Special thanks to
@LemmingReport
for having me in Chicago on Sunday to see many Notre Dame football recruits.
Wrote about each one in this morning's Gold Standard on Blue & Gold.
Get the latest scoop here:
#Browns
QB Baker Mayfield when asked if he was giving an endorsement for the current coaching staff: “Stop trying to get me to say something, Tony (Grossi).”
#Chargers
CB Casey Hayward said on
@SiriusXMNFL
that
#Browns
WR Josh Gordon has been his toughest matchup all year. Hayward has faced Odell Beckham Jr., Dez Bryant, Brandin Cooks, Demaryius Thomas, Michael Crabtree, Tyreek Hill, and Alshon Jeffery all his season.
Former Irish LB Manti Te’o gave a speech at today’s The Victory March:
“It’s easy to jump on the bandwagon when everything is going right.
But who’s gonna jump off that wagon when it ain’t rolling right and start pushing with me?
“That’s why I’m here.”
@insideNDsports
Marcus Freeman. Man of the people.
Here he is with 2023 QB commit Kenny Minchey’s younger sister.
Didn’t take long for the Mincheys to become a part of the Notre Dame family.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Cam Williams 🤝 Michael Floyd
Notre Dame just signed its first 5️⃣⭐️ WR since Floyd in the 2008 recruiting cycle ☘️
Williams is an elite talent arrives in South Bend from Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard South 🏈
More on Williams here:
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and defensive line coach Al Washington made it out to Akron, Ohio, on Friday night to see 2024 top 180 four-star EDGE commit Loghan Thomas.
🚨BREAKING: Notre Dame has its quarterback.
2023 QB Kenny Minchey has committed to the Irish.
“Everything will be shut down. (I’m) excited to know that I have a place to call home and that I’m gonna be going to Notre Dame.”
More from Minchey here.
☘️:
.
@WindhorstESPN
just said on ESPN that LeBron James has been playing with a “serious/severe right hand injury” after punching a blackboard in Golden State after Game 1. James had to receive multiple MRI’s & there was so much swelling that they couldn’t tell if there was a break.
Reporters just finished speaking with Notre Dame LB Jack Kiser.
He said starters had first-class plane seats on the way to and from Ireland.
Marcus Freeman flew economy on the way back.
Kiser said Sam Hartman gave up his first-class seat to Holden States.
🚨BREAKING: Notre Dame has landed a commitment from 2023
@Rivals
100 RB Jeremiyah Love.
The No. 3 RB in the 2023 class is Notre Dame’s top commit at that position in 10 years.
A massive victory on the recruiting trail for the Irish. More here.
☘️:
#Steelers
beat
#Browns
28-24
#Browns
:
• 0-16 in 2017
• 1-31 under Hue Jackson
• 0-4 under John Dorsey
• Jimmy Haslam 19-70 as owner
• Haven’t won a road game since October 11th, 2015
• Haven’t won on Sunday since Dec 13th, 2015 (Manziel QB)
• Haven’t won in Pitt since ‘03
Regardless of Saturday night’s outcome, it was pretty remarkable to see how locked in and excited Notre Dame 2025 QB commit Deuce Knight (white shirt) was during the game.
Knight is all in on the Irish.
Notre Dame early enrollee freshman OL Sam Pendleton spoke to reporters for the first time today and gave a ringing endorsement of his first eight weeks on campus.
“Notre Dame is like no other I’ve heard of. They’re a class A education with the culture of a football school.”
Couldn’t figure out for the life of me why Jack Swarbrick and Fr. John Jenkins had footballs near them in the news conference room last night.
All adds up. Classy move by Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman.
🚨BREAKING: Notre Dame has returned to Texas to land another big commitment.
2024 cornerback Leonard Moore has announced his Irish pledge.
Another talented prospect for
@CoachMickens
. More here.
📰:
On Oct. 27, Notre Dame top 100 QB commit CJ Carr told Blue & Gold that he would begin practicing with the program during bowl preparation.
