Glad to have him officially on board! Some thoughts on Guerby:
-This was never really in doubt according to people I know who are close to his HS program.
-He's an outstanding young man and will be a great representative for Notre Dame on and off the field.
-He's by no means a finish product since he's relatively new to football, but his ceiling is about as high as it gets.
-He currently plays RT but he can definitely play LT as he has the size and athleticism. My guess is he winds up at LT at ND, and he has played some snaps at LT the last few years.
-Although I believe he was always headed to ND, this is a recruitment where it didn't hurt that other elite academic institutions (Stanford, NW, etc.) are down. If we were battling the Stanford of 8-10 years ago where they were a top 10 program it could've been a more interesting recruitment as they would've been able to sell a top-tier program with elite academics.
-You hear a lot of recruits talk about the importance of academics and then don't necessarily back that up with the school they choose. Guerby is a young man who genuinely cares about academics. If there were 5 more young men like Guerby who were top 50 recruits in this class we'd probably get all of them.