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Notre Dame Football quick recruiting update

Some interesting info for Irish fans

Although recruiting has slowed down a bit early in the season, that doesn’t mean things are still happening for the Irish. They’re still being active with current commitments, 2022 prospects and looking ahead to the 2023 class as well. Take a look below at some of the recent happenings regarding Notre Dame football recruiting.

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Watch: Notre Dame ‘23 quarterback commit Angeli fires 5 touchdowns

What a performance

When New Jersey quarterback Steve Angeli committed to the Irish in March, many wondered if he was the right choice. It was mainly due to his junior season stats being not worldly. When he committed, I didn’t look at his junior numbers, I went back a season to his sophomore year and it was impressive.

Scouts view on Angeli’s commitment

Last year was an aberration and this year, Angeli has come out and lit up every defense he’s faced so far. This past weekend saw the Notre Dame commit complete 14 of 15 passes for 360-yards and 5 touchdowns. An extremely impressive performance, see for yourself below.

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Notre Dame quarterback commit sets a school record

The Irish got a good one

A little over a year ago, Notre Dame found their quarterback for the 2022 class in New Jersey’s Steve Angeli. With many high schools across the country either getting started or have started their seasons, everyone is interested in the progression of the recruits.

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Well, for Angeli, he came out with a fire in his hands, setting a Bergen Catholic school record for consecutive completions with 14. According to this tweet, Angeli was almost perfect, as just two of his attempts went for incompletions while another two of them went for scores. It’s safe to say, it was a very successful opening game for the Irish commit.

Already recognized as one of the best players in the country, the six-foot-three-inch and 215-pound quarterback obviously has something to prove. It’s great to see Angeli with an excellent opening week game, and we expect to hear much more about his efforts before he arrives in South Bend.

Notre Dame QB commit Angeli gives thoughts on 2021 starting job debate

Who do you think will win the starting job?

Notre Dame is betting big on quarterback commit Steve Angeli, who will join the Irish for the 2022 season. Their high hopes for him have to be ascended after the performance he’s put on at Rivals camp this week. It’s interesting to watch given that the Irish still aren’t sure who will start at quarterback for them in 2021. Angeli was asked about it at the camp, and here’s what he had to say:

Yeah, it’s not a very exciting answer, but given that he’s mostly on the outside looking in aside from conversations with Tommy Rees, it shouldn’t be a surprise. The truth is the Irish have very viable candidates in Jack Coan, Drew Pyne and Tyler Buchner, and none of them emerged as a lead candidate during the spring practices. It’s possible we won’t get an answer until shortly before the Irish open their season in prime time at Florida State. While you might not want to hear that, it is what it is.

Which 2022 Notre Dame football commits made ESPN’s top 300

How many of the current 11 do you think made it?

The majority of high school football seasons have already been played, a few stragglers still playing right now in the spring but that hasn’t stopped ESPN from updating their top 300 class of 2022 recruits.

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The Irish currently have 11 commits, the class is ranked nationally inside the top 5 so there’s bound to be a few Notre Dame pledges in ESPN’s list. Find out below which one’s are considered among the best players in the country.

Scouts view: Notre Dame’s newest commit, QB Steve Angeli

New Jersey’s Steve Angeli makes his pledge to Notre Dame, a scouts view on what to except from the 8th commitment of the 2022 class.

It’s a bit ironic that there was a focus on the quarterback position early today and what was brewing with Penn State and target Drew Allar.

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Well, the Irish found their answer on how they think it’s going as they accepted a commitment this evening from New Jersey quarterback Steve Angeli.

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The six-foot-four-inch and 215-pound junior who preps at Bergen Catholic, led his team to a 5-1 record while throwing for 919-yards and 9 touchdowns. He becomes the 8th commit in the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class, the first quarterback. Here is a scouts view of what to expect out of the newest Irish quarterback.

First off, Angeli is a winner, a quality that you love to see from a position of leadership. A big frame that could still add on a few pounds without having to lose the impressive athleticism. Angeli is a quarterback who likes to get on the move, typically throwing on the run. It seem more by choice than due to a poor offensive line, he’s just more comfortable doing so. It seemed like during his junior year, Angeli felt a little gun-shy to push the ball down the field.

I needed more, the six games from this past season just wasn’t enough for me. So, off to his sophomore tape and there was a huge difference in Angeli’s game. He was using his solid arm strength and touch to stretch the field. The short passes and athletic scrambles were there too, showing more of a complete game, the high-level ability that Brian Kelly and Tommy Rees are looking for.

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On first watch, his game reminds me a whole lot of Ian Book, but much bigger. Their running ability, similar abilities to escape from pass-rushers, Steve Angeli is Book hulked up. If the Garden State quarterback has a career similar to Book’s, I think we all would be pretty happy with that outcome.

