‘27 CT DE Mekai Brown (Offer)

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ND optimistic they win out eventually

A look at Notre Dame's top EDGE targets in the 2027 class

247Sports dives into the latest intel surrounding Notre Dame's top targets at the EDGE position. Who are the names to know? Who could land an offer in time? Who will end up in the class? All that and more.

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[IAIrish]

Big visit first visit this weekend. My guess is this brings us even with u$c and osu.

Interested to see if we pull even or quickly resonate and close the deal here. I've not heard how much nil is a factor with his recruitment, which is always a battle with premier dlinemen.

 

[CanadalovesND]

ND did jump in late here. Even with a great visit, ND has a small mountain to move.

 

[allenm5333]

Making his top 5 before visiting. Can't be terrible

 

[irishandy]

Isn't there another CT kid that is visiting with him?

 

[Cpnd1]

Based on this, it will be USC

 

[MrNimbus]

Based on this, it will be USC

730am commit time on the west coast leads me to believe it's a eastern timezone commitment. (I have zero reason to believe this lol)

 

[allenm5333]

USC pays a ton in order to keep them from taking other OVs. Sucks

 

[bpob55]

USC pays a ton in order to keep them from taking other OVs. Sucks

Bowden likely said get your visits in now because once you commit, no more are allowed. That's why he moved his ND visit up from the spring game to this weekend that just passed.

Brown was quite complimentary of the culture at ND, especially for everything outside of football. Going to an elite New England prep school, I think he would have an easy adjustment academically/culturally to being a student at ND.

 

[IrishInOntario]

Good get for USC if they land him. ND's board is increasingly shrinking in terms of the top flight DE's, of which they have as options to land.

If we remove Mekai Brown from the equation, remaining difference makers at DE are basically limited to 4 options...

Abram Sesay
Aidan O'Neil
KJ Green (SEC lean)
Marcus Fakatou

Beyond that you have the following "project" options...

Santana Harvey (SEC lean)
Ifeanyi Emedobi
Esa Wittingburg

Note that David Folorunsho and Alifeleti Tuihalamaka are not DE's at the next level. Both will play 3 tech.

In order to have not "failed" along the DL in this cycle ND has to go 2 for 4 among their remaining 4 difference makers on the edge. After that, they'll try to land a "project" to bolster the numbers. Anything short of 2 for 4 among the top group is a step back from last year's combo of Dunham and Ewetade.

 

[Rocketman84]

Making his top 5 before visiting. Can't be terrible

He will be announcing soon