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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.

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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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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Is Ohio State trying to flip Notre Dame commits and more recruiting news

Interesting news here….

The Irish faced off against Ohio State in the season opener and it didn’t go as many of us would have liked, with Notre Dame falling 21-10 to the Buckeyes in Columbus. Not only were there ramifications on the field but off them as well, specifically on the recruiting trail. Both Midwest powers go after plenty of the same prospects so it would make sense if the Irish or Buckeyes would try and take each other’s prospects.

247Sports recruiting guru Bill Kurelic recently broached the topic of the Buckeyes trying to flip some Irish commits (subscription required) and here are the details of the report.

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Watch: Notre Dame shows recruit love with amazing, futuristic video

Gonna be hard to top this

The Irish have been killing it on social media recently. Their announcement they will wear white jerseys for the Shamrock Series game in Las Vegas created a wave of positive buzz along different platforms.

They are at it again, but this time with a recruitment video. Linebacker commit [autotag]Jaiden Ausberry[/autotag] went to Twitter to share one of the latest videos created by the Notre Dame football social media team.

This one is like looking into the future, complete with AI inside a helmet’s visor along with face recognition, video and audio capabilities. Most likely this technology will never be used, but it’s still pretty cool to see. Check it out for yourself.

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Let’s Talk About It: How is ‘Recruiting the Boot’ going for LSU?

Coach Brian Kelly has silenced much of the criticism surrounding his in-state recruiting.

For the past few months, there have been many posts on social media and football message boards about how LSU coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] was not doing a great job recruiting the best players from Louisiana. So, we’re going to take a look into how well the Tigers are doing when it comes to ‘Recruiting the Boot’.

Of the top 15 recruits in Louisiana for the class of 2023, LSU currently has five commits ([autotag]Shelton Sampson Jr.[/autotag], [autotag]Kaleb Jackson[/autotag], [autotag]Kylin Jackson[/autotag], [autotag]Rickie Collins[/autotag] and [autotag]Tyree Adams[/autotag]) and they have  Crystal Ball projections for two more ([autotag]Zalance Heard[/autotag] and [autotag]Khai Prean[/autotag]).

If you go back one more spot, LSU could possibly land eight out of the top 16 players in the state — [autotag]Trey Holly[/autotag], another LSU commit, is No. 16 on the list.

Sure, Kelly missed out on some of the top prospects like [autotag]Arch Manning[/autotag], [autotag]Derek Williams[/autotag], [autotag]Eli Holstein[/autotag] and [autotag]Tackett Curtis[/autotag], but this isn’t Pokémon.

You aren’t going to catch them all.

Landing 50% of the top 16 players in the state is a very high clip. It’s also a lot more than anyone else has in your state. Out of the top 16 players, LSU could land eight while Texas has two (Manning and Williams). Alabama ([autotag]Eli Holstein[/autotag]), USC ([autotag]Tackett Curtis[/autotag]), Notre Dame ([autotag]Jaiden Ausberry[/autotag]), Nebraska ([autotag]Omarion Miller[/autotag]), Tennessee ([autotag]Jordan Matthews[/autotag]), and Washington ([autotag]Curley Reed[/autotag]) each have one.

No, it has not been a perfect recruiting cycle, but, in my opinion, it has been pretty successful.

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Notre Dame’s recruiting run continues, adds 2024 offensive lineman

The recruiting run continues

The Irish Football team is on an absolute recruiting roll. Over the last three days starting on Thursday, Notre Dame gained commitments in the 2023 class from linebacker [autotag]Jaiden Ausberry[/autotag], safety [autotag]Ben Minich[/autotag] and running back [autotag]Dylan Edwards[/autotag].

Today, it was the 2024 classes turn for a verbal, as Pennsylvania offensive lineman Peter Jones committed to [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and offensive line coach [autotag]Harry Hiestand[/autotag]. The six-foot-five-inch and 295-pound mauler selected Notre Dame over offers from Penn State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and many others. Jones becomes the sixth commitment in the class and the first offensive lineman. It seems that the visit in April was a success.

This verbal was the biggest surprise of the group, as Jones did not have a set commitment date. Regardless, the Irish once again are off to a very good start with the 2024 class.

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The Irish make it three-for-three as they gain another 2023 commit

A massive span of three days for Irish recruiting

The end of this week looked like a massive one for Irish recruiting. The first domino was Louisiana linebacker [autotag]Jaiden Ausberry[/autotag], who committed on Thursday. Yesterday, it was Ohio safety [autotag]Ben Minich[/autotag] who verbally committed to the Irish. Two-for-two with just one other announcement remaining, Kansas running back [autotag]Dylan Edwards[/autotag].

The talented runner made his decision and once again Notre Dame fans should be extremely happy. Edwards like Ausberry and Minich made his decision in favor of the Irish, giving Notre Dame another weapon in the backfield in the future. It was a quick flip for Edwards, who just last week was committed to Kansas State.

Edwards brings the Irish 2023 class to twenty-three total members and once again tops the 247Sports composite team rankings. It’s safe to say that the past three days have been extremely prosperous for [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and now the class is close to being complete.

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For second day in a row Notre Dame lands 2023 defensive commitment

What does this class still need to add in your eyes?

Notre Dame has ended the work-week strong in terms of recruiting as Friday saw them land a commitment on the defensive side of the football for the second day in a row in regards to the 2023 class.

Thursday it was four-star linebacker [autotag]Jaiden Ausberry[/autotag] who they pulled from the literal shadows of LSU’s Tiger Stadium in earning a commitment.  Friday it was a recent Ohio offer that announced he’d be playing football at Notre Dame.

[autotag]Ben Minich[/autotag], a three-star safety from Cincinnati announced it was Notre Dame for him Friday, choosing the Irish over Cincinnati, Duke, and Wake Forest as finalists.

Minich checks in at 5-11.5, 185-pounds and is about to get his senior season underway at Lakota High School in Cincinnati.  He had roughly 25 scholarship offers in full, including from Power Five programs Iowa State, Oklahoma, Purdue, Indiana, and Wisconsin just to name a few.

Minich adds depth at safety in the 2023 class as he’s the third at the position to commit.  He joins [autotag]Peyton Bowen[/autotag] and [autotag]Adon Shuler[/autotag] in the class, providing valuable insurance if one of those is to ultimately change their college decision.

Notre Dame now has the top ranked recruiting class in 2023 according to 247Sports as the Irish edge Alabama by a nose.  Georgia, Ohio State, Texas, and Oklahoma round out the top six.

[autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and Notre Dame hope it doesn’t take long for commitment number-23 to come in as the Irish are a finalist for running back [autotag]Dylan Edwards[/autotag] who is set to announce his college decision on Saturday.

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