'24 AZ EDGE Elijah Rushing (Arizona Verbal)

[BobbyMac]

EDGE
Tucson, AZ
Salpointe Catholic

Measurements:
Height: 6-5
Weight: 220

Rankings:
247 Comp: .. NR
247: ............... 4* ..... #1 DE ..... #21 OA ..... 90
Rivals: ........... NR
ESPN: ........... NR

Offers:
Notre Dame ... Offered 3-17-22
AZ
ASU

Media Links:

Twitter =. https://twitter.com/elijah_rushing

Hudl =. Elijah Rushing on Hudl

Maxpreps =. Elijah Rushing's High School Football Stats


Highlights:

 

[BobbyMac]

ND going after one of my 2024 Hit List DE's.

247 followed by naming him the #1 Edge in the class and at #21, he's in future 5 star territory.

Dad played for Spurrier at Florida.

4.0 GPA

Already invited to play in the 2024 All American Bowl

Same HS as Lathan Ransom & Bijan Robinson

Hopefully ND does not drag its feet here and recruits him hard and early.

 

[BobbyMac]

 

[BobbyMac]

 

[BrownerandFry]

2024 DE Elijah Rushing Impressed with Notre Dame, Al Washington

2024 Salpointe Catholic (Ariz.) defensive end Elijah Rushing updates his recruitment and explains why he has a great relationship with Notre Dame defensive line coach Al Washington.

irishsportsdaily.com

Free article from Matt Freeman of Irish Sports Daily.

Nice things about Al Washington

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

Loy: “Great fit. Visiting soon”

 

[Dale]

Top247 2024 Edge Elijah Rushing has a full slate of spring visits set

Tucson (Al.) Salpointe Catholic Top247 2024 edge rusher Elijah Rushing is coming off a strong sophomore campaign and has seen his recruitment continue to trend upward.

247sports.com

April 14th.

 

[BobbyMac]

On3 moved Rushing up to #8 in the class and #2 Edge.

Landing him and Keeley from a prospect perspective is the defensive equivalent of landing Moore and Sayin but with much higher floors and both would contribute vs QB production which is sequential by careers (outside of injury)

Might be looking at the most important prospect in the '24 Class.

 

[NDIrish88]

On3 moved Rushing up to #8 in the class and #2 Edge.

Landing him and Keeley from a prospect perspective is the defensive equivalent of landing Moore and Sayin but with much higher floors and both would contribute vs QB production which is sequential by careers (outside of injury)

Might be looking at the most important prospect in the '24 Class.

Bobby what's your feel for how he views ND?

 

[arrowryan]

Notre Dame will be beating down the playoff doors if they land these guys. 2022 class was good. 2023 and 2024 are looking special early.

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

Did they hit the duplicate button on Keon?

 

[Dale]

At a March UA Camp measured in at 6-foot-6 and 224 pounds with an 80-inch wingspan. In testing, he clocked a 4.48-second shuttle drill and a 27.8-inch vertical jump.

Oregon got his brother in 2022 as a PWO

 

[NDVirginia19]

Notre Dame will be beating down the playoff doors if they land these guys. 2022 class was good. 2023 and 2024 are looking special early.

If I had a nickel.....

 

[Dale]

Gonna be a dogfight but it’d guess we continue to be a big player here

 

[BobbyMac]

Take NIL out and the schools I'd expect to be at the top are:

ND
Oregon
SC
Ohio St
Maybe Texas & Zona

If Dante lands with the Irish, Rushing moves past Julian Sayin for for the top spot on my 2024 Prospect Power Ranking.

Keeley & Rushing would be the greatest 1-2 recruiting punch for ND in the modern, recruiting rankings era

 

[Calabrese's People]

If I had a nickel.....

Great point. Cornerback recruiting needs to reach this higher level too

 

[BobbyMac]

Saw Rushing last night vs Scottsdale Chaparral. Great game, an OT win for the Chaptown Firebirds.

First off, Rushing's gonna be huge (he already looks 6-6/240). This is gonna be a kid who could play at 6-6/280. I don't see a Vyper here. I don't see the same level of athlete as Isaiah Foskey as Jr when he was one of the top TE prospects in the class. That said, with the use of 3 man fronts, you aren't shaking the bushes for 6-4/210 DE's like Julian Okwara that project as prototype Vypers.

Now the important stuff... Sounds like it's SC vs Bama right now with ND and UT also mentioned. One thing I'll say is the folks around Salpointe is it's ND friendly. I sat on the Salpointe side wearing ND gear and got 25+... Go Irish!'s and many of their fans had ND gear on too.

 

[irishff1014]

Spring time

 

[Irish4life]

Imo there's a 0% chance this dude signs with ND. That update doesn't do much to convince me to change that opinion

 

[NDMatt91]

Spring time

Visit or decision?

 

[notredomer23]

Imo there's a 0% chance this dude signs with ND. That update doesn't do much to convince me to change that opinion

Reminds me of when Javien Toviano mentioned ND for like a week in January. Nothing ever came of it. Maybe this will be different but agree with you for now.

 

[IAIrish]

Reminds me of when Javien Toviano mentioned ND for like a week in January. Nothing ever came of it. Maybe this will be different but agree with you for now.

At least Rushing has visited once. It'd take one more unofficial before there's any realistic chance. Actions>words...

 

[Luckylucci]

TIFWIW, but their is a poster at 247 saying he knows a friend of the family and ND will have to pay to win this recruitment.

 

[Luckylucci]

Again, TWFWIW, but he followed that up by saying he’s seen actual texts of his Father’s expectations for compensation packages.

 

[calvegas04]

TIFWIW, but their is a poster at 247 saying he knows a friend of the family and ND will have to pay to win this recruitment.

TIFWIW I believe you and him

 

[NDMatt91]

TIFWIW, but their is a poster at 247 saying he knows a friend of the family and ND will have to pay to win this recruitment.

Congrats to Oregon.

 

[MacIrish75]

FWIW I appreciate your TIFWIWs regarding the TIFWIW posts from 247.

 

[irishff1014]

Visit or decision?

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