2028 Master Thread

[Ricochet]

No idea if it's remotely possible due to NIL considerations, but the following would sure look good on paper!

QB: Khayel Sam Fong-Talia (reclassification)
RB: Zaiden Zernigan
RB: Acely Brown OR Xander Edwards
WR: Jaylen Addai
WR: Marshaun Thornton OR Jayce Halasz
WR: Ryan Richmond-Mcdavis OR Maddox Weil
TE: Grant Bowen
TE: Theo Schott or Tre Oiler
OL: Joseph Frierdich
OL: Wyatt VanBoening
OL: Lincoln Fa'alafi
OL: Joey Fleming
DE: Asa Burch
DE: Darieon Prescott
DE: Kam McGee or Cam Toomey
DT: Simon Nuamah
DT: Isaac Kalubi Lukuni
LB: Tahj Gray
LB: Jameer Miles or Allen Kennett V
LB: Julian Bruno
CB: Keaton Fields
CB: Logan Thompson
CB: Langston Pridgeon or Grayden Reid
S: Andre Jones
S: Kamieon Compton-Nero
K: Owen Davies

I think it's going be a 4 WR class after foolishly only taking 2 when Osani Gayles was there for the taking for ND. Well it's that as well as some of the guys that have yet to break through and are stuck in the middle are going to move on if they can get there degree by the end of Spring. If Denbrock is going to scheme anything to help open up the offense the the need elite speed and quickness with all the WR's. Absolutely love the we'd you went with. My ideal WR Class with prospect that seem to really like ND is

Jaylen Addai
Jayce Halasz
Marshaun Thornton
Ryan Richmond-Mcdavis

Speed, speed, speed and more speed.

 

[allenm5333]

I would twerk this a little but I every much like your class here.For starters I think they're going to take 3 S. Jones is a good player but ND is trending some truly elite S at the moment and they are just to good to pass up, especially Kamieon Compton-Nero. That kid is absolute stud, a 5 star talent regardless of where the rankings have him. ND was already doing good with Jalen Flowers who is arguably one of the best S and he's buzzing about his visit, you don't pass up that kind of talent.

LB recruiting is going to be interesting because it's going to depend on how the '27 class finishes. If it's 2 LB's then I can see 4 in '28. If they could somehow pull of flips of Henderson and Randle then I see 3 in '28. IMO Tahj Gray, Gabriel Player and Jameer Miles are my top 3 LBs and apparently they hit it out of the park on Players & Miles visit.

Gray is one of those guys (like McGee) you take no matter what. Bud Elliot had a pod and compared him to Arvell Rease and that seems right

 

[Irishdawg]

This may be question that has been asked/answered previously. When a recruit verbally commits do they have the NIL $ with the player & agent worked out? Is there an actual signed contract?

 

[Ricochet]

Gray is one of those guys (like McGee) you take no matter what. Bud Elliot had a pod and compared him to Arvell Rease and that seems right

I agree 100%

 

[allenm5333]

This may be question that has been asked/answered previously. When a recruit verbally commits do they have the NIL $ with the player & agent worked out? Is there an actual signed contract?

As always is the case, it depends!

 

[arrowryan]

Who is this about?

 

[Pa Golden Tate Fan]

Who is this about?

Hendrix Dawson

 

[Irish du Nord]

Hendrix Dawson

Named after Andrew, feel old yet?

 

[PolishDomer]

Named after Andrew, feel old yet?

I would feel really old if he was named after Andre, from the Chicago Cubs...

 

[Huntr]

It's flip szn boys

 

[OrlaNDomer]

2028 commit already flipping... but love his height.

 

[arrowryan]

Loy believes, out of the BC visitors, Allen Kennett is the most likely to commit. “Sooner rather than later”.

 

[Irish du Nord]

JC Wessel had a great trip for the Miami game and is going through RCIA right now per Eric Thomas.

TE 1 for the class, imo. Looked great at invasion, has a huge frame and plays with great functional strength already. Definitely has the athleticism to be a threat in the passing game.

Attaching Irish Illustrated premium article on the visit. https://247sports.com/article/top-2...separates-notre-dame-from-the-pack-292521825/

 

[Ricochet]

JC Wessel had a great trip for the Miami game and is going through RCIA right now per Eric Thomas.

TE 1 for the class, imo. Looked great at invasion, has a huge frame and plays with great functional strength already. Definitely has the athleticism to be a threat in the passing game.

Attaching Irish Illustrated premium article on the visit. https://247sports.com/article/top-2...separates-notre-dame-from-the-pack-292521825/

Grant Bowen is easily my #1 but JC Wessel my first choice at the moment to partner with him.

 

[Ricochet]

Has anybody heard why stud RB Kevin Hartsfield who was supposed to visit for the Miami didn't make it?

 

[irishff1014]

Marshaun Thornton's On3 Recruiting Profile
https://www.on3.com/db/248072/recruiting

According to blue and gold he was able to make it.

 

[domer10mjpc]

Loy believes, out of the BC visitors, Allen Kennett is the most likely to commit. “Sooner rather than later”.

