The Ryan Roberts recruiting show on IB today was ridiculous long.
They discussed transfers, breakout spring players, possible surprise commits, etc…but a large part was discussing the ‘24 recruiting status by position.
I actually caught the part I was most curious about while on my run, (the only part I heard of the 3+ hours show).
They discussed Safety, LB & OL recruiting & how worrisome it is.
They went through each one, discussed the status of each possible recruit, and a backstory of the troubles each group is facing.
It’s a really good listen if you have time & want the unfiltered opinion of Roberts & Driskell on those position groups.
Roberts, as always, is very professional and tries to stay positive, but Driskell is a little irked & is straight-forward about a few things.
Off the top of my head they talked about;
OL:
Say they aren’t really sure how Rudolph is evaluating players because kids that aren’t Tackles he loves at OT, and he sees things in players (position-wise) no one else sees.
Said that Rudolph didn’t offer Lambert while at VT, despite that being in his recruiting area, so the relationship is not strong. Said HH & Lambert had a strong relationship and he would probably already be in the class with HH. They aren’t really sure what the status is now with Lambert & ND.
Said that Rudolph seems to be going after guys he had prior contact with, like Knapp, over kids who are better, like Caleb Brewer. Said Rudolph is the only person they know who didn’t like Brewer. Said Brewer 100% would be in the class with HH.
Said Prescod is peculiar because they thought he was committing at the BG game & never did. He might take other OVs into the summer now.
They talked about Brix, but can’t remember what they said, but I don’t think they were happy?
LB:
Talked about how ND has basically 5 guys for 3 spots. And ND will need to hit the inside straight to get the class they want, but that’s probably not happening.
Said they feel ND has a very slight lead for KVA, but they talked to OSU insiders they know & all of them feel OSU has the lead now, so ND will have to close on OVs.
Said ND can’t really expand the board, because they already have multiple times & have offered a ton of LBs.
Safety:
Said they talked to Davis Andrews and were really surprised to hear he is thinking of stretching he recruitment out now, which is a really bad sign for ND Safety recruiting.
If talked about all the different guys individually, & really no one has ND as the clear leader.
Said there are a few guys ND is trying to get on campus.
They talked about Lane, Miles, McClain, Gallegos, Menke.
It’s an interesting listen if you can just get to the part about those positions. It’s a lot more than what I said above.
I’m going to try to listen to the other positions later when I have another hour.
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