'11 PA TE Ben Koyack (Signed Notre Dame LOI)

[IrishInFl]

He must be good, Ohio State offered him. Thats saying something.

 

[Irish.Ca]

Very smart decision by this young man, 1st step National Championship (1 will do, the more the better) then the NFL.

Welcome Ben, now its time to play phone a friend, hope Lynch is on speed dial, now get to work.

 

[Irish4Life09]

omg i think i just shat myself!!!
nice!!! im in class and have to give a presentation....i dont know if i can stand up with my pants like this.lol.

 

[ryno 24]

this is amazing he will not regret his decision

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Another great day to be Irish. Welcome Ben!!!!!

Go Irish!

 

[49er-Irish]

Watching Rudolph be such a huge part of the offense in the spring game had to seal the deal for Koyack.

Great decision, he's going to be awesome in BK's offense. I'm loving the way this recruiting class is shaping up!

 

[Rocket's Rocket Fan]

So pumped right now! This is a great get. Welcome to the family Ben.

 

[TerryTate]

Fuck. Yes.

 

[Ben E.]

welcome to the program Ben!

 

[GEORGIA DOMER]

09 almost the same total as 08 with less games impressive

 

[BirdmanND06]

Huge pickup. Welcome to the family Ben.

 

[49er-Irish]

Just in case you guys need another reason to drool over this guy...

He was the starting shortstop for his high school baseball team as a 6'5" 230 lb freshman. That takes some great athleticism and coordination to play that position at that size - and to be able to pull it off as a freshman is amazing to me.

I'm even more excited for this kid after reading that. He's going to be a nightmare matchup for opposing defenses. Hell yeah!

 

[sportallyr]

Welcome aboard Ben. Loving this class so far!!!

 

[Irish4Life09]

im glad that my predictions about kelly before he was selected as coach are now wrong.
he is becoming such an amazing recruiter that i can't even begin to fathom how good we could eventually be with Kelly as our coach.
I am way too excited our ND's future!

 

[UPMich_NDfan]

WoW

WoW

What a nice afternoon surprise to come on and see this! Welcome Ben!

Man, with Kelly's current hotstreak he should go out and start offering more 5 stars and see what happens! Quite the class shaping up, things are looking good!

 

[Lou Holtz]

Awesome pickup to what could be an amazing recruiting class

 

[Ironman8]

Amazing news to come home to. Welcome Ben!

 

[aubeirish]

Welcome to the Family!

 

[BestBIrish47]

I heard Superman and Chuck Norris wear Ben Koyack underwear....

 

[MyBrothersSchool]

I heard Superman and Chuck Norris wear Ben Koyack underwear....

So do I

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Welcome Ben! Congratulations! Go Irish!

 

[bert2834]

Welcome Ben!

 

[chyrspchuck]

Welcome Home. Amazing start to a great 2011 Class, let's finish this thing up with Daniels, Lynch, maybe a couple others. Hopefully these guys we have already start calling them.

 

[IrishInFl]

Just in case you guys need another reason to drool over this guy...

He was the starting shortstop for his high school baseball team as a 6'5" 230 lb freshman. That takes some great athleticism and coordination to play that position at that size - and to be able to pull it off as a freshman is amazing to me.

I'm even more excited for this kid after reading that. He's going to be a nightmare matchup for opposing defenses. Hell yeah!

If Bubba Starling commits, I wonder who would be more pleased: Kelly or the baseball coach?

 

[Stalking_Eagle]

Watching Rudolph be such a huge part of the offense in the spring game had to seal the deal for Koyack.

Great decision, he's going to be awesome in BK's offense. I'm loving the way this recruiting class is shaping up!

I highly doubt it

 

[BGIF]

I highly doubt it

I agree.

Couldn't have been the passes to Rudolph.

Must have been the one to Eifert.

Or the one to Golic.

Or the 6 to Ragone.

 

[Junkhead]

Great get for Kelly and ND! I'm all for BKG's, even more so if they are 5 stars! I know BGIF was being sarcastic, but I'd bet anything all those TE receptions had a big impact on him.

 

[NDinL.A.]

I highly doubt it

Why? He saw ND throw to the tight ends a bunch, even to the 4th string! When you see a little used back-up tight end like Ragone grab 6 passes, that has to have an impact. I know it would on me if I were a pass-catching TE. Matter of fact, here's his quote after the game:

“They used the tight ends a lot and that was a major plus for me."

It's obvious he was feeling ND before the game, but the way BK used the TE in the B&G game might have sealed the deal.

 

[DirtySecret]

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Oh man great news! We are really becoming TE U!