'24 MO RB Aneyas Williams (Notre Dame Signee)

[Irish du Nord]

anyone know why his rankings took a hit? concerns about top end speed? He was a ~top 50 recruit earlier in the cycle.

On which service? He’s always been a low-mid 4 star on 247 per their ranking history. I think he definitely is a top 100 player though

 

[Kingbish01]

I'd like to get excited, but with 13 months to go...in this new climate....I feel these early commitments are nothing more than "ND is my favorite flavor today"

 

[notredomer23]

I'd like to get excited, but with 13 months to go...in this new climate....I feel these early commitments are nothing more than "ND is my favorite flavor today"

This is where I am at, but I realize that's more of a me problem than anything else... gonna try and take a break from recruiting after signing day.

 

[Free Manera]

I'd like to get excited, but with 13 months to go...in this new climate....I feel these early commitments are nothing more than "ND is my favorite flavor today"

Nothing wrong with tempering (or having no) expectations, but I will say that like 95% of ND commits stay committed, and unfortunately it's usually the 5 star high profile guys that don't. NIL is also much less of an issue for guys outside the top 10-20 because they aren't getting 7 figure deals.

 

[Dale]

I’m at where the freak out a second a kid visits elsewhere is warranted. Definitely celebrate a commitment and those that stay committed we should continue to celebrate. But the just for fun, enjoy the process, with my friends or families visits are basically a future decommitment. Driskell, Loy etc will play them down but they are wrong. BDS was the easiest prediction to decommit of all time.

 

[Rizzophil]

I’m at where the freak out a second a kid visits elsewhere is warranted. Definitely celebrate a commitment and those that stay committed we should continue to celebrate. But the just for fun, enjoy the process, with my friends or families visits are basically a future decommitment. Driskell, Loy etc will play them down but they are wrong. BDS was the easiest prediction to decommit of all time.

Good post

Who is BDS?

 

[Luckylucci]

I’m at where the freak out a second a kid visits elsewhere is warranted. Definitely celebrate a commitment and those that stay committed we should continue to celebrate. But the just for fun, enjoy the process, with my friends or families visits are basically a future decommitment. Driskell, Loy etc will play them down but they are wrong. BDS was the easiest prediction to decommit of all time.

Agreed. I'd like to see Freeman take a harder stance on serial visitors amongst the commits. I think the sample size is now large enough to see that most guys that are taking multiple/several visits don't have good intentions behind them.

 

[IHateMarkMay]

Good post

Who is BDS?

Brandon Davis-Swain. Recent decommit.

 

[Old Man Mike]

"Harder stand" = Flat No thanks?

If the kid has MANY suitors, the power is his.

 

[IrishSpartan]

Anyone else now not excited at players committing so early

 

[NDMatt91]

Anyone else now not excited at players committing so early

It depends on how highly ranked they are lol

 

[Luckylucci]

"Harder stand" = Flat No thanks?

If the kid has MANY suitors, the power is his.

And how that's working out for those recruitments?

 

[NDMatt91]

With Limar likely to flip, we'll certainly need 2 RB's in the 2024 class. I'd like to see Williams and Corey Smith get those spots.

 

[AlaskanIrish]

Good post

Who is BDS?

It has something to do with Israel, I think.

 

[arrowryan]

I’d rank him behind Love, but ahead of both Edwards and Limar. Built like a 3 down back and has similar versatility as Love. Would be a hell of a pickup.

 

[Domina Nostra]

I think the kid looks great, personally. Nice pick-up!

 

[Dale]

Don’t want to diminish Kyren by calling him it, but he is truly like a suped up version of Kyren physically. Kyren had the intangibles, vision etc but he has a pretty high ceiling. Under ranked right now IMO.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Looking forward to a lovely 11-month engagement period before the bag-men come calling.

 

[clashmore_mike]

Irish

 

[GrangerIrish24]

neat

 

[clashmore_mike]

 

[clashmore_mike]

 

[clashmore_mike]

 

[Dale]

Every offensive player at Irish Invasion with an offer (kinda not counting Graham) is now committed to Notre Dame.


CJ Carr could be good at the recruiting thing

 

[IAIrish]

Tits!

 

[Riddickulous]

Let's go

 

[jason_h537]

Don’t want to diminish Kyren by calling him it, but he is truly like a suped up version of Kyren physically. Kyren had the intangibles, vision etc but he has a pretty high ceiling. Under ranked right now IMO.

It's more than just physically. His game. His highlight really looks like Kyren at ND. Now does he have that same "fuck you, I'm better than you" cockiness that Kyren played with.

 

[ColinKSU]

We’ll see what happens when the big NIL money rolls in towards signing day in 2023.

 

[CanadalovesND]

We’ll see what happens when the big NIL money rolls in towards signing day in 2023.

It has all made me quite skeptical about recruiting now.

I’m happy for Aneyas, it’s cool we got him… but that’s the limit to my enthusiasm. It’s simply “cool.”

I’ll save my fangirling and exuberance for signing day when everything becomes official - December 2024.

 

[stpeteirish]

It has all made me quite skeptical about recruiting now.

I’m happy for Aneyas, it’s cool we got him… but that’s the limit to my enthusiasm. It’s simply “cool.”

I’ll save my fangirling and exuberance for signing day when everything becomes official - December 2024.

Wouldn't he be signing in Dec 2023?