Tag: Will Black

Meet Notre Dame’s Top Ranked 2025 Recruiting Class

What must the Irish still add to make this class great?

It’s early in the 2025 recruiting cycle still but recruiting for Notre Dame tends to play out a lot like a quote from New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra:

“It’s getting late early out there.”

When it comes to football recruiting Notre Dame is a team that tends to start hot and then usually have to hold on to secure a high ranking.  They’re rarely if ever a program that soars up the rankings late in the process.

That’s why it’s so important that Notre Dame gets off to hot starts in recruiting and that is something they’ve certainly done to date with the 2025 recruiting class.

Notre Dame now has 16 commitments in the class which gives them the top ranking according to both 247Sports and Rivals.

Below are the currently committed 16 members of Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class and a little about each player.

Please note: Prospects are listed according to their public commitment dates

Notre Dame football gets a commitment from 2025 offensive tackle

The Irish stay hot on the recruiting trail

One day after the early signing period opened, Notre Dame football continued to stay hot on the recruiting trail.

Connecticut offensive tackle [autotag]Will Black[/autotag] announced his commitment to the Irish, giving them verbal No. 11 for the class. The 6-foot, 7-inch and 295-pound linemen is ranked as the No. 29 player at his position and 317th overall prospect in the country according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

The Irish beat out Alabama, Michigan, and Penn State for Black’s commitment. He has stated that his commitment was going to be 110% locked in previously, as he has effectively ended his recruitment extremely early in the cycle.

The current Notre Dame 2025 class is now ranked as the No. 1 class in the country according to the 247Sports Team Rankings after Black’s commitment.

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Notre Dame football singing ‘O Canada’ this weekend

Will he one day stand on guard for thee…Notre Dame?

On Friday, Notre Dame commitment [autotag]Sean Sevillano[/autotag] made his decision public.  As a result the Irish gained their 17th member of the 2024 recruiting class.  Sevillano plays his high school football in Clearwater, Florida now but is from Canada originally.

That wouldn’t be the only Canadian connection for the Irish over the weekend as they also made a scholarship offer to offensive tackle [autotag]Will Black[/autotag].  Black stands 6-7, 295-pounds and is in the 2025 recruiting cycle.

Black is still filling into his body but comes with an impressive offer list entering his junior year of high school.  Notre Dame joins Michigan, Penn State, Miami (FL), Texas A&M, Nebraska, and several others who have already offered him.

Black is from Canada but attends high school at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut.

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Rutgers football recruiting: Connecticut three-star Will Black adds his twelfth Power Five offer

Will Black gets an offer from Rutgers football on Wednesday night.

Three-star offensive lineman Will Black from Connecticut was offered by Rutgers football on Wednesday night. For Black, it now makes an even dozen offers from Power Five programs.

An impressive 6-foot-7 and 295 pounds, Black projects as not just one of the top offensive tackles in the Northeast region but likely the nation. He plays for Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, CT) and is a member of the 2025 recruiting class.

He holds a number of top offers from programs like Maryland, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech among others. He is a three-star recruit according to On3.

Black posted about the offer on social media on Wednesday night, tagging Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano:

 

The 2024 class is off to a strong start for Rutgers and is currently top 25 in the nation according to Rivals and 247Sports.

Two commits are currently slated to play the offensive line from the 2024 class:

  • [autotag]Raynor Andrews[/autotag] (a three-star offensive lineman from Miami, FL)
  • [autotag]Kenny Jones [/autotag](a three-star offensive lineman from Delran, N.J.)

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