Tag: Darren Agu

Recent decommit from Notre Dame finds new home with familiar face

A new place with a familiar face for a former Irish commit

Although the Irish lost a very good prospect in defensive end Darren Agu, it seems like he knew where he wanted to ultimately end up. It took just three days for the Georgian to announce his next school, Vanderbilt.

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It seems like it’s a bit odd that Agu would commit to Clark Lea’s former school, the commit to his current school, Vandy. It’s not as if the Commodore’s offered him recently, that happened back in February of this year.

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Did the depth chart scare him off? Was it something else? Who really knows at this point in time but what we do know is that Agu won’t be returning to the Irish 2022 recruiting class.

The Irish now can move on to their other targets, although it would have been nice to see Agu in Blue and Gold.

Defensive end decommits from Notre Dame

It stinks but at least it’s at a position of strength…

Notre Dame football lost one of its 2022 recruiting commitments on Sunday as defensive end Darren Agu announced he’s no longer committed to the Fighting Irish.

Agu is listed as a three-star recruit on both 247Sports and Rivals and had several offers, including from Alabama.  Notre Dame does still have 2022 commitments from defensive ends Tyson Ford and Aiden Gobaira.

Notre Dame is also in the running for prized defensive lineman Anthony Lucas who officially visited campus in June.

You never want to lose a commitment but in terms of the 2022 recruiting class, the Agu de-commitment stings almost the least of any potential de-commitment because of the overall talent at the position.

Related:

Notre Dame’s 2022 Recruiting Class Commitments

Notre Dame’s top defensive recruits since 2000

Notre Dame gives offer to defensive end recruit Nigel Smith

The Irish are after a young recruit to shore up their defensive line.

We’re now at the point where programs start making offers to recruits who have completed their freshman season. Notre Dame now is one of them. The Irish’s latest offer takes them to Melissa, Texas, where they are pursuing strong-side defensive end Nigel Smith:

Over the previous few minutes of making the Notre Dame offer public, Smith also announced he had received offers from North Texas and UTSA. While those programs obviously would keep him closer to home, neither Conference USA school has anything close to the history or reputation of Notre Dame. Of course, it will take more than that to convince Smith to come to South Bend.

Notre Dame already has a pair of strong-side defensive ends coming in for the 2022 season in Tyson Ford and Aiden Gobaira. They’ll also add a weak-side defensive end in Darren Agu. Here’s hoping they will be good mentors for Smith by the time he arrives if that’s indeed what happens.

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Notre Dame lands commitment from coveted defensive end

A star in the making for the Irish?

Notre Dame landed their 12th commitment to the 2022 recruiting class on Friday when 6-6, 225-pound defensive end Darren Agu of Rebun Gap, Georgia made his decision official.

Agu is listed as a three-star prospect on 247Sports but has offers from some of the biggest programs like Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Penn State, and several others as 31 programs in total have extended scholarship offers.

Agu was actually born in Ireland and raised in England before moving to Georgia only a year ago and playing 11-man football for just one season before getting those 31 offers.

For a young man who has been playing tradition American football for a year to have received a scholarship offer from Alabama tells you all you need to know about the potential Agu has.

Now can he continue to grow with it?

If so, Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame very well may have just landed a star in the making.

Related:

Scouts view of Ogu commitment

Michigan State Football offers rising 2022 tight end Darren Agu

Michigan State has offered a fast-rising 2022 prospect in 6-foot-7 tight end Darren Agu.

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Now that we are in the thick of the high school football season, many players are out there making names for themselves and attracting the attention of college coaches. One such player is Darren Agu, a 2022 6-foot-7 tight end who just received a scholarship offer from Michigan State Football.

This is the fifth Power 5 offer Agu has received, and they all came this month. Agu was unranked heading into this month but must have done something recently to draw the eye of these coaches around the country. At 6-foot-7, he fits perfectly into the type of player that Tucker has been recruiting for the Spartans.

Agu is from Rabu Gap, Georgia’s Rabun Gap-Nacoochee school.

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Here is his scholarship announcement:

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