Now, Blue & Gold can report that Carr is expected to kick off his Irish career on Dec. 16.
Here's more:
🏈 Notre Dame QB commit Kenny Minchey will have an excellent group of offensive linemen accompanying him to South Bend.
☘️ 4⃣⭐️ Charles Jagusah
☘️ 4⃣⭐️ Chris Terek
☘️ 3⃣⭐️ Joe Otting
☘️ 4⃣⭐️ Sam Pendleton
☘️ 4⃣⭐️ Sullivan Absher
The future of the Irish offense is bright.
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman, offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and OL coach Harry Hiestand visited 2023 QB commit Kenny Minchey on Friday.
Three Irish coaches in Tennessee to check in with the future face of the program.
Irish 2025 QB target Bear Bachmeier observes the ND football team’s arrival to Notre Dame Stadium.
Head coach Marcus Freeman immediately sought him out and embraced him.
Notre Dame has officially named Mike Brown its wide receivers coach.
The 34-year-old Brown arrives in South Bend with eight years of college coaching experience. He also spent four years in the NFL.
Big pickup for the Irish.
2019
#Browns
:
• Head Coach, Bruce Arians
• Offensive Coordinator, Freddie Kitchens
• Defensive Coordinator, Gregg Williams
Tell me there is a better [realistic] option for Cleveland next season. I think this is solid.
Notre Dame 2024 RB commit Aneyas Williams in the Missouri Class 4 district final:
26 carries, 331 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Hannibal (Mo.) High defeated Warrenton (Mo.) High 55-32.
The Irish have a future STUD in the backfield.
Pictures from Dante Moore’s Notre Dame visit…
His father to me before his visit on Sunday:
“Wherever he goes, you better dust off a place to put the Heisman.”
@insideNDsports
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@dantemoore05
/
@NDFootball
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Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman addresses fans at today’s ‘The Victory March’
“There’s no better place in this country to get our first win of this new era than here at Notre Stadium.”
@insideNDsports
Winston-Salem (N.C.) Mount Tabor junior safety JaDon Blair’s latest Instagram story.
The 6-foot-4, 180-pound Blair is On3’s No. 26 overall player and No. 2 safety in 2025.
He returns to Notre Dame on Saturday for the Ohio State game.
📲:
Great home visit last evening with Head Coach Freeman, Chad and Katy. We had a great time! Great fun, food and fellowship. We are so vey excited that Kyngstonn will be in South Bend very soon and the opportunity for him to attend the University of Notre Dame. Let’s GO☘️☘️☘️
🚨 Notre Dame has landed a commitment from 2023 four-star defensive lineman Boubacar Traore following his Notre Dame visit.
Traore is the 11th commit in the class and third at defensive line.
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📸: behumble8_ on Instagram /
@NDFootball
Notre Dame 2024 LB commit Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa has been named a Butkus Award Finalist.
He will look to follow Drayk Bowen, Jaylon Smith and Manti Te’o by claiming the award as the nation’s top high school LB.
Story:
🚨BREAKING🚨
Notre Dame announced the signing of top 110 four-star RB Kedren Young ☘️
The 5-11, 225-pound bruiser from Lufkin (Texas) High rushed for nearly 4,000 yards in his high school career 🏈
More on this huge addition to a talented Irish RB room:
🚨BREAKING: Notre Dame's 2024 recruiting class just became more electric.
#Rivals100
four-star RB Aneyas Williams has announced his Irish commitment.
@TJamesND
has more on the high school junior's Notre Dame pledge here ⤵️
@insideNDsports
📰:
News: Notre Dame 2023 safety commit
@PeytonBowen10
has reached five-star status via the
@Rivals
rating system.
Bowen is now ranked as the No. 10 overall player in the country.
@insideNDsports
Surprise, surprise.
Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees was back in Tennessee to see 2023 four-star QB commit Kenny Minchey.
Rees visited Minchey on Dec. 2 and last Friday as well.
Easy to point out how excited the Irish are about their future quarterback.
