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Notre Dame Adds 2020 Walk-On Quarterback

New Prairie High School’s Chase Ketterer announced Thursday night that he’ll attend college at Notre Dame as a walk-on prospect in the 2020 class.

Local kid chooses local school.  No matter how many times you rinse and repeat, that story never gets old and always feels good.  Now we get to hear it in regards to Notre Dame’s latest 2020 commitment, a local quarterback who is chasing big dreams with the Fighting Irish.

New Prairie High School’s Chase Ketterer announced Thursday night that he’ll attend college at Notre Dame as a walk-on prospect in the 2020 class.

The most interesting piece of conversation in this story isn’t so much a walk-on taking a chance at a big time school, but one doing so instead of taking Valparaiso up on their scholarship offer.

As a prospect Ketterer isn’t some incredible get.  He’s a run first quarterback, going for 5464 rush yards over the last three seasons and scoring 98 touchdowns.  He added 1494 pass yards and 17 passing touchdowns in that time.

Ketterer was a 2019 Indiana High School Athletic Association, Northern Indiana Conference (North) MVP and named a member of the Indiana class 4A All-State team this past fall.

’22 Ohio Quarterback Set to Visit Notre Dame

the likes of Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Minnesota, Northwestern, Pitt and others have expressed interest

The 2021 Notre Dame recruiting class is set at quarterback as Tyler Buchner of California is already committed but the groundwork for a 2022 signal-caller has been being laid for quite some time.  No offer has been made and one doesn’t appear imminent but Tom Loy of Irish Illustrated reports that ’22 prospect Chase Harrison will attend Notre Dame’s annual Blue-Gold Game on April 18.

Harrison wrapped up his sophomore season at Centerville High School in Dayton, Ohio this past fall and posted an impressive stat-line of: 215/329, 2638 passing yards, 28 touchdowns and seven interceptions.  Harrison added 180 rush yards and four scores on the ground.

Chase Harrison’s list of offers isn’t overly impressive as he only has three to date: Louisville, Toledo and Penn.  However, the likes of Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Minnesota, Northwestern, Pitt and others have expressed interest.

Harrison is listed at 6-2 and 191 pounds.  For any developments with his or any recruitments, we’ll keep you updated on them all at Fighting Irish Wire.

Ian Book’s Biggest Accomplishment to Date (His Words, Not Ours)

Book has now received his diploma, something he calls his “biggest accomplishment”.

Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book has reached a level most thought he’d never reach as he’s been the Fighting Irish quarterback for the better part of two full seasons and is returning for a third. Despite Book not being a massively hyped recruit I think it’s safe to say he’s more than held his own, even if that’s not good enough for some.

Book will return to quarterback Notre Dame in 2020 and his experience is a factor in why some have the Irish as a threat to return to the College Football Playoff.

When Book straps up this fall though, he’ll be doing so without having the same stresses as a Notre Dame student-athlete pursuing their degree. That’s because Book has now received his diploma, something he calls his “biggest accomplishment”.

Here’s to hoping this is just the first of many huge accomplishments for Book in 2020.

ND Football All-Decade Team – Quarterback

He’s 22 starts in, with 13 or 14 more to go hopefully, but Book was the only Notre Dame quarterback during this time period whose big numbers matched the team’s lofty success.

With Notre Dame’s season concluded and the entire college football season just waiting for the coronation next Monday night, what better time than now to reflect on the last decade of Notre Dame football. There is a little over three months until the April 18th spring game so let’s fill that time with some Brian Kelly-era reflection.

Over the next few months, we’re going to run through the best games, players and moments from the last ten years of Notre Dame football.

With the first installment, we start with the most important position in football. Here are the four quarterbacks on our 53-man All-Decade Team.

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Notre Dame Football: Phil Jurkovec Enters Transfer Portal

Jurkovec appeared in mop-up duty several times this year as he completed 12 of 15 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns while not throwing any interceptions.

Sophomore quarterback Phil Jurkovec’s days at Notre Dame may be numbered as he entered the transfer portal Wednesday.

