Is Notre Dame going to start a freshman at offensive tackle in the Sun Bowl?

Will we be seeing another freshman starter at tackle in the Sun Bowl?

When both starting Notre Dame offensive tackles, Joe Alt and Blake Fisher, declared for the NFL draft and opted out of the Sun Bowl, it left a massive pair of holes on the Irish offensive line.

It looks like Notre Dame could be leaning towards starting another true freshman. Both Alt and Fisher started in their first seasons and now it looks like [autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag] will be following in his teammates footsteps.

As head coach Marcus Freeman met with the media ahead of the bowl contest against Oregon State, he was asked who led the competition to start at those opens spots and the freshman from Illinois has been taking the reps with the first team on the left side and looks like he’ll get the nod.

Tosh Baker and Aamil Wagner are battling it out on the other side, but both have been in the program for multiple years. Jagusah was the highest ranked Irish commit of the 2023 class, as he was the No. 46 overall recruit of the class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

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Meet Notre Dame’s Now Complete 2023 Recruiting Class

Meet Notre Dame’s 26 current commitments in what is a top-five class nationally.

After a whirlwind couple of years the 2023 recruiting class has officially been completed at Notre Dame.  What started out tremendously hit a few snags along the way.  It closed with one of the strangest signing day stories you’ll ever see when Peyton Bowen bailed on Notre Dame for Oregon, only to change his mind and bail on Oregon for Oklahoma just a day later.

In all, Notre Dame wound up with 24 signed commitments after the second signing period in February.  It didn’t finish in the top couple of spots nationally like we had hoped after it’s tremendous start but will continue to add to the overall talent for Notre Dame.

Here are the 24 newest members of the Notre Dame football team:

Where each 2023 Notre Dame signee landed on ESPN’s final recruiting class update

The Irish class is loaded with talent

The first full class for [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] should be viewed at as a booming success for [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] football. Not only did the Irish fill holes but they created a lot of depth across every position group. It was extremely impressive for the first-time head coach.

Today, ESPN released their final update to the 2023 recruiting cycle and there was plenty of Irish signees that were named on their list. Even though there weren’t any players ranked inside the top 50, Notre Dame players were still all around the list.

Find out below which Fighting Irish signees made ESPN’s final top 300 list.

Watch: Highlight of Notre Dame signees at All-American Bowl

Plenty of future Irish stars in Texas this week

The Irish are very well represented at this years [autotag]All-American Bowl[/autotag]. In total there are nine [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] signees that were invited to the game but for three of them (offensive lineman [autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag], quarterback [autotag]Kenny Minchey[/autotag] and defensive end [autotag]Boubacar Traore[/autotag]) are out with injuries.

The majority of the healthy future Irish players are in San Antonio already but wide receiver [autotag]Rico Flores[/autotag] won’t arrive until tomorrow. There are still more than a few highlights that were shared on twitter of the soon-to-be Irish freshman. Check out the clips below of Notre Dame’s next stars.

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Notre Dame Football 2023 early signing day tracker

This class didn’t waste any time getting their signatures to South Bend

It is finally upon us, the hard work the Irish football staff has put in can finally but a “bow” on the 2023 recruiting cycle. Yes, there is still another point where recruits can sign, but Marcus Freeman and his staff have already maxed out the class with verbals and if everyone signs, they will be one over the normal allotment of 25 players.

A few of the verbals didn’t waste any time faxing their information over to South Bend but they should keep coming in as the day proceeds. Find out below which Irish commitments have made their Notre Dame pledges complete. (This list will be updated as the day goes on so make sure to return.)

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Notre Dame has two commitments selected in ESPN’s fantasy ‘23 recruit draft

It’s a great pair they selected

Call me a sucker for a good fantasy draft, I just love them. Doesn’t matter the sport, it’s just fun fodder to look at and ESPN took a stab at one today that I have yet to see before. Each of their recruiting analysts, Craig Haubert and Tom Luginbill, selected a starting lineup of 2023 recruits (insider), minus specialists.

It was a very interesting exercise, as they didn’t just select the top 44 overall recruits, they each had a strategy behind their selections which saw two Notre Dame verbal commitments selected. Find out below which pair of recruits got picked along short explanation of why there were picked.

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Where each Notre Dame ‘23 commit landed on 247Sports updated Top 247

This list is long and impressive for the Irish

The Irish have amassed one of the top recruiting classes for the 2023 cycle, it has been an impressive group in the little time that Marcus Freeman has been leading the program. Yes, the news on this front has not been the best in the recent weeks, but the work has still been put in and the results are fantastic.

Since 247Sports has now analyzed the play from the past high school season, they made one of their final class updated and released their latest Top 247 recruits. Plenty of future Irish stars made their list and you can find out below which ones did and where they ended up.

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Notre Dame flips Wisconsin 2023 offensive lineman

The Irish add one of the Midwests best OL’s

Although the Irish didn’t win on the field last night, they won a recruiting battle against a Big Ten foe. Illinois offensive lineman [autotag]Christopher Terek[/autotag] was committed to Wisconsin, but almost exactly as the Badger were announcing new head coach [autotag]Luke Fickell[/autotag], Terek announced that he was flipping to Notre Dame.

It probably won’t be the last time that [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and his former employer will be vying for a prospect, even though Terek’s pledge to Notre Dame wasn’t really a head-to-head recruiting battle between the two coaches.  The six-foot-five-inch and 320-pound lineman also had offers from Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and others before his top to the Irish.

Terek’s now makes the 2023 class “full” with 25 commitments, while joining [autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag], [autotag]Sullivan Absher[/ [autotag]Sam Pendleton[/autotag], and [autotag]Joe Otting[/autotag] as the offensive lineman in the group. The Irish collectively still have one of the best class of the recruiting cycle.

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Breaking: Notre Dame loses another 2023 commitment

Not the best recruiting news at all

At one point during this 2023 recruiting cycle, Notre Dame held the top spot in the nation but things have certainly changed since sitting atop the recruiting world earlier this year. First it was [autotag]Sedrick Irvin Jr.[/autotag], then [autotag]Justyn Rhett[/autotag] and the biggest decommit, [autotag]Keon Keeley[/autotag].

Keely obviously hurt the most, as he was the highest rated commit and was on the Ohio State sidelines shortly after formally announcing he was not a part of the Irish class anymore.

Today the fourth decommit of the 2023 cycle happened for the Irish as Arizona offensive lineman [autotag]Elijah Paige[/autotag] has decided to step away from his pledge to Notre Dame.

This one was a bit surprising as there was no smoke to Paige leaving the class. With Paige gone, the Irish have twenty-two verbals with four offensive lineman ([autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag], [autotag]Sullivan Absher[/autotag], [autotag]Joe Otting[/autotag], and [autotag]Sam Pendleton[/autotag]).

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Which two Notre Dame 2023 commits On3 believes are underrated

High-end underrated players, yes please

Although the Irish recently lost a commitment from their formerly highest rated player in defensive end Keon Keeley, the 2023 recruiting class is still very highly thought of. The group still ranks as one of the best in the country and there may be a few gems it the group as well. On3 looked at a few recruits who they believe are underrated, and two Notre Dame verbals came up. Find out below which ones and why they believe the industry has them ranked lower than they should be.

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