'23 NC OL Sam Pendleton (Notre Dame Signee)

[irishandy]

Surprised MF felt he needed to visit him. Great pic though.

This just goes to show how much Freeman puts into recruiting.

 

[irishff1014]

 

[irishff1014]

387 on comp. outside the 247.

 

[clashmore_mike]

 

[irishff1014]

“I don’t want to touch the sign I haven’t earned it yet.”

Love the mentality.

 

[Dale]

Loy said other OL coaches think he’s one of the biggest sleepers in the country and ND told him this is the guy most you guys are flat out wrong on his ranking

 

[Me2SouthBend]

I think he might be the next Jarret Patterson. Interior guy who brings the lunch pail and performs way above what people may think. Potential Captain in the years to come.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

This kids whole mental makeup is old school tough as nails OL. Hoping to see him turn into a 6’5 325 lb mauler in 2 years.

 

[Islandboi]

This is the kinda kid with his mentality. Harry will make a beast out of.

 

[NDdomer2]

This is the kinda kid with his mentality. Harry will make a beast out of.

Hope that's true, however I believe when we hired harry I did a look back and the recruits who were successful under Harry and it didn't bode well for those who didn't have high recruit ratings.

 

[IrishBoognish]

Hope that's true, however I believe when we hired harry I did a look back and the recruits who were successful under Harry and it didn't bode well for those who didn't have high recruit ratings.

Pendleton is ranked higher than Alt.


I'd say Alt is doing alright?

 

[Dale]

Besides the 2018 class that he did clearly mail in (though Luke Jones started this year), Harry only signed four 3 star recruits:

Jimmy Byrne
Trevor Ruhland
Parker Boudreaux
Dillan Gibbons

So 3 guys that didn’t pan out and one that is a multi year starter at FSU. The question that is almost impossible to answer, is did they not pan it 100% because Harry can’t develop 3 star talent/misevaluated them OR did these guys not develop because they were blocked by Multi Year Starters/All Americans/NFL Players/All Pros?

A good problem to have regardless and in reality some guys are recruited from the beginning to provide depth and will never see the field. Can’t sign 3 or 4 guys a year for 5 spots and have everyone pan out.

 

[stpeteirish]

Gibbons made first team all ACC this year. Sure didn’t see that coming as he wasn’t going to see the field at ND.

Maybe it was a down year for OLM in the league.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Gibbons made first team all ACC this year. Sure didn’t see that coming as he wasn’t going to see the field at ND.

Maybe it was a down year for OLM in the league.

Not a down year, he just played great.

 

[Old Man Mike]

The guys who actually play for us tend also to go to the League. If you are an OLine
recruit with a coach who believes in Iron Fives, you better be WAY good fast
to get a spot --- Harry and most top OLine coaches have Iron Five philosophies.
If you are not in the Iron Five, you don't get all the real-world-fieldwork, and
"therefore" the maximum second/third team development.

If an OLineman comes to Notre Dame (or Wisconsin or Iowa or formerly Stanford
--- these are the NFL's traditional Go-To programs for highly trained NFL-ready
technicians), you better work your butt off to get into the Iron Five (plus about Three)
and then rivet in on the intense coaching. If you're not in that Eight, you better be
both patient and a Gym and Practice Team Warrior to get there next Spring.

My belief is that Harry can Coach up anyone that we manage to get if he has to.
These so-called "busts" would be fine players had they not had the misfortunes
of looking at The Martins, Q, Mount McG, Stanley, Banks, Hainsey, Kraemer,
Mustipher, Bars, Eichenberg, our current bunch, etc. standing in front of them on
the depth chart. Most of those guys eat up 3 years of starting.

People who BS about Coach Harry not being able to coach ANYTHING about OLine
need to find something else to write nonsense about to occupy their time. How about
firing Tommy, or hating Coach Kelly? Yeh. Not enough crap in those threads yet.


... and on topic: Pendleton DOES seem to be a classic OLine "character." That is
almost irrelevant as to whether he has what it takes to play at ND. Mike Golic, jr was
a great character with no introversion at any moment. I'll bet Parker Boudreaux is that
kind of character too. I somehow doubt though that is Qs modus operandi. Or Zack's.
Golic worked hard and played "OK" mainly due to a soft roster at that moment and
I'd intuit Golic-family get-at-it warrior attitude. The point is: characters are fun, but not
exactly the key ingredient. I recall Dan Dierdorf saying that he played alongside one of
the wildest "characters" the NFL ever saw (guy's name was Conrad Dobler?) and
he'd BITE the opponent if that's what it took. Pass on cannibalism as a character trait.

It's Pendleton's "press" and relevant attitudes that I like. He's cocky and ebulliant about
contact football, and about operating in an Five Man Unit scrumming opponents. He seems
ready to bullyboy in there, and the commentary from others seems to think he can back it up.
So I'm optimistic for him. When he gets to campus, however, the OLine room will be a Cave
of Monsters. ... and Harry The Ringmaster CLOSELY watching everything.

 

[ColinKSU]

Besides the 2018 class that he did clearly mail in (though Luke Jones started this year), Harry only signed four 3 star recruits:

Jimmy Byrne
Trevor Ruhland
Parker Boudreaux
Dillan Gibbons

So 3 guys that didn’t pan out and one that is a multi year starter at FSU. The question that is almost impossible to answer, is did they not pan it 100% because Harry can’t develop 3 star talent/misevaluated them OR did these guys not develop because they were blocked by Multi Year Starters/All Americans/NFL Players/All Pros?

A good problem to have regardless and in reality some guys are recruited from the beginning to provide depth and will never see the field. Can’t sign 3 or 4 guys a year for 5 spots and have everyone pan out.

Parker might not have worked out as a football player, but he also hasn’t worked out as a pro wrestler.

 

[Dale]

 

[dublinirish]

 

[NDBoiler]

Kid speaks like he’s 35 years old. Sounds like a future captain.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Major RKG right here

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Kids got a great presence. Very impressive.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[Irish#1]

Love it.

 

[NDVirginia19]

Anyone have the clip people mentioned of him and Knapp laughing on that last drive? Haven’t seen it

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Anyone have the clip people mentioned of him and Knapp laughing on that last drive? Haven’t seen it

I saw it in real time & couldn’t believe it

 

[Calabrese's People]

Anyone have the clip people mentioned of him and Knapp laughing on that last drive? Haven’t seen it

Is it this?

 

[rikkitikki08]

Not only were they laughing but they were chirping at the defense. I love em already. Linemen are just cut different and I love it

 

[NDFAN2008]

Didn’t Pendleton blow a kiss to the crowd he was dropping a hint love was getting it lol

 

[Irish#1]

Didn’t Pendleton blow a kiss to the crowd he was dropping a hint love was getting it lol

See about 4-5 posts above.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I thought he was blowing a kiss to the DL he was about road grade to a game winning touchdown….. I could be wrong.