widely considered the best class in the Big Ten by a wide margin. This class has been marked with heavy hitters like C.J. Hicks, Devin Brown, and Kenyatta Jackson.

Another big deal was the reclassification of what was supposed to be a five-star stud in the class of 2023 in Sonny Styles to the class of 2022 and he will be enrolling in time for spring, but it is never too early to take a peek at what the next class has to offer.