Kennetts film so far this year is nasty. Especially for that league. Top 5 LB in the country.

 

[NDMatt91]

Unless I missed it, it's kind of weird that Kam McGee didn't visit on Saturday.

 

[DomeFieldAdvantage]

Unless I missed it, it's kind of weird that Kam McGee didn't visit on Saturday.

His high schools game was at 4pm on Saturday.

 

[Ricochet]

Unless I missed it, it's kind of weird that Kam McGee didn't visit on Saturday.

I believe they said they were playing on Saturday.

 

[PolishDomer]

All these 2028 posts...

 

[NDMatt91]

Wiltfong talked about the following Illinois prospects in the class of 2028:

Kam McGee (5* DE): ND will have a big say in the recruitment. He has good relationships with the staff, Chicago players that are committed, there's the proximity to home. Oregon and Miami are the biggest competitors to ND.

Grant Bowen (4* ATH): "ND is one of the favorites if not THE favorite"

Logan Thompson (4* CB): "ND is a front runner"

Wyatt VanBoening (4* OT): Likes ND to get him

Jameer Miles (4* LB): "ND is the team to beat"

Marshaun Thornton (4* WR): ND is in on him

Caleb Tucker (4* DT): Has taken 2 visits to ND, so they're in on him

Ben Coleman (4* OL): "Like where ND stands"

Also, Joseph Frierdich will probably be visiting for the SMU game, and McGee will try to as well.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

You know what would be an interesting conversation...Asking Saban what it was like to have recruits beating down the door to go to Bama and how in the world did you pick and choose? I feel like Freeman and ND are on the cusp of that being the case, if not already there. You can't take them all.

 

[MeanGreenBeans]

You know what would be an interesting conversation...Asking Saban what it was like to have recruits beating down the door to go to Bama and how in the world did you pick and choose? I feel like Freeman and ND are on the cusp of that being the case, if not already there. You can't take them all.

I'm just gonna be 100% honest here- I don't give a shit what Saban has to say about anything anymore. He's a hypocritical dinosaur who quit when modern slavery ended.

 

[allenm5333]

Wiltfong talked about the following Illinois prospects in the class of 2028:

Kam McGee (5* DE): ND will have a big say in the recruitment. He has good relationships with the staff, Chicago players that are committed, there's the proximity to home. Oregon and Miami are the biggest competitors to ND.

Grant Bowen (4* ATH): "ND is one of the favorites if not THE favorite"

Logan Thompson (4* CB): "ND is a front runner"

Wyatt VanBoening (4* OT): Likes ND to get him

Jameer Miles (4* LB): "ND is the team to beat"

Marshaun Thornton (4* WR): ND is in on him

Caleb Tucker (4* DT): Has taken 2 visits to ND, so they're in on him

Ben Coleman (4* OL): "Like where ND stands"

Also, Joseph Frierdich will probably be visiting for the SMU game, and McGee will try to as well.

Add Prescott, and that's the top 8 prospects in Illinois

https://www.on3.com/rivals/rankings/player/football/2028/?state=il

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

His high schools game was at 4pm on Saturday.

Recruiting is more important than actual ball itself. Seriously.

Kam McGee (5* DE): ND will have a big say in the recruitment. He has good relationships with the staff, Chicago players that are committed, there's the proximity to home. Oregon and Miami are the biggest competitors to ND.

Grant Bowen (4* ATH): "ND is one of the favorites if not THE favorite"

Logan Thompson (4* CB): "ND is a front runner"

Wyatt VanBoening (4* OT): Likes ND to get him

Jameer Miles (4* LB): "ND is the team to beat"

Marshaun Thornton (4* WR): ND is in on him

Caleb Tucker (4* DT): Has taken 2 visits to ND, so they're in on him

Ben Coleman (4* OL): "Like where ND stands"

Brother Rice, Mt. Carmel, Immaculate Conception, Bolingbrook (Prescott) and Providence are all still alive in the Illinois state playoffs. After the first round, most games are played on Saturdays. We won't be seeing these guys for BC and SMU most likely.

 

[PolishDomer]

Recruiting is more important than actual ball itself. Seriously.




Brother Rice, Mt. Carmel, Immaculate Conception, Bolingbrook (Prescott) and Providence are all still alive in the Illinois state playoffs. After the first round, most games are played on Saturdays. We won't be seeing these guys for BC and SMU most likely.

Maybe Marcus can meet them at the Bears game on Sunday 11/22

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I'm just gonna be 100% honest here- I don't give a shit what Saban has to say about anything anymore. He's a hypocritical dinosaur who quit when modern slavery ended.

Amen. ESPN gave him his docuseries. I won't watch GameDay because I find him, MacAfee and Herbstreit to be insufferable. People will know when he won and how he won in the era that he did. I think it's good enough.

 

[allenm5333]

The amount of tough decisions this staff will have to make at OL, TE, LB, DE, and CB is absurd and rich program problems

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I can't see McGee making it for SMU. Brother Rice would have to either lose to Normal Community HS on Saturday or win and play their semifinal game on Friday the 20th. Neither of those things is going to happen.