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Recruiting: Notre Dame Defensive Back Target Chooses Rival

Notre Dame star Kyle Hamilton was Josh Moore’s teammate at Marist School (HS). Now the two will get the chance to play against each other.

Notre Dame recently offered a scholarship to 2021 safety target Josh Moore of Marist School in Atlanta.  If Marist School sounds familiar that’s because it’s the same school that produced current Notre Dame star safety Kyle Hamilton.

Moore was offered by Notre Dame on May 6 and trimmed his list of potential colleges down to six just last week, the same day that he received an offer from Stanford.

Moore has made up his mind already and announced his decision late Tuesday morning, choosing the Stanford Cardinal.

Moore is graded as a three-star prospect on 247Sports and becomes the third player to commit to Stanford’s 2021 class joining quarterback Ari Patu and corner Jimmy Wyrick.

Notre Dame currently has ten commitments in the 2021 recruiting class with a pair of defensive backs in corner Philip Riley and safety Justin Walters.

Notre Dame Makes Top Six for Star Georgia Safety

Moore attends the same high school that produced current star Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton as well as the man who played more games as a Chicago Bear than anyone in history, Patrick Mannelly.

Notre Dame currently has 10 commitments to it’s 2021 recruiting class that most outlets have in the nation’s top ten overall.  They’ve received commitments from a pair of defensive backs but are still looking for more.

Good news came on that front Tuesday as Georgia star safety Josh Moore announced his top six schools and Notre Dame made the cut.

Moore is ranked a three-star recruit on 247Sports and the 42nd best safety in the 2021 class in those same rankings.

Joining Notre Dame were a few other schools very much known for great academics:  Northwestern, Boston College, Stanford, Syracuse and Duke.

Moore attends the same high school that produced current star Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton as well as the man who played more games as a Chicago Bear than anyone in history, Patrick Mannelly.

If you’d like to see or know more about Moore you can check out his junior year highlight video here.

Notre Dame’s Best Defender Given Massive Praise

Kyle Hamilton Averaged 34.9 coverage snaps per reception per Pro Football Focus, 35th nationally among all safeties and second among freshmen

Kyle Hamilton went from almost an afterthought of a recruit a few short years ago to an eventual five-star player in the 247Sports ratings and eventually became an impact-freshman in 2019.

Now the sophomore to be will have a lot of national eyes on him as he enters year two at Notre Dame as he’s been named by some in the new as one of the truly elite nationally at his position.

Anthony Treash of ESPN ranked returning safeties in college football ahead of the 2020 season and Hamilton checked in fifth nationally.

“True freshman safety Hamilton could not have done much more in coverage for the Fighting Irish last season. The 6-foot-4 defensive back finished among the five best safeties in the country in PFF coverage grade and had more interceptions plus pass breakups (nine) than catches allowed (seven). That production paved the way to a 1.3 passer rating allowed. Hamilton read quarterbacks like books and made special plays all season. He’ll be a vital piece to the Irish secondary the next couple of seasons.”

Hamilton is a star in the making and despite some secondary losses to the NFL in Troy Pride, Jr., Donte Vaughn Jalen Elliot and Alohi Gilman, Hamilton’s presence along with highly-touted players in both Isaiah Pryor and Houston Griffith make me more optimistic about the secondary than others.

If you want to see Hamilton’s accomplishments and watch 2:30 of his highlights from freshman year then click ahead…

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