'08 CA ILB Anthony McDonald (Signed LOI to ND)

[irishunclebill]

Originally Posted by GoshenGipper

I think ND might possibly take 6 if they are the right guys.

Commited:
Poz
McDonald

ND Lean:
Flemming
Filer

Then if you can get some one else like... (1 or 2 of these guys)
Beal
Sweat
Hale
Sabino

If you can get him, you take him...
Brown

I agree GG, with the 3-4 and the current lack of depth, 7 is not an unrealistic number if Brown were somehow to commit. Even if there are 6 already, the Irish will hold open a slot for Brown if he is showing any interest at all. He is that good.

[rontdtarchala]

welcome welcome welcome...gentlemen I'm starting to feel good about this years recruiting

[Junkhead]

I may be wrong, but early commits should pressure the "interested" others who think they may lose their spot. Everything looks good so far!

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Me too, LB are sorely needed this go round. I said before, the D-line and LB recruits will make or break this year.

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by Irishknight1023

LB spots are already slimming down...we're only going to take about 4 and then wait for an elite guy if we take a 5th.

I disagree, I've heard from someone who I know is very well connected to the program and even though he's extremely tightlipped he does pass on info here and there and some of the things he tells me that most of us assume that isn't the case is the recruitng class size as a whole as well as the WR, RB and LB recruiting.

I've been told that this class will be a big class, not 19, 20 man class like some say.

The LB recruiting class will be huge and could be 5 to 6 in this class, maybe more it all depends on who they can get they won't take a certain number of LB's just to do so. I still don't get what defense they are running from how it was explained to me. I don't think it's a true 3-4 more of a hybrid 3-4/4-3 system like the Dolphins use but the point is that ND didn't get the number of LB's they wanted last year and going with some form of the 3-4 you are going to need more LB's.

As for RB's, the talk of only taking 1 RB isn't true. He said they might only take one but they like what they currently have and they won't take one just to fill a spot they will take more than 1 if they can get the players they want. Actually I think they view Sam McGuffie in the same vein as Armando Allen as more of the small speed RB that's going to get plenty of touches but more of a AP-RB and situational RB. So I think getting someone like him doesn't effect the recruitment of Darrell Scott or Ryan Williams.

The same can be said about the WR recruitment and I will say right now there will be more than 2 WR's taken in this class, 3 at the very least alot of how many people they take is who they can get and what grants are left and since the defense takes priority they will give more grants to get extra LB's before taking extra WR's.

BTW, ND got some nice WR's the last couple of years and I'm glad that they did but they haven't got instant impact stud WR and this year I think they are looking to change that.

[Junkhead]

Originally Posted by Ricochet

BTW, ND got some nice WR's the last couple of years and I'm glad that they did but they haven't got instant impact stud WR and this year I think they are looking to change that.

Good post, but I can see Kamara being a stud WR before long.

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by Junkhead

I may be wrong, but early commits should pressure the "interested" others who think they may lose their spot. Everything looks good so far!

I think it will, I will be suprised if Fleming doesn't commit just before or after the B&G spring game and I'm saying it would happen but I also wouldn't be surprised to see Filer come on board soon after.