'20 NE WR Xavier Watts (Notre Dame Man)

[zelezo vlk]

i actually had to look this up the other day. So 5 outlets name all americans. to be a consensus AA you need to be picked on 3 and to a unanimous AA you have to be picked by all 5. The last to get all 5 for ND was JOK

Yup. Not sure if all 5 have been released yet, but Alt and Watts might even get unanimous.

 

[IAIrish]

Anyone else notice X showing Riley around in his commitment vid?
I'll take that as a positive he's leaning toward returning!

 

[gregm83]

Anyone else notice X showing Riley around in his commitment vid?
I'll take that as a positive he's leaning toward returning!

100% my takeaway from the video

 

[LifelongFan]

If he stays that is an absolute coup. Cross too. Man keeping the defense together could lead to a special season.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[zelezo vlk]

So cool

 

[LifelongFan]

If you had told me before the season that we had 2 unanimous All Americans I would have guessed Alt first, but it would have taken me more than a dozen guesses to get to Watts. One of the biggest jumps for a player I can remember for us.

 

[NDPhilly]

Natty inbound

 

[rikkitikki08]

Love it, I’m going into next season incredibly confident

 

[Huntr]

wonderful news. Defense is gonna feast next year.

 

[NDVirginia19]

Will next year be our best defense since 2012? Or even better than that?

 

[Kingbish01]

Marcus just landed a 7* commit

 

[irishff1014]

Natty inbound

Awesome news and video!

 

[T-Boone]

That is great news.

 

[Dizzyphil]

That's some MFMF in-house recruiting!!!!

 

[Irishdawg]

Great news… D is going to be so tough!!

 

[rtrn2glory]

Officially have high hopes. SMH usually doesn't end well

 

[T-Boone]

Probably the best player we have gotten to come back - maybe Quinton Nelson.

 

[stlnd01]

That's awesome news and also the video people have entirely too much fun.

 

[OKCDomer23]

This is awesome news. Kid is a ballhawk and was a 1 man wrecking crew v. USC this season. Love hearing this.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Is Mills coming back? If so this D will be loaded.

 

[jpachuta33]

2024 is going to be special...

 

[Dizzyphil]

Is Mills coming back? If so this D will be loaded.

yes'r - he's back for 24

 

[irishff1014]

Is Mills coming back? If so this D will be loaded.

Yes he is.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

yes'r - he's back for 24

Sweet. See you in the final 12 and so on.

 

[laughingirish90]

Will next year be our best defense since 2012? Or even better than that?

i'm going to say this could be our best defense since the 88 squad that won a natty

 

[IAIrish]

Fuck yeah! High end nfl talent at every spot. That's how you build championship defenses.

 

[Dizzyphil]

Fuck yeah! High end nfl talent at every spot. That's how you build championship defenses.

Mills, Watts, Kiser, Denbrock, Golden, MFMF, etc.. etc... "Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail me now"!

 

[SDIrishFan]

Awesome news!

On a side note, it always amazes me how elite athletes can look so unathletic doing other athletic moves, like swinging a pick axe, throwing a baseball, swinging a golf club, etc.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

Will next year be our best defense since 2012? Or even better than that?

I think the argument could be made this year was better than 2012. That year there were teams ND was not equipped to compete with. I dont feel like there is a team that could run through this defense like Bama did in 2012. Next year could very well be even better.