Despite being a highly regarded, four-star recruit Jurkovec has been unable to pass Ian Book on Notre Dame’s depth chart.

Jurkovec appeared in mop-up duty several times this year as he completed 12 of 15 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns while not throwing any interceptions. He added another 130 yards on the ground, averaging 5.9 yards per carry.

Per SI/Bryan Driskell, it wasn’t simply a lack of playing time that is the reason for Jurkovec’s portal entry. Jurkovec is said to have been upset about comments made about the coaching staff lacking trust in him.

Although in the portal it is not a guarantee that Jurkovec is gone from Notre Dame as they can still try and talk him into staying.

As it sits now Ian Book enters 2020 the obvious starter at quarterback while freshman Drew Pyne is set to enroll this month. Reserves Brendon Clark, JD Carney, and Cole Caplan also all return to the team next year.

Watch: Tyree and Pyne Shine in Under Armour All-American Game as Notre Dame Future Looks Bright

At the end of the day it’s just an All-Star game but if you’re a Notre Dame fan that has been waiting for some next-level type talents, especially in terms of speed, you can’t help but get excited about what you saw in Orlando tonight.

Much of the talk this week in Orlando in regards to Notre Dame has been about running Chris Tyree and understandably so.

Tyree is the highest rated running back to choose Notre Dame in what seems like ages and he kept making headlines as he was a captain, the second fastest man and the winner of the shuttle competition between players.

Tyree wasn’t the only future Fighting Irish offensive player to turn heads during the week however as quarterback Drew Pyne of New Canaan, Connecticut did well for himself, too.

Pyne and Tyree teamed up with future Irish long-snapper Alex Pietsch on the Savage team in Thursday’s Under Armour All-American game and gave Irish fans everywhere reasons to get excited.

Pyne finished the night 9 for 11 passing for 124 yards, highlighted by a 42 yard touchdown pass to Ohio State-bound Julian Fleming.

Pyne’s Notre Dame teammate Chris Tyree didn’t let his big week go without one last flash either, scoring on a one yard run in the game on a hand-off from none other than Tyree.

At the end of the day it’s just an All-Star game but if you’re a Notre Dame fan that has been waiting for some next-level type talents, especially in terms of speed, you can’t help but get excited about what you saw in Orlando tonight.

240 days until Notre Dame vs. Navy in Ireland in case you were wondering.

PFF – Rankings Ian Book vs. Other Bowl Game Quarterbacks

Pro Football Focus recently rated every starting quarterback for every team playing in a bowl game this year on how they project as future NFL signal-callers.

Unfortunately for Ian Book, that didn’t come with a very kind evaluation.

Pro Football Focus does a good job of evaluating what college players project to at the next level.  There is good and bad that come of that.

Good in that you get an honest, unbiased evaluation about how a player has performed at the collegiate level and how that play effects how they project at the next level.

The bad in that is that sometimes the truth can hurt.

Pro Football Focus recently rated every starting quarterback for every team playing in a bowl game this year on how they project as future NFL signal-callers.

Unfortunately for Ian Book, that didn’t come with a very kind evaluation.

Ian Book checked in at No. 35 on the list and here’s the write-up from PFF on Book at the next level:

Book has a limited arm and serious pocket-presence issues. We charged him with 11 sacks and 38 pressures on his own this year after charging him with 18 sacks in 2018. Combine that with a limited arm and you have a long shot in the pros

-Pro Football Focus

It’s important to remember that these evaluations are done with the pro game in mind.

Book does so much with his feet that he can still be a difference-maker at the collegiate level in many cases.  However against the stiffer competition, such as Clemson, Georgia and Michigan, the ability to scatter ahead and keep drives moving consistently so much by his feet is extremely difficult to do.

I agree in that Ian Book doesn’t project as a professional quarterback because of what is sighted there and what we’ve discussed on here time and time again.

For what its worth, Brock Purdy of Iowa State checked in eighth in the rankings.