Hear from Irish 2024 WR commit Cam Williams, who will miss his high school senior homecoming to attend Saturday night’s game vs. Ohio State.
Here’s what he’s looking forward to seeing from the Irish.
Irish director of recruiting Chad Bowden leads recruits into Notre Dame Stadium for today’s game.
Top 2025 targets WR Derek Meadows, DB Ivan Taylor and CB Cree Thomas visiting today.
Commits Loghan Thomas, Taebron Bennie-Powell and Jack Larsen also on campus.
Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman revealed that Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa committed to the Irish during a visit, seemingly during his June 16 OV.
“I remember his father saying, ‘Take care of my boy.’” Freeman said.
#Browns
Myles Garrett is lifting a lot of weight. I don’t think I would want to be under center looking across the line of scrimmage against this specimen.
St. Louis ✈️ South Bend
@insideNDsports
has confirmed that highly rated recruits…
🏈 Christian Gray
🏈 Jeremiyah Love
🏈 Jeremiah McClellan
🏈 Ryan Wingo
…will visit Notre Dame this weekend.
For the complete list, head to The Insider Lounge
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On Monday, four Irish coaches visited Notre Dame 2023 TE commit Cooper Flanagan.
TEs coach Gerad Parker, HC Marcus Freeman, RBs coach Deland McCullough and WRs coach Chansi Stuckey made it to the Bay Area to see the four-star recruit from Concord (Calif.) De La Salle.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Notre Dame has signed top 175 four-star safety commit Tae Johnson 🏈
Johnson follows the likes of former Fort Wayne, Indiana, products Jaylon Smith, Tyler Eifert and Drew Tranquill by playing for the Irish ☘️
More on Johnson’s recruitment:
ND’s verbal commits and a few recruiting targets make their way into Notre Dame Stadium for tonight’s USC game.
Irish 2025 QB commit Deuce Knight and WR target Jerome Bettis Jr. lead the way.
My biggest takeaway from Notre Dame’s first spring practice? CJ Carr looked terrific.
Precision passes. Great touch. Command of the offense. Risk taker.
About as good of a first spring practice as you can ask for from a freshman quarterback.
Three unsung heroes of Notre Dame’s upset victory over No. 4 Clemson were three assistants that spent parts of the game under the medical tent changing shirts.
Why, might you ask? I’m glad you did. Find out here.
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@3RD13
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On Sunday, Marcus Freeman made an in-home visit to see 2023
#Rivals100
four-star LB
@DraykBowen
.
Here’s
@Rivals
’ No. 1 OLB with Notre Dame’s head coach in the Bowen lab.
I’m told Freeman did not sneak in a lift at the Bowen household.
Hannibal (Mo.) High four-star RB Aneyas Williams returned to South Bend once again, this time for his official visit.
Williams has unofficially visited Notre Dame about 10 times.
Notre Dame LB signee Drayk Bowen won the All-American Bowl Defensive Player of the Year award.
Bowen had 144 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 5 pass breakups and 2 interceptions in 2022.
Another day, another award for Bowen.
Notre Dame 2024 QB commit CJ Carr earns an invitation to the Elite 11 Finals after an outstanding performance at the Elite 11 Regional in Massillon, Ohio.
@BGInews
@On3Recruits
H/T to The Lou Somogyi message board on Blue & Gold for noticing this...
But Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman's Twitter cover photo is freshman QB Kenny Minchey 🤣
Notre Dame director of recruiting Chad Bowden (left) and offensive coordinator Gerad Parker (right) stopped by five-star WR commit Cam Williams’ school Friday morning.
How about this! Lake Catholic head football coach Marty Gibbons was featured on ESPN’s NFL Live today.
Gibbons is a 2015 graduate of John Carroll University.
Hear from Notre Dame 2024 four-star EDGE commit Loghan Thomas, who had two sacks in his senior season debut for St. Ed’s.
Thomas said he’s trying to get back to ND “as soon as possible.”
More from him here.