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As it continues to look like Notre Dame will pass at quarterback in the Class of 2015, bringing in a top signal-caller in the Class of 2016 becomes even more crucial for the Irish.
Notre Dame has extended a handful of early offers to 2016 quarterbacks and appears to be in solid shape with at least a few of them, but the Irish are still evaluating other quarterbacks like Sonny Abramson.
The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder from Pope John XXIII in Sparta, N.J., already has offers from schools like Rutgers, Duke, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and Syracuse among others.
“It’s great,” he said. “I definitely like staying focused on this season with my team and getting back to the state championship game and winning it. I definitely feel very blessed to have the offers that I have this early.”
A Notre Dame coach stopped by his school during the Evaluation Period and the Irish have continued to show interest.
“He was saying they were interested and would continue recruiting me,” Abramson said of the Irish assistant. “I know they have great tradition. I know it’s a great school. They have a good football program obviously. Those are all things that definitely interest me.”
Abramson would welcome the opportunity to visit Notre Dame at some point in the future to further evaluate the Irish.
“Definitely coaching staff, the environment is always a big thing,” he said. “That’s not just within the football program, that’s the whole school and campus and all of that.”
College scouts have told Abramson they like the package he brings to the position.
“They like my mental aspect, me being able to pick up things in the defense whether it’s changing protection or changing a play,” he said. “A lot of them like my leadership skills. They like my ability to keep plays alive using my feet as well as my arm. They like my arm strength, accuracy is another thing they like.”
Abramson, who has been clocked at 4.8 in the 40-yard dash, believes he could operate in multiple systems at the college level.
“I can really fit in any scheme,” he said. “I’m athletic enough to be in a zone-read type of offense. At the same time, I understand the concepts and can operate in a pro-style offense. Really, I’m somewhat of a hybrid between pro-style and zone-read quarterback.”
He’s already had the chance to visit several schools so far including Boston College, Penn State, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Duke and Stanford among others.
Abramson has a pretty good plan for how he’ll compare his choices in the end.
“There are three main things I look for in a college,” he said. “These are the same things I was looking for when I was making a decision on what high school I was going to attend.
“I want to go somewhere where there’s obviously a good football tradition and good football program. Two, a place where I could excel academically. And three, somewhere where there’s a like-minded locker room.”
