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This is likely the mindset, and it's insanely flawed. Elite players tend to drastically underestimate the value of ND's education. It's not just the degree, but the networking. It's something that kids and parents don't take into consideration nearly as much as they should. The old saying...

I wouldn't add Knapp. He is super athletic and has excellent footwork and despite the lack of size, run blocks very well. He has the ability to play practically any spot on the OL.

Yikes. When Holland is the OUTLIER in that group, you know things are bad.

I don't think there's that many reaches in this class so far. The only ones I'd say are reaches would be Urlacher and if we get him, TBP. For everyone else, I absolutely see why ND took them. They're mostly big athletes with positional versatility. And a lot of them are significantly...

This. Especially on defense, ND had guys like Julian Love, Jalen Elliott, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Kurt Hinish, Ade Ogundeji who become high level starters during playoff runs. You also had guys like Tranquill, Coney, Okwara who were on the 3/4 star fringe. Pride IIRC was a guy who was really...

Dude is a 5-star. Period. Flat out one of the best QB's in this class. Easily a top 5, I'd argue top 3.

I was hoping that something in these highlights would make me turn my head and say "Oh, so THAT'S why we offered him". But sadly, I didn't see it. Looks pretty much as advertised. Good straight line speed, but hips look stiff, not explosive coming out of his breaks. Good size and can play...

Moving past the diehard troll, Hobbs is one of those guys I can't figure out why he's rated so low. Him and Moore. Granted, I don't think it's as egregious as Cole Mullins, but Hobbs is long, has fluid hips, has good speed and pops on contact. There's some guys in this class where I can see...

I'm leaning towards Rezac being a hit. Jamie from ISD put it best when it came to LB's. Most of the best LB's recently taken in the draft were also safeties in high school. Rezac fits that mold. A lot of the 3-star defensive players Freeman is going after are guys who can just flat out...

It's just bizarre to me that Joe Schmo's like you and me can see that kind of potential for a guy with his size and ability to move that well, but nobody on any major recruiting service can. I mean, I could see it if this was a guy like Rezac, who plays in Nebraska. But Mullins played in...

Yep. I'm not one to rag on Singer or the guys at B&G illustrated. They do a decent enough job and the community is pretty solid. But WOW is On3 BAD at their job. Like, speaking of ESPN, On3 is giving them a run for their money in terms of porous recruiting analysis. And ESPN at least has the...

Most of the beat has been down on him for a while now. If it's true that he's gotten right in the head and physically trimmed down, that's very promising. His potential didn't magically disappear.

Not to mention, Mullins and probably Sevillano are not staying 3-stars. Mullins for sure. Most of the ND beat can't figure out why he's rated so low currently, but dude is big, athletic and freakishly explosive for his size (6'4 240). Sevillano has a high ceiling. A lot will come down to him...

Nice try Russia ND1988

Always the possibility they create a rotation at guard, similar to what they did at RT in 2017 with Hainsey and Kraemer. I'm hoping that it's Schrauth and Spindler. No disrespect to Kristofic, but I want the young guys to beat him out. Those guys not only have higher ceilings and are generally...

Sounds good. I need some Miralax if I want to drop my nuggets.

I imagine the same logic applies here with Bennie-Powell. He was on the staff's radar, but his film at safety is very limited because his school had 2 really good safeties last year in Minich and Hartford. So they wanted to get him in camp and see how he'd perform in front of them...

Yeah, because getting him to camp and drilling him for hours is nothing compared to BD's expert analysis... I'd be skeptical of this, but this is the same situation that ND had last year when they offered Otting. People thought it was a reach, then he ended up rising late.

The last time I remember something like this happening was with Marquise Stepp, which was 6 years ago, and that situation was made clear prior to him signing his NLI. We're talking MONTHS before it was made clear for Hillman. All I can say is that whatever ND's admissions saw as a hurdle...