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Notre Dame Presents Offer to Tight End Recruit Mac Markway

Like many other schools looking at tight end recruit Mac Markway, Notre Dame isn’t wasting time.

Like many other schools looking at tight end recruit Mac Markway, Notre Dame isn’t wasting time. Irish tight ends coach John McNulty has made Markway an offer even though he just completed his sophomore season at De Smet Jesuit in St. Louis. If Markway selects Notre Dame, he’ll join fellow De Smet product and current Irish receiver Jordan Johnson, who will be a senior by the time he begins his collegiate career:

Notre Dame obviously felt it had to move fast on Markway because he’s already drawn interest from 24 schools and received offers from 20 of them. These include Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Ohio State, Washington, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Iowa, Miami, Texas A&M and Kansas. There’s no telling how much more he can develop as he continues playing at the prep level. It will be exciting to watch him continue to climb the ranks.

Notre Dame Misses Cut for Elite 2021 Cornerback

Notre Dame does not have a commitment to its 2021 class by a cornerback. It does however have what is regarded as a top-three class nationwide early-on.

Mike Mickens getting the cornerbacks coach job at Notre Dame could mean many good things for the Fighting Irish secondary. One of those things however won’t be landing a commitment from one of the nation’s top cornerbacks in 2021.

Jakailin (JK) Johnson of DeSmet Jesuit in St. Louis announced his six remaining schools Friday and Notre Dame did not make the cut.

If DeSmet sounds familiar it’s because Notre Dame has been linked there quite a bit recently. 2020 wide receiver commitment Jordan Johnson played his high school football there while their head coach Robert Steeples had been reported to be a candidate to become Notre Dame’s cornerbacks coach, a job of course went to Mickens earlier this week.

Listen, there is no promise whatsoever if Steeples got the job that Johnson would have wound up at Notre Dame. More importantly, hire the guy who is best for the program, not for just one individual.

I’m really hoping this doesn’t turn into anything bigger for fans because as of this point it absolutely shouldn’t.

To date, Notre Dame does not have a commitment to its 2021 class by a cornerback. It does however have what is regarded as a top-three class nationwide early-on.