Ken Ekanem, LB, 6-4, 245, Centreville High School, Clifton, VA has approached his recruitment very methodically, systematically trimming his list of schools from nine, to five, to four and finally to two. The talented Virginian has finally narrowed his list to just Notre Dame and Virginia Tech. Ekanem visited Virginia Tech last weekend and plans to take his official visit to Notre Dame later in the month of January. He was originally slated to visit South Bend in December but an ACL injury in the state title game pushed that visit back. Now that he is on the mend, he believes that he will be mobile enough to really enjoy Notre Dame.
Ekanem’s recruitment became even more complicated with the Irish when his recruiter, Charley Molnar, took the head coaching job at the University of Massachusetts. According to Ekanem, however, that has not lessened his interest in Notre Dame. Molnar’s departure actually accelerated the timing of Ekanem meeting his position coach and Notre Dame Defensive Coordinator Bob Diaco.
“Coach Diaco came to the school the week right after the injury occurred,” said Centreville’s Head Coach Chris Haddock. “At the time Ken was scheduled to visit that weekend. We all kind of mutually agreed that it would be better to wait until after surgery so he’d be a little bit more mobile and would enjoy himself better. We planned to do that later this month. As it stands right now, that’s where we are.”
Right now Haddock and Ekanem are in the process of finalizing their travel plans to South Bend.
“I’m still kind of playing phone tag, going back and forth, but I’m assuming everything is still a go,” said Haddock.
