It was a weird day in recruiting if you’re a Notre Dame fan. No, not because any big-time player committed and then de-committed or because Notre Dame offered a sophomore tight end that looks ready for the big time. It was instead because of the star-ranking being applied to Notre Dame quarterback commit in the 2021 class, Tyler Buchner.
Buchner, a senior to be at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California began the day as a four-star recruit. Sometime in the late morning his composite rating on 247Sports jumped to five-stars. Then a short time later it was back down to four. One Foot Down did a good job breaking this down.
Listen, I don’t really care what his star total is today or what it is going to be in late December when he ultimately signs his National Letter of Intent. He appears to be a star in the making and will enter Notre Dame with the most hype a quarterback has had since Gunner Kiel began his Fighting Irish career (and we all know how well that worked out).
Where Buchner did gain a ton of ground and didn’t give it back in a single day was in the overall player rankings on 247Sports. Buchner had been the 103rd rated player in the 2021 recruiting class nationally by the outlet before being promoted to number 50 overall today.
Buchner now ranks as the third highest dual threat quarterback in the class according to 247Sports and the sixth overall quarterback. He’s shown that he is clearly a great athlete but most of the questions surrounding him come from his level of competition as he plays in California’s lowest classification for high school football.
Regardless of who he plays and whether he ends up with a fifth star or not, the hype train has already pulled out of the station for Tyler Buchner and will likely only be picking up steam as it makes the year long journey to South Bend.