How many are entering under spring semester?

[Stealingshrimp]

How many of the present commits plan to enter for the spring term, or under a scholarship for a different sport? With the present situation (19 commits), or 21 possible with carufel and Mo. richardson -- how will it be possible to land lewis,mccoy,reuland,young,(possible johnson), and the countless other names out there. I have a feeling the recruiting staff didn't expect the exact situation they are faced with now, but I also suspect they have it all worked out. Yeah, your thoughts?

 

[bigdon]

This is getting a little sticky. Even with the early enrollments and the lacrosse scholie it is possible C-dub could run out of places for these guys.

I believe he will turn up the heat in the next couple of weeks and unless he gets a favorable response will shelve some of the uncomitted.

We know that Carufel and McCoy will not commit til the Army All Am game in January so they will be protected but I think some of the group will be thinned unless comitted.

 

[LuckoftheIrish86]

It appeared to be about 3 wasn't it? Aldridge, Stewart and one other I forget Mcneil perhaps?

 

[jiggafini19]

It appeared to be about 3 wasn't it? Aldridge, Stewart and one other I forget Mcneil perhaps?

Aldridge for sure. Stewart if he's Irish. George West is now considering it as well.

Not sure on McNeil. He has a 4.1 GPA, so it's possible he could.

 

[BGIF]

How many of the present commits plan to enter for the spring term,

Only Aldridge has publicly declared that. He is sceduled to meet with admissions/academic people this weekend. In a recent article George West (see his thread) noted he had been contacted by the ND coaching staff about enrolling early. He's looking into it.

Various articles on Stewart have noted his interest in early enrollment but's he's not committted, at least publicly.

Several appear to have the grades/test scores but may not meet their local/state requirements for graduation by the end of '05 because they had planned their workload of required studies for two senior semesters not one. Aldridge was planning on enrolling early and apparently arranged his high school courses/schedule accordingly.

One of the other WRs under consideration commented that he didn't want to enroll early and miss his senior prom and graduation.

I have a feeling the recruiting staff didn't expect the exact situation they are faced with now, but I also suspect they have it all worked out.

I disagree they not only knew about they planned on it. Weis could have added a couple more scholarships last year. He chose not to. ND than lost a number of players following the coaching change for a variety of reasons including grades, academics, deportment, career ending injury, personal family crisis, "I don't want to play football anymore", and "he's not the coach I came to play for".

ND started the season with about 70 of the 85 allowed scholarships. They knew who should be graduating, who should be accepted academically for a 5th year (remember at ND student athletes have to be accepted academically by a faculty panel before the coaches can award a 5th year scholarship), who should be coming back (Leitkto), as the season progressed McKnight's injury got factored into the equation. I'll submit with no proof that this coaching staff knows more about the academic standing of players and recruits than any prior ND coaching staff. They have a plan and they adjust that plan on the fly based on updated grades/tests scores of players and recruits, Leitko's updates, McKnight's prognosis, Parris's and Ryan's rehabs, official visits, and such.

They've anticipated the contingencies.

"Luck favors the prepared."

 

[BGIF]

How many entering under Spring Semester?

Looks like two, Aldridge and Stewart. There are articles that ND coaches asked West but according to his HS coach he wants to play HS baseball in the Spring and go to his Prom.

Aldridge enrolling early at Notre Dame
Wednesday, nov. 16, 2005
By Mike Hutton / Post-Tribune staff writer

It’s official.

James Aldridge will become the first student/athlete to enroll at Notre Dame in the middle of the year.

After a meeting with admissions, Aldridge, a 6-foot-1 220-pound running back from Merrillville, got the good news from Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis on Tuesday.

“It’s cool,” he said. “It’s groundbreaking. I’m pretty honored.”

Aldridge, who gained more than 2,000 yards last year, is ranked as a five-star running back by Rivals.com. Early admission means that Notre Dame can count him in its 2005 recruiting class.

Aldridge said he’s going to room with Chris Stewart, a 6-5, 365-pound lineman from Texas who is expected to verbally commit to Notre Dame this morning at a news conference.

Contact Mike Hutton can be reached at 648-3139 or mhutton@post-trib.com

ERRATA: Despite reports to the contrary, Aldridge will not be the first ND student/athlete to enroll at ND in the middle of the year. According to Saracino, ND Admissions there has been not a mid-year freshman for several decades but there is no official policy ban. He noted in an article that there was a student/athlete last year that was under consideration but it didn't come to be.

 

[jiggafini19]

The 21st Century of recruiting has begun at Notre Dame.

Thank you Touchdown Jesus.

 

[domerfor life]

The 21st Century of recruiting has begun at Notre Dame.

Thank you Touchdown Jesus.

LOL! Touchdown Jesus is going to get alot of work.

 

[jiggafini19]

Stewart is in. Sounds like Aldridge had a good interview with Saracino as well. They will room together.

George West appears to be a third option.

 

[scooper]

Stewart is in. Sounds like Aldridge had a good interview with Saracino as well. They will room together.

George West appears to be a third option.

I've read that West wants to play baseball for his high school this spring and get in on prom/graduation, etc. I have no problem with that decision. Senior year can be a great time. He should enjoy it before the real hard work starts in the summer.

 

[IRISHMAN]

right now ND has 22 verbals with aldridge and stewert being early entries giving ND five more offers to hand out. these are the five players i see ND getting.

matt carufel
sam young
konrad reuland
gerald mccoy
toyran smith
will yeatmen-laccross scholorship