Tag: Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football recruiting 2022

Notre Dame offers interesting 2023 athlete from North Carolina

Could his Top-5 be changing soon?

It seems like Marcus Freeman is using the Notre Dame national recruiting pull to his advantage. The Irish are one of a few schools around the nation that doesn’t just recruit regionally, they have the reach all across the country.

Freeman once again used this clout as he went out to North Carolina and offered Keith Sampson Jr. a scholarship this evening. At six-foot-four-inches and 285-pounds, the Tar Heel State star plays on both sides of the ball, as a defensive tackle and tight end. Sampson Jr. must be one impressive athlete if he’s playing tight end at that size.

Just this past week, Sampson Jr. dropped his top five schools: Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina State, but in his tweet made it clear that his recruitment was still open. Hopefully the Irish offer gives this impressive athlete something to think about.

Scouts view: ‘22 Notre Dame running back commit Jadarian Price

Our resident scout takes a look at the most recent Notre Dame football commit, Texas running back Jadarian Price.

The state of Texas is always loaded with high school talent and yesterday the Irish dipped into the talent pool and gained a commitment from running back Jadarian Price.

The five-foot-eleven-inch and 185-pound back held the Notre Dame offer for less than a month before pulling the trigger to join the 2022 Irish recruiting class.

Here is what to expect from Price when he arrives in South Bend:

The first thing that is noticeable in Price’s game is his running style, he’s a North/South runner who picks his lanes well and has the speed to exploit those holes. An ability to put his foot in the ground and turn up the field, Price has one cut and go in his game. There isn’t too much wiggle to what Price brings to the table, but he shows enough in that area where it won’t be a hinderance to his game.

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When Price is looking for a hole he baits defenders running at a slower speed, then turns on the jets to hit the opening. Arm tackles won’t bring him down, showing his strength at the position. Price also has good hands out of the backfield, defenses have to be aware of him as a threat out of the backfield.

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The Irish beat out schools like Ohio State, USC and Auburn for Price’s services, a big recruiting pull from the Lone Star state.

Notre Dame trying to flip Penn State ‘22 commitment, will visit via Zoom today

The Notre Dame coaching staff is going hard after Big Ten teams commitments, this time going after a Penn State wide receiver commit.

The Notre Dame coaching staff is hard at work trying to secure another top-10 recruiting class for the 2022 cycle. This past weekend, the Best of the Midwest Combine was held and 247Sports Steve Wiltfong was on hand. His recruiting report had an interesting nugget regarding Penn State wide receiver commit Kaden Saunders.

Although Saunders has been committed to the Nittany Lions since July of last year, he’s still “keeping the lines of communication open with others including Florida State, Notre Dame and Oregon. He’ll have a Zoom meeting with the Irish staff on Monday,” said Wiltfong.

The five-foot-ten-inch and 172-pound receiver was offered a scholarship by the Irish when he unofficially visited South Bend in February last year.

At the current moment, the 2022 class does not have a committed player at wide receiver. The Irish are searching for their first commit, as they have recently offered Addison Copeland.

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It seems like the staff has no issues going to recruit other schools commits. They are trying to flip Ohio State commitment Jyaire Brown and although Copeland decommitted after the Irish offer, he can be viewed as a flip also.

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This is an interesting situation with Saunders that bears watching. The Irish could be on the verge of flipping another Big Ten committed player.

Notre Dame football hosted Bishop Gorman star for virtual visit

The Notre Dame coaching staff hosted Bishop Gorman offensive lineman Jake Taylor for a virtual visit last night.

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The Notre Dame staff offered Las Vegas’ star offensive tackle Jake Taylor back in early October of last year. With the NCAA mandated dead period still in effect the only way recruits are able to “visit” schools is virtually. That’s exactly what happened last night with Taylor.

Although it is nothing like actually stepping foot on campus, virtual South Bend and the football facilities are really the only options for Brian Kelly and his staff at the moment. The Irish followed up a virtual visit that Taylor took to Alabama, but it seems like Notre Dame made a very positive impression on the six-foot-six-inch and 280-pound lineman.

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Taylor does seem to want to physically visit programs, he made a trip out to Oklahoma during the season. The star tackle has yet to visit South Bend, so expect him to make a trip when the NCAA lifts the dead period.

Notre Dame offers Rutgers ‘22 WR commit; less than an hour later he decommits

Shortly after Notre Dame offered Rutgers commit Addison Copeland, the New York wide receiver decommitted from the Scarlet Knights.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Notre Dame coaching staff was working the phones on the 2022 class. A call from offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and wide receiver coach Del Alexander resulted in an offer for New York receiver Addison Copeland.

Copeland tweeted the good news, and the now former Rutgers commit then posted he will reopen his recruitment.

Does this mean the Irish offer will result in landing Copeland? It could be  the Notre Dame staff has been recruiting the talented wide receiver for some time.

The 6-foot-3-inch, 185-pound Copeland has offers from Indiana, BYU and a few others. Now the Irish are in the mix for recruiting the New York star.

Scouts view: Newest Notre Dame ‘22 commit, defensive end Aiden Gobaira

A scouts look at what to expect from newest 2022 Notre Dame commit Aiden Gobaira, a defensive end.

The Irish gained another 2022 commit in Virginia’s Aiden Gobaira this afternoon. The commit brings the ‘22 class to a total of 6 commits, good for 6th overall nationally according to the 247Sports composite.

The second defensive end in the class, Gobaira stands six-foot-six-inches and weights 235-pounds. Due to Virginia not playing football this fall, analyzing the newest Notre Dame commit’s tape is from his sophomore year.

Once Gobaira finishes his spring season, we’ll come back and take a look at how he has progressed. But right now let’s take a look at what to expect from the newest member of the 2022 Irish football recruiting class.

The first thing that pops off on Gobaira’s tape is his elite speed off the edge. At the high school level, this is a big time weapon, many offensive tackles just aren’t fast enough to contend with his first few steps. When Gobaira isn’t getting to the quarterback, he’s chasing down plays from the backside, his speed once again playing a big part.

Gobaira possess a great frame, long, lean and athletic, he should not have any problems adding weight once Strength and Conditioning coach Matt Balis gets his hands on him. What he does need to work on right now is having more of an array of moves to beat offensive linemen. At the collegiate level, Gobaira won’t be able to just run by tackles, he’ll need to work having multiple moves.

I wouldn’t expect Gobaira enter the program and see significant playing time right away. Most likely he will take a few years of honing his craft before he makes waves on the Notre Dame defense. Either way, we are happy Gobaira is on board in 2022.