A few short days ago we dived into a report the Midwest’s top defensive player in the 2024 recruiting class appeared torn between Notre Dame and Michigan.
Well it turns out neither the Irish nor the Wolverines were the choice for[autotag] Justin Scott[/autotag]. The five-star defensive tackle announced his commitment to Ohio State on Sunday.
Make no bones about it — this is a brutal loss for Notre Dame. Absolutely brutal. If there was one player they had circled on their boards and had as a must-get for this class, this was the one.
Want to compete against the big boys? You need to control the trenches on both sides of the ball. Scott will almost certainly do that at the next level, and the fact he’s from Chicago makes the news sting that much more.
Here is how the Notre Dame and college football world’s reacted to Scott’s news on Twitter.