Notre Dame gets commitment from ’22 quarterback

Angeli is listed at 6-3, 215 pounds, and threw for 919 yards and six touchdowns in a shortened season last fall.

Notre Dame has landed its the quarterback for the 2022 recruiting class as Steve Angeli announced his pledge to Brian Kelly, Tommy Rees, and the rest of the Fighting Irish on Thursday night.

The Oradell, New Jersey (Bergen Catholic) quarterback became Notre Dame’s eighth commitment to the 2022 recruiting class and fifth offensive player.  He chose the Irish over offers from some traditional powerhouses like Ohio State, LSU, Penn State, Oregon, Michigan, and several others.

Angeli is listed at 6-3, 215 pounds, and threw for 919 yards and six touchdowns in a shortened season last fall.

Angeli is listed as a four-star prospect on Rivals and a three-star on 247Sports.

Related:

Notre Dame’s 2022 Recruiting Class Commitments

Notre Dame and Penn State battling it out for key 2022 recruits

Notre Dame’s best football recruit from each state since 2000

Notre Dame scholarship offer tracker for 2022

Is Notre Dame getting left behind in the 2022 race for quarterback recruits?

With multiple quarterbacks making commitments in the 2022 class, should Notre Dame fans fear the Irish will be left behind?

Another quarterback domino fell yesterday as Clemson received a commitment from Texas quarterback Cade Klubnik. Alabama recently receiver a commitment from Tennessee’s Ty Simpson, who considered the Irish but ultimately choose between the Tiger and Crimson Tide. The other 2020 College Football Playoff participant Ohio State, they have a commit from Texas’ Quinn Ewers, the top rated player in the nation. All three of them are considered top-100 prospects.

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Notre Dame, well, they’ve yet to grab a quarterback in their 2022 class and their options are dwindling down. According to the 247Sports composite rankings, the top 8 quarterback have now committed, but this doesn’t mean doom and gloom for the Irish.

Kentucky’s Gavin Wimsatt, who holds an Irish offer, is very high on Notre Dame and are viewed as one of the favorites to land his commitment. He’s considered to be a top-100 prospect.

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Ohio’s Drew Allar, was offered by Brian Kelly and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees last week. Allar likes the Irish along with Penn State, who recently saw 247Sports director of recruiting, Steve Wiltfong, place a prediction for Allar to end up committing to the Nittany Lions. It looks like Notre Dame has some catching up to do with Allar.

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The third option at the moment is New Jersey’s Steve Angeli, who is also extremely high on the Irish. Angeli’s courtship with Notre Dame has been going on for a while, as the offer to him went out in August of last year, the same day as Wimsatt received his. All 6 of the crystal ball predictions logged for Angeli have him ending up in South Bend.

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I really like Angeli, I believe he has a bright future, but he isn’t my first choice, Wimsatt is. I would love to see Kelly and Rees put the full-court recruiting press on the Kentuckian and see where that takes them. If it doesn’t work out, Angeli would be a great consolation prize.

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With the cycle being still in it’s early stages, there is some worry that the Irish will get left behind and not have one of their top choices end up in South Bend. Don’t get caught up in that, the Irish are fine and will get a very good quarterback prospect in this class.

Watch: Notre Dame football targets dominate in Dallas Pylon event

Highlights from the Dallas Pylon 7 on 7 event who hold Notre Dame offers.

It is the offseason for high school athletes, which means going to camps, getting individual and group workouts along with competing in 7 vs. 7 tournaments.

The latter was happening in Dallas, Texas this weekend with the Pylon 7 vs. 7 tournament. Plenty of Notre Dame targets were in attendance and there were highlights that Notre Dame fans needed to see. Here are some of the top 2022 and 2023 targets highlights who have Notre Dame offers. I also have personally seen three of the four prospects featured, and they are more than impressive. Also, two of them were on my 2022 offensive wish list as well.

Notre Dame Recruiting update plus 2022 offensive wishlist

An update of the latest Notre Dame football recruiting news along with a 2022 offensive wish list.

The Notre Dame 2021 class is pretty much all wrapped up. With 26 players who have signed their letter of intent, Brian Kelly’s class has been pretty much maxed out. Louisiana’s Logan Diggs remains committed, but reading the tea leaves and the class having over the allotted 25 players, it’s doubtful that the running back ends up signing with the Irish on the second signing day, February 3rd.

So the focus has been turned to the 2022 class, which has 4 current commits (offensive linemen Joey Tanona and Ty Chan, safety Nolan Ziegler and tight end Jack Nickel). Let’s take a look at the most recent news on that class along with my personal wishlist of offensive prospects in that class. Next week, I’ll bring you my defensive wish list.