'22 IA TE Eli Raridon (Notre Dame Signee)

[zelezo vlk]

Awful. Quick recovery for the young man!

 

[Luckylucci]

Absolutely brutal. Frickin hoopers.

 

[BeauBenken]

Well, attention will be turned full on towards playing football now.

Godspeed on the recovery young man. Hopefully can get a chance to compete for playing time in the fall still.

 

[BobbyMac]

Best wishes on a quick rehab.

Now for my obligatory Sr hoops comment...

QUIT HOOPING AFTER SENIOR FOOTBALL SEASON AND EE

Signed, former DI player & coach.

 

[CanadalovesND]

From the team standpoint, it doesn’t affect us for next season. We have the depth, although light on the experience side. Unless he’s the next Michael Mayer, he was going to be TE2 next season

 

[Irish#1]

Never like to see this, but the silver lining is it happened now.

 

[stpeteirish]

Wait. He’s enrolling in January and playing high school basketball in December?

Love of the game I guess

 

[rtrn2glory]

WTF..... Hate this for him. Of all the positions though I guess we can handle this for a year but still was excited to see him play

 

[BeauBenken]

Wait. He’s enrolling in January and playing high school basketball in December?

Love of the game I guess

No. He's not an early enrollee.

 

[IRISHMAN]

Tore his ACL per Loy.

****

UGH! Kevin Bauman breaks his foot then Cane Berrong tears his ACL and now this, so very frustrating.

 

[dublinirish]

Football players shouldn't be playing HS basketball this close to enrolling :/

 

[ThePiombino]

Brutal

 

[drayer54]

Football players shouldn't be playing HS basketball this close to enrolling :/

Yes, they should. It's his life and he shouldn't go into a shell on the chance he plays at ND. Live it up and dunk like mad.

 

[ulukinatme]

Here's to a speedy recovery!

 

[Irish#1]

Yes, they should. It's his life and he shouldn't go into a shell on the chance he plays at ND. Live it up and dunk like mad.

No they shouldn't. They should be wrestling!

 

[nsisk157]

Yes, they should. It's his life and he shouldn't go into a shell on the chance he plays at ND. Live it up and dunk like mad.

Agreed

 

[dad4aa]

So a college senior should skip his “meaningless” bowl game to not risk injury so he can hopefully get drafted high and make his millions but a high school senior who has accepted a $250k-300k scholarship to play football in the hopes of getting into the NFL in 3-4 years and make his millions should not skip his “meaningless” high school basketball? Got it.

For the record I don’t think either should be skipped.

 

[House16]

So a college senior should skip his “meaningless” bowl game to not risk injury so he can hopefully get drafted high and make his millions but a high school senior who has accepted a $250k-300k scholarship to play football in the hopes of getting into the NFL in 3-4 years and make his millions should not skip his “meaningless” high school basketball? Got it.

For the record I don’t think either should be skipped.

In both cases, the player should do what they want to do. They shouldn't listen to fan pressure to opt out of basketball or to fan pressure not to opt out of bowl games.

 

[Reaper97]

In both cases, the player should do what they want to do. They shouldn't listen to fan pressure to opt out of basketball or to fan pressure not to opt out of bowl games.

So your stance is always, “do what you want,” regardless of commitments you made to others or other people’s jobs or money?
I think he should play BB if he wants. But under that same argument if a player hasn’t signed yet then you are under no obligation (or pressure) to honor the scholarship offer. Just as I don’t think a school is under any obligation to pay the semester of school the players opt out of.
I already see stories of players who want to be adults and get paid agree to NIL deals, but then when they don’t hold up their end they pretend to be just kids & people shame the companies who want their money back for the player breaking the contract.
People want it both ways…

 

[Dale]

On3 did like a national summary/takes 2022 article and one of the section was if they were too low on someone. They wondered if they were too low possibly on Raridon even though they have him at 92. Funny since they were high on him and possibly still true. 247 had him at 57

 

[dublinirish]

Should be good to go for fall camp

 

[Riddickulous]

Great news

 

[Luckylucci]

Great news indeed. Stud recruit we’ll get to see in action right away.

 

[Armyirish47]

Great news indeed. Stud recruit we’ll get to see in action right away.

And puts a slight damper on the need for a transfer portal WR, great news all the way around.

 

[Irish4life]

Should be good to go for fall camp

"Roughly 4 ½ months after an ACL tear ended his senior basketball season and threw his football developmental timeline into limbo, Eli Raridon ripped off an electronically timed 10-yard split in 1.48 seconds this week.

Notre Dame wide receiver Kevin Austin Jr., for comparison’s sake, was timed at 1.53 at the NFL Combine in early March as part of a blazing 4.43 40." Sheeeeeeeesh

 

[Luckylucci]

Damn, not gonna lie, didn’t read the article just the good feels headline. That’s incredible.

 

[benneboy]

"Roughly 4 ½ months after an ACL tear ended his senior basketball season and threw his football developmental timeline into limbo, Eli Raridon ripped off an electronically timed 10-yard split in 1.48 seconds this week.

Notre Dame wide receiver Kevin Austin Jr., for comparison’s sake, was timed at 1.53 at the NFL Combine in early March as part of a blazing 4.43 40." Sheeeeeeeesh

For comparison sake that 10 yard split would've tied Henry Ruggs and Jonathan Taylor for the fastest at the NFL combine a couple years ago.

 

[Irish4life]

For comparison sake that 10 yard split would've tied Henry Ruggs and Jonathan Taylor for the fastest at the NFL combine a couple years ago.

So what you're saying is.....we don't need a portal WR after all!

 

[Chicago Domer]

So is he a TE or WR?

 

[Henges24]

Is this the Kyle Hamilton of the offense?