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Notre Dame receiver target moves up date of decision

What do you make of this?

When Notre Dame made the final cut for receiver recruit [autotag]Rodney Gallagher[/autotag], July 4 was tabbed as the day he would make his decision. A couple of days later, Irish receiver commit [autotag]Braylon James[/autotag] took to Twitter to try and sway him towards South Bend. Now, it turns out James and the rest of the Irish won’t have to wait as long for Gallagher to make up his mind. Gallagher apparently doesn’t need as much time to think about his future because he sent out these thoughts:

The Irish and seven other programs, all of which come from Power Five conferences, are in the running for Gallagher’s services. The only thing we know for sure is that he can’t go wrong with any of the finalists. You’d think with his choices, he would take all the time necessary to weigh his options. However, as is often said after engagements become official, when you know, you know.

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4-star WR Rico Flores narrows his top schools list

4-star wide receiver recruit Rico Flores has reduced his top five schools to a list of only three schools.

Wide receiver recruit Rico Flores has reduced his top five schools to three. The four-star class of 2023 receiver plans to commit to play college football at one lucky school on July 3.

Flores plays high school football for Folsom High School in Folsom, California.

Flores is ranked No. 193 in the class of 2023 and No. 26 among wide receivers. He’s rated as the No. 13 prospect in California.

Georgia’s class of 2023 has commitments from a pair of tight ends and one wide receiver, Raymond Cottrell. The Bulldogs are still on the hunt to add a few more receivers in the class of 2023. Could Flores commit to the Dawgs?

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound receiver recently amended his top schools. Where is he favored to attend? Who are his top three?

Watch: Notre Dame commit Sullivan Absher pretends to pick Clemson

Think Tigers fans are salty?

We have no disrespect for Clemson around these parts. After all, that program has beaten Notre Dame handily a couple of times over the past few years. Chances are the Irish wouldn’t have won that one game had Trevor Lawrence been able to play. But how can you not love what Irish offensive tackle commit [autotag]Sullivan Absher[/autotag] did while making his announcement?

I don’t necessarily agree with the assumption in this tweet that Absher thinks Clemson is lame. After all, he wouldn’t have listed the Tigers as one of his finalists if he truly did. If anything, the Tigers are to be revered just because of all the success they’ve had in recent years, and that success is what the Irish hope they can have in the [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] era. Absher must think that success will be a reality soon, or he wouldn’t have shown off what he did to the world.

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Notre Dame commit Braylon James targets another receiver recruit

Would you like to see this trio playing for the Irish? Of course you would.

It appears [autotag]Braylon James[/autotag], a four-star receiver commit for Notre Dame, is using Twitter to attract other recruits. Not long ago, James tweeted out a graphic anticipating a collegiate partnership with fellow Texas native [autotag]Jaden Greathouse[/autotag]. That must have worked to some degree because the Irish are one of four finalists for Greathouse. With some good mojo, James now is turning his attention to Pennsylvania’s [autotag]Rodney Gallagher[/autotag]:

The good news is Gallagher also has a strong interest in the Irish as they are among the eight finalists for him. Hopefully, James’ efforts will land him at least one of these two receivers as his teammate. For all we know, the three of them have been exchanging texts and calls planning how they will make their first entrance together at Notre Dame Stadium, thereby making these pending announcements mere formalities. It sure would be exciting to know exactly how tight they are, but that will remain a mystery for now.

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UGA football offers 4-star Notre Dame commit

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to four-star New Jersey athlete Adon Shuler.

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to four-star athlete Adon Shuler. Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown is continuing to focus on the northeast region thanks to his extensive background with the area. Brown offered Adon Shuler a scholarship on May 9, 2022.

Shuler has been committed to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish since August 15, 2021. Shuler is considered an athlete, but he projects as a defensive back or wide receiver due to his size. The 6-foot, 197-pound athlete is ranked as the No. 170 recruit in the class of 2023.

Adon Shuler is the second-ranked recruit in New Jersey and the No. 12 safety in his class. Shuler plans to play in the 2023 Adidas All-American Bowl. Notre Dame has a good recent track record with safeties including Kyle Hamilton, who was a first round pick.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are off to an excellent start for the class of 2023 recruiting cycle. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Shuler plays football and runs track for Irvington High School in Irvington, New Jersey. He helped Irvington win a state championship in 2021.

The four-star athlete has scholarship offers from top programs like Alabama, Michigan State, Texas A&M, and FSU. Will he stick to his commitment with the Fighting Irish?

