'22 OH RB Gi'Bran Payne (Notre Dame Verbal)

[Irish#1]

We poaching?

 

[BoredIrish]

Does this have anything to do with McCullough?

 

[Henges24]

How many RBs are they expected to take? Has two always been the number? Seems too smokey to not have fire.

 

[Reaper97]

According to the IU people he was told a number of backs they were taking, then they took another one. Then they told him they would be getting a proven RB coach to replace McCullough & instead they hired a QB analyst as the new RB coach.
Evidently he was mad & left on bad terms, thus the release of his NLI.

 

[knight2017]

Loy thinks ND gets this one done.

 

[Luckylucci]

I did not watch his Senior Highlights so I'll have to go check those out. I always felt he was better than the interest he received, down the stretch, from the big schools.

 

[Dale]

 

[GrangerIrish24]

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Im still convinced the 2 youngest will be at ND

 

[Dale]

He was injured much of 2020 and 2021. So upside is someone possibly underrated because the big ones (us included) were wanting to see him his SR and then couldn’t

 

[IrishLion]

I'll take a Lancer any day of the week. Had I decided on a Catholic education in Cincinnati instead of NKY, that's where I would have gone lol

 

[BobbyMac]

Following Run DMC to South Bend?

Wuuut?

Who’s reporting this?

 

[tko]

I'll take a Lancer any day of the week. Had I decided on a Catholic education in Cincinnati instead of NKY, that's where I would have gone lol

I had an opportunity to go to St. Xavier and passed. I regret the decision looking back. I never considered LaSalle, but I have many friends that went there and loved it.

 

[NDdomer2]

Following Run DMC to South Bend?

Wuuut?

Who’s reporting this?

I read an article yesterday that said his petition to get out of NLI cited his athletic abilities required personal relationships and the one that made him pick IU is no longer there.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I read an article yesterday that said his petition to get out of NLI cited his athletic abilities required personal relationships and the one that made him pick IU is no longer there.

"My favorite coach left, so now my legs don't work."

 

[NDdomer2]

"My favorite coach left, so now my legs don't work."

They'll work again in South bend tho

 

[StPaul_Irish]

I'm guessing this is Loys CB

 

[ryno 24]

He looks good. However, I would rather get 2 backs in 2023 than an additional back in 2022. We already have four quality backs on the roster right now.

 

[rtrn2glory]

He looks good. However, I would rather get 2 backs in 2023 than an additional back in 2022. We already have four quality backs on the roster right now.

Previous years I'd agree, but previous history is showing that one or more will transfer out. Just the nature of the business nowadays. I think take 2 in both tbh.

 

[Irish#1]

Loy thinks ND gets this one done.

I think Stevie Wonder could have read that crystal ball. lol

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Would we stay at #7 or how much would he move the needle class rank wise. Not a #mathguy

 

[stpeteirish]

Somewhat concerned about his injury history. Missed most of Jr and Sr years with injuries.

Good player, no doubt, but will he bail at the first sign of difficulty? He already has once.

Bottom line these days if you can get someone good you take them as X% will leave since its so ridiculously easy to do so.

 

[arrowryan]

This team never rosters a full 85. If a 4 star RB, one that the position coach obviously likes, wants to commit then awesome.

If he pans out, awesome. If he doesn’t, the RB room has plenty of depth. I see minimal downside to this.

 

[stlnd01]

This team never rosters a full 85. If a 4 star RB, one that the position coach obviously likes, wants to commit then awesome.

If he pans out, awesome. If he doesn’t, the RB room has plenty of depth. I see minimal downside to this.

Any chance it scares off a second RB in the '23 class? In general I agree, take ALL the running backs. But six RBs in three classes would be a lot.

 

[IHateMarkMay]

This team never rosters a full 85. If a 4 star RB, one that the position coach obviously likes, wants to commit then awesome.

If he pans out, awesome. If he doesn’t, the RB room has plenty of depth. I see minimal downside to this.

Does the position coach like him because that was the best his old school could get and does he still like him knowing his new school could get possibly better?

 

[arrowryan]

Does the position coach like him because that was the best his old school could get and does he still like him knowing his new school could get possibly better?

Well Lance Taylor liked him enough to offer him. McCullough wasn’t alone.

 

[arrowryan]

Any chance it scares off a second RB in the '23 class? In general I agree, take ALL the running backs. But six RBs in three classes would be a lot.

Transfers and injuries are basically guaranteed. I wouldn’t think so.

 

[Dale]

OV this weekend

 

[NDIrish88]

OV this weekend

Really? Interesting

 

[NDFAN2008]

Kind of surprised we would bring him in?

 

[Dale]

It’s hard to form an opinion on Payne. All his offers were prior to his junior season. ND, Bama, almost all of them. It’s a bit lazy/inaccurate to write them off as non committable. They likely expected to see him his junior year, then maybe senior year, camps just like many other kids with offers after sophomore year and it just never happened. He was injured not seriously but frequently enough that he doesn’t even have full tapes for JR or SR year, just random 1 play highlights.

Truly a trust McCullough call happening here more than likely. He visited UK last week is a good sign of competition somewhat