Tag: Rico Flores Jr.

Notre Dame wide receiver headed to Pac-12 … er, Big Ten

All the best with the move

Wide receiver [autotag]Rico Flores Jr.[/autotag] became Notre Dame’s first wide receiver in nearly two full seasons to produce 100 receiving yards in a game in November when he did so against Wake Forest. Not two weeks after doing so he announced he was entering the transfer portal.

Now Flores has announced his new home: He is headed to the Pac 12.

Correction: He is headed to the Big Ten.

Flores announced Friday that he’ll continue his football career at UCLA.

Flores emerged as his freshman season at Notre Dame went on. He had 27 receptions for 392 yards and a touchdown this season. His biggest game came against Wake Forest; he had those 102 yards.

Flores shows great promise as a wide receiver at this level and was the one I was most upset to see leave the program. Considering what Notre Dame has added in the portal in recent days, it seems the Fighting Irish will be better at receiver in 2024 than 2023 despite the exits, including Flores’.

Who is missing from Notre Dame in Sun Bowl via opt-out?

These names could be in the Sun Bowl, but they won’t be.

It’s become increasingly common for college football players to opt out of inconsequential bowl games for one reason or another. With the College Football Playoff field tripling in size next year, that could solve the problem a bit, at least as far as the number of team this practice impacts. This is the future of college football, even if you don’t agree with it.

With Notre Dame facing Oregon State in the Sun Bowl, several Irish players are missing, either having entered the transfer portal or choosing to focus on preparing for the NFL draft. That means many of the Irish’s leaders in each major statistical category will be absent, so it’s not worth listing a bunch of names that won’t play.

Instead, we’re going to list the percentage of each major statistic that will be missing from the Irish during the final game of the season because of opt-outs. Hopefully, this won’t discourage you from watching the game too much:

Four-star receiver includes Ohio State in top three schools

Ohio State might have to outlast another program to lure Flores, but don’t put anything past Brian Hartline and the staff. #GoBucks

The Ohio State football program continues to mine for talent at the wide receiver position despite having a ton of talent on hand and on the way. After all, when you’re coming off of two wide-receivers being selected in the first round of the NFL draft all while having some of the best college quarterbacks coming to the program, what pass-catcher wouldn’t want to play for Ryan Day and the Buckeyes.

One of OSU’s priority targets at the receiver position in the upcoming class of 2023 is Rico Flores Jr. out of Folsom, California, and he also is impressed with Ohio State, including the Bucks in his top three just announced on his Twitter account Thursday.

At 6-foot, 1-inch, and 190-pounds, Flores is ranked as the No. 26 wide receiver and 193rd overall prospect in the class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. Also included in Flores Jr’s top three are Notre Dame and Georgia.

There are still a month and a half before we know a final decision. But if Ohio State is going to land his services, it may have to find a way to get out in front of the Fighting Irish which appears to be the slight favorite to land his services at this point.

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Ohio State makes top-5 for four-star receiver from California

Ohio State in the running for another big-time receiver in the 2023 class. #GoBucks

The Ohio State football team got some good news when it found out four-star receiver, Rico Flores Jr., trimmed his list to five with the Buckeyes making the cut. Joining Ohio State in the top tier are Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas, and UCLA.

Flores hails from talent-rich California and is the No. 22 ranked receiver in the 2023 class according to 247Sports composite rankings. Flores is a product of Folsom High School and also happens to be teammates with tight end Walker Lyons who also put Ohio State on his trimmed list earlier this month.

Flores has said he’d like to make a decision sometime in the summer before his senior year begins.

Of course, the Buckeyes are still in play for the No. 1 receiver in the country Brandon Inniss who will visit Columbus in April, as well as the No. 3 receiver, Carnell Tate.

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