Top ’21 Notre Dame Target Will Shipley Headed to Clemson

Notre Dame’s top priority in the 2021 recruiting class has chosen a different school. Now what?

When it was announced on Monday afternoon that Will Shipley, the top all-purpose-back in the nation for 2021 would be announcing his commitment on Tuesday, all signs pointed to Clemson being his choice.

Now that fear for Notre Dame fans has become a reality as Shipley has announced his commitment with fantastically produced video.

Shipley was seen as the top priority for Notre Dame in this recruiting cycle and the Irish did one heckuva job getting as close as they did with him all things considered.

However, the rich get richer as Clemson lands Shipley’s talents.

What does Notre Dame do now in terms of finding a running back for their 2021 class?  It’ll be tough to bring anyone at this point that will bring anywhere near the hype Shipley would have entered with.

It doesn’t hurt having Lance Taylor leading the way trying to make that impact in the 2021 class still, however.

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