'14 NJ DE Andrew Trumbetti (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

[yankeeND]

The last question sapp asked him was if he was still going to take visits, including on to Florida and Andrew quickly replied "it's a done deal.".

Now we all know how recruiting goes but that's his words and it gives you some insight into where his head is right now

It's nice to hear for sure but you're right, with recruiting you never know. In Trumbetti's case this felt like just a matter of time situation. All I can say is I'm glad the time is now because this kid is a major talent IMO!

 

[greyhammer90]

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[Sherm Sticky]

Awesome news!

Welcome to Notre Dame Andrew!

 

[Grahambo]

Other notes

Visited with his mom and brother (who goes to Johns Hopkins)

Sounds like him striking up a friendship with Jay Hayes was a big part of his visit

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[Irish#1]

You always have been easy!











LOL!

And you know this because? lol

 

[Irish#1]

some one need to move him into the commitments section

I was wondering why he wasn't bumped up.

 

[STLDomer]

Sounds like BK played a funny on Hayes

“@AnnaHScout: "Coach Kelly walked out with a sad face on..." - @Jay_Hayes7 on waiting outside hoping for good news ... Scout.com: Hayes gives junior day experience high marks "

 

[TheChosen1]

#17 on Rivals weakside defensive ends list

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

Always wondered, whats the difference in strong side and weak side D ends?

 

[BeauBenken]

Always wondered, whats the difference in strong side and weak side D ends?

Weakside = Pass Rush, Strongside = Run Stopper

Your Strongside DE has to be able to fight more double teams and still stop the run.

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

So would KLM have been the stongside and Tuitt the weakside?

 

[BeauBenken]

So would KLM have been the stongside and Tuitt the weakside?

There's typically not a Strongside or Weakside in a 3-4. All 3 of your D-linemen need to be able to fight double teams on a regular basis.

Weakside DEs on services are typically CAT LBs for us. Andrew is a big, big guy though so he seems destined for the D-line.

 

[Rhode Irish]

Always wondered, whats the difference in strong side and weak side D ends?

Weakside = Pass Rush, Strongside = Run Stopper

Your Strongside DE has to be able to fight more double teams and still stop the run.

In a practical sense, this is right. But technically "strong side" and "weak side" are defined based on how the personnel is deployed. The strong side of the field is the side with more players on it - typically the side with the tight end.

As a practical matter, Beau is right. Because of how offensive plays are called with respect to using the strong side and the weak side personnel, typically defenses deploy their best pass rushers on the weak side and their better run stuffing end/linebacker on the strong side.

 

[NewBrunswickIrish]

So would KLM have been the stongside and Tuitt the weakside?

No, on rivals and the others I think Tuitt and lynch were both strong side while Ishaq, Councell and Rabasa were all weak side. I think it has less to do with whether they are run stoppers than their size really. Clowney and Nkemdiche were both strong side too and they, at least clowney, are great pass rushers.

 

[Rhode Irish]

Weakside ends in a 4-3 are the swing guys that play rush LB in 3-4 alignments. That is probably the easiest way to think of it. NewBrunswick is right to point out size. Smaller "pass rush specialist" guys like Dwight Freeney are prototype weak side DEs.

 

[TheChosen1]

Invited to play in the UA game

 

[Whiskeyjack]

No, on rivals and the others I think Tuitt and lynch were both strong side while Ishaq, Councell and Rabasa were all weak side. I think it has less to do with whether they are run stoppers than their size really. Clowney and Nkemdiche were both strong side too and they, at least clowney, are great pass rushers.

I'm curious about this as well.

Flipping through Rivals profiles, I don't see much correlation with height, but weight seems to be the key. 240-245 seems to be the magic range where WDEs turn into SDEs. Pretty flimsy distinction.

For instance, at 6'5'' 260, Tuitt was a prototypical SDE. At the end of the spectrum, Rabasa was definitely a WDE/ ROLB at 6'3'' 220. But Lynch is apparently a SDE at 6'6'', 245, whereas Ishaq (6'6'' 230) and Councell (6'5'' 225) are WDE.

Lynch always struck me as a prototypical 4-3 WDE.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Invited to play in the UA game

He gone.

 

[dublinirish]

he was considering UF as well...gulp!

 

[clashmore_mike]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Just thinking about everything and I just can't wait to go home to south bend</p>— Andrew Trumbetti (@AndrewTrumbetti) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewTrumbetti/status/323985003753132032">April 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[yankeeND]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Just thinking about everything and I just can't wait to go home to south bend</p>— Andrew Trumbetti (@AndrewTrumbetti) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewTrumbetti/status/323985003753132032">April 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Love seeing that! So glad we got a kid like this. I think he is gonna be a very good player for us. Reminds me of all those stud LB's that Stanford has been producing lately.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Love seeing that! So glad we got a kid like this. I think he is gonna be a very good player for us. Reminds me of all those stud LB's that Stanford has been producing lately.

I hadn't thought about that before. But he does remind me of the olb/de stanford has been producing.

 

[Irish#1]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Just thinking about everything and I just can't wait to go home to south bend</p>— Andrew Trumbetti (@AndrewTrumbetti) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewTrumbetti/status/323985003753132032">April 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Always good to see these things pop up from our recruits.

 

[Ironman8]

Overall #102 in initial ESPN 150

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

How'd you get to it?

 

[GBdomer]

How'd you get to it?

My guess would be ESPN football recruiting on google

 

[Ironman8]

How'd you get to it?

Go the the ESPN recruiting nation page and click on the ESPN 150. The 2013 class shows up but you can click on the year option and choose 2014 and it shows up.

 

[PANDFAN]

Go the the ESPN recruiting nation page and click on the ESPN 150. The 2013 class shows up but you can click on the year option and choose 2014 and it shows up.

not for me...cant go beyond 2013

 

[Ironman8]

not for me...cant go beyond 2013

Maybe they corrected the mistake? Came up for me this morning. Trumbetti was our only 150 guy, and Fournette was #1 overall.

 

[IrishLax]

It's not supposed to be released until 6 PM... so someone screwed up haha