Shuler announced his scholarship offer from the University of Georgia via Twitter:

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Notre Dame offers four-star Massachusetts forward T.J. Power

The Irish could use this kid.

If the next season began today, Notre Dame would have a whole lot of guards but not many forwards. Heck, it was like that this past season. However, could a power forward from Massachusetts help rectify that problem in a couple of years? Say hello to T.J. Power, a 2023 recruit who has received an offer from the Irish:

Power attends Worcester Academy and lights it up for that school, but he also plays for the Boston Amateur Basketball Club, of which Bonzie Colson is an alumnus. He’s done pretty well for that team lately, too:

And he’s catching the attention of at least one recruiting analyst:

So far, the Irish will have to battle with the following ACC rivals for Power’s services: Miami, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech. Others in contention include Iowa, Penn State, Oklahoma, Marquette and Georgetown. A decision likely won’t come for a while, but let’s hope for the best.

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Braylon James tries to recruit fellow Texas receiver to Notre Dame

How would you like to have both of these receivers?

Now that receiver Braylon James fully is committed to Notre Dame, he’ll try to attract as much high-end talent to the program as possible. One recruit he has his eye on is fellow class of 2023 four-star receiver and Texas native Jaden Greathouse. While they don’t attend the same high school, James clearly thinks highly enough of Greathouse that he wants him to put the same college uniform. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have tweeted this out:

Notre Dame is indeed one of the programs that has extended an offer to Greathouse. However, 247Sports currently has him going to Texas, which made him an offer as a freshman along with Oklahoma and Baylor. Among the other programs on the radar are USC, Miami, Michigan, Penn State, Oregon, Colorado and Arkansas. Naturally, we hope he ends up with the Irish, but it sounds like a few things will need to break in that direction for it to happen.

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Georgia 2024 safety gets Notre Dame scholarship offer

Kyle Hamilton part II???

It’s safe to say that the Irish have done well recruiting the Peach State, with more than a few recruits committing from Georgia in the last few years. One of the biggest clearly was safety Kyle Hamilton, who is expected to be a first-round draft pick later this month.

Notre Dame’s recruiting prowess in one of the most talent rich states in the country is a good development and they used that clout today as they offered 2024 safety Ricardo Jones a scholarship today. His frame will remind us of Hamilton’s, checking in a six-foot-three-inches and 200-pounds as a rising junior.

The Irish offer is just added to Jones early impressive list which includes Tennessee, Nebraska, Auburn and Georgia Tech. He recently visited Georgia, Tennessee and Auburn. Jones recruiting is starting to heat up and the Irish putting their hat in early should be seen as a very positive development.

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Running back recruit will visit Notre Dame

Hope the Irish can land him.

Notre Dame never can have enough players at skill positions. That’s because you never know when you might find the next player to electrify crowds at Notre Dame Stadium. That surely is the reason the Irish staff is thrilled to see the below tweet from Tony Phillips Jr., a running back recruit from Bishop McNamara in Kankakee, Illinois:

Unless there’s something we don’t know about, Saturday stands to be a busy a day for Phillips because he already has tweeted about going to Illinois on the same day. He hasn’t tweeted about visiting the Illini since:

In March, Phillips also visited Purdue and Iowa, so it’s obvious that a lot of Big Ten programs are looking heavily at him. In January, he received offers from Massachusetts and Miami (Ohio). Those were on top of the offers he already had received from Syracuse, Tennessee and Florida Atlantic.

This kid will play somewhere with a fine reputation in college, and let’s hope it’s Notre Dame.

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Incoming Notre Dame guard J.J. Starling named to McDonald’s Game

Nice honor for the kid.

For only the second time since 2005, a future Notre Dame player has been named a McDonald’s All-American. J.J. Starling, who hails from Baldwinsville, New York, but is playing this season at La Lumiere in La Porte, is the first McDonald’s All-American to represent Notre Dame since Demetrius Jackson in 2017. As part of the honor, Starling will take in the McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago in March. Barring another COVID-19 cancellation, this will be the first game actually played since 2019.

Starling is not merely a great player who happened to pick the Irish as his landing shop. Per 247Sports, he is the Irish’s top-ranked recruit since 2000. Once he put pen to paper, he replaced Jackson as No. 1 in that category. Talk about a strange coincidence.

Of course, you never know how players are going to perform in their collegiate careers. On the aforementioned list, Irish freshman phenom Blake Wesley doesn’t even rank in the top 20. It really is all speculation based on how they perform before college. Let’s hope they get it right with Starling.

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