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247Sports believes two Notre Dame players at All-American game will have immediate impacts

These two future Irish stars could have impacts early

It’s a rite of passage for some elite high school football players to compete one last time on a national stage in an all-star game. Notre Dame has a few players competing in those this cycle.

Two of them, linebacker [autotag]Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa[/autotag] and running back [autotag]Kedren Young[/autotag], have impressed scouts enough for them to believe they will have immediate impacts. 247Sports chose 13 players who should make a splash right away, and the site selected two Irish signees.

Viliamu-Asa “erased any doubts of athletic limitations as he displayed outstanding play speed and the ability to quickly key and diagnose,” wrote Cooper Petagna.

As for Young, Gabe Brooks described him as “one of the most ready-made running backs in the outgoing class.”

Significant credit has to go to head coach Marcus Freeman. During his tenure, the Irish have seen a massive uptick in recruiting talent to South Bend. Viliamu-Asa and Young are just two of the many players who will start their Notre Dame career with high expectations.

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Notre Dame 2024 commits share their ‘Think Big’ videos and graphics

These are all excellent #ThinkBig

It has been a pretty big day for [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] and their social media team.

Not only was the Irish’s green jerseys unveiled on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, but multiple 2024 commitments shared videos and graphics with the hashtag of ThinkBig, the slogan of their class.

Was is unique about this campaign is that none of the videos shared were the same, each of the individually crafted for each commitment. It’s a job well done by the Notre Dame social media staff, as they have been extremely busy the past few weeks getting all of this prepared to roll out at the same time.

Take a look below at some of the videos and graphics shared by the Irish verbal commitments.

Scout’s view: Notre Dame 2024 running back Kedren Young

A potential clone of a current back on the team?

[autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] landed one of the best running backs in the country this week as Texas’ [autotag]Kedren Young[/autotag] verbally committed on Monday.

Young dominated his area this past season with 237 carries for 1,751 yards and 19 scores. Those are monster numbers for a high school junior, especially in Texas.

He’s got solid size, standing 5-foot, 11-inches and 220 pounds, Young’s frame already looks like he’s been living in a weight room. Ranked as the 14th best running back and 207th overall player by the 247Sports composite, Notre Dame got a good one.

Find out what I saw after watching Young’s junior season highlight film along with what to expect from him during his early Irish years.

Notre Dame football: Eyes of Irish are upon Texas (YET again)

Irish eyes are smiling upon Texas

Roughly two weeks ago Notre Dame landed a commitment from defensive end Loghan Thomas, adding to their recent run of attracting talent from Texas.  Roughly two weeks later we’re already updating and re-releasing this story because another Texas product has committed to Notre Dame. 

This time its running back [autotag]Kedren Young[/autotag], who announced his commitment on Monday night.  With that at the front of your mind, let’s review how [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and his staff have changed Notre Dame’s Texas narrative in short order.

Notre Dame football is well known for recruiting coast-to-coast.  It makes sense as the recruiting hotbed in their home state of Indiana struggles in comparison to the Florida, Georgia, California, and Texas-types of the football world.

Now, about that Texas thing.  Notre Dame is doing something in the Longhorn State that they simply haven’t done in a very long time.  They’re establishing roots and making the high school football hot bed a priority.

Since 2000 and with the recent addition of 2024 recruits Loghan Thomas, and Young, 30 players have ultimately signed to play at Notre Dame after playing high school ball in Texas.  I’m no math wizard but that’s just over a player per year on average.

Considering it’s the state that annually puts more talent in the NFL than any of the other 49, it’s a place you’d probably like to get talent from regularly.  That largely didn’t happen for Notre Dame from 2015-2021 when just five players in a seven-year recruiting cycle came from Texas.

It is however changing in large part to the efforts of wide receivers coach [autotag]Chansi Stuckey[/autotag].  Stuckey was key in landing three receivers alone from Texas in the 2023 class and the Irish already have one commit while they’re working on more for 2024.

Here are Notre Dame’s high school commits from Texas since 2000.  Although the numbers aren’t huge, the percentage of them who turned out to be significant contributors at Notre Dame is impressive.

Notre Dame gets a commitment from 2024 Texas running back

The Irish get a second running back commit for the ‘24 class

It didn’t take long to see the fruits of [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag]’s recruiting labors pay off from this weekend’s Irish Invasion.

Texas running back [autotag]Kedren Young[/autotag] made his verbal commitment to the Irish on Monday evening. The 5-foot, 10-inch and 220 pound bruiser is rated as the 14th best back and 207th overall player according to the 247Sports composite.

Young had a few more official visits scheduled, but what he saw over this past weekend in South Bend was all he needed to see. He becomes the 18th overall commit in the 2024 recruiting class, the second running back along with Aneyas Williams.

The Irish are most likely done recruiting the position for this cycle with Young in the fold.

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Texas A&M offers 2024 4-Star RB Kedren Young

Texas A&M has offered the talented 2024 4-star running back, Kedren Young

Texas A&M has recruited some of the more elite running back prospects during head coach Jimbo Fishers’ time with the program, most recently securing the talents of 2023 five-star back Reuben Owens, who is already in competition for the starting spot next season.

On Friday, the Aggies continued the forge ahead in the 2024 cycle, sending an offer to 4-star running back Kedren Young out of Lufkin, Texas. Staying true to their strength of recruiting in-state talent, specifically on offense, Young is a rare commodity in the backfield, possessing game-breaking speed and power while rushing for 1,751 yards and 19 touchdowns during his 2022 junior season.

According to 247Sports, Kedren Young is ranked as the 21st running back prospect in the country, and the 46-ranked player in Texas. Standing at 5-10 and 220 lbs, Young is listed as the preferred size for a three-down back, especially in the SEC. As of now, Texas A&M may have a slight advantage after Young’s unofficial visit to College Station on Jan. 28th, though he is also scheduled to take an official visit to Notre Dame early this summer on June 2nd.

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