Signing Day Superlatives -- Call Your Shot

[rtrn2glory]

2026

Best - Premer
Most Underrated - Reddish
Instant Impact - Dunham
Favorite - Premer
Captain - Nichols
Transfer - Grubbs

 

[Steds83]

Each year I try and pick 2 guys on each side of the ball that I feel good about eventually developing into contributors (last year I went with Will Black, Elijah Burress, Dallas Golden, and JaDon Blair). This year I’m going with Ian Premer, Bubba Frazier, Khary Adams, and Tiki Hola. Hope I’m right!

 

[Kingbish01]

Steve Angeli DID eventually transfer.

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lol facts....Your '22 was much better, but you had whatever the opposite of the midas touch in '21...You couldn't have nailed all transfers if you tried!

 

[Irish8248]

Ty Chan was Ty Channing before Ty Chan was a thing.... We finally got the answer to Why Ty Chan! That's impressive boys

 

[stlnd01]

Best: Love best college player but Jagusah highest draft pick.
Underrated: Hillman/Shuler (Bowen can break rocks we'll be fine back there)
Instant impact: Yeah, Greathouse
Favorite: Traore (Local for me. But also he could be our next Foskey)
Captain: James
Transfer/Bust: Flores (It's a crowded room and we're a long way from Folsom)

Except for Braylon James and maybe Love being SO good he’ll be drafted higher in the first round than Jags eventually is, I stand by these. Hillman just wound up outperforming his ratings for a different team.

 

[fightingirish26]

Gobaira didnt work out for us but hes been one of JMUs key cogs this season.

 

[DCDomer]

Gobaira didnt work out for us but hes been one of JMUs key cogs this season.

Hate that he didn't work out. He was an absolute menace in Northern Virginia, especially in his Junior year.

 

[Irish du Nord]

Just now getting to this.

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest)
- Jeremiah Love
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking)
- Brandyn Hillman (he’s an NFL LB in the mold of JOK someday)
Instant Impact
- Jaden Greathouse
Favorite
- Brandyn Hillman
Captain Material
- Jaden Greathouse (Early production is a show in for captaincy)
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch
- Rico Flores

Nailed the first and last one, @Luckylucci

 

[Irish du Nord]

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest): Dunham
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking): Thom (eventual 1st round pick)
Instant Impact: Osborne
Favorite: Walton
Captain Material: Jarrard but actually Reddish
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch: One of the receivers will be the first transfer

 

[PolishDomer]

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest): Dunham
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking): Thom (eventual 1st round pick)
Instant Impact: Osborne
Favorite: Walton
Captain Material: Jarrard but actually Reddish
Ty Chan Watch // Bust Watch: One of the receivers will be the first transfer

 

[Islandboi]

Wait. Been working all day. Catching up. Did we really just sign a top 2 class? Gonna go do some research now. If so. Damn.

 

[IAIrish]

What a fun time capsule this is. Some homers and strikeouts in there.

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest): McKeough
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking): Ayden Pouncey
Instant Impact: Javian Osborne
Favorite: Bubba Frazier
Captain Material: Tyler  Merrill
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch: Brayden Robinson

 

[Huntr]

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest): Dunham
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking): Merrill
Instant Impact: Frazier (if they let him get in on KOs)
Favorite: O'Brien
Captain Material:  Merrill
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch: Grubbs

 

[Huntr]

Boy HARD swing and miss on Captain for me.
Transfer I was ok and that's about it.

I think Burnham could be a stud next year.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

2026

Best - Premer
Most Underrated - Fitzgerald
Instant Impact - Dunham
Favorite - Premer (I just wish he was an early enrollee. He is going to be special).
Captain - O’Brien
Transfer - Won’t speculate. Love thee that commit to this University

 

[Bluto]

I opened this thread and was immediately confused as shit…lol.

 

[SWirishfan]

2026

Best - Khary Adams
Most Underrated - Ayden Pouncey
Instant Impact - Ian Premer
Favorite - Thomas Davis Jr.
Captain - Thomas Davis Jr.
Transfer - Bubba, would love so see the end our era of small slots not working

 

[allenm5333]

Can we change transfer to boom/bust?

 

[PutuporShutup]

Best - O'Brien
Most Underrated - Hola
Instant Impact - Which ever corner between Pouncey/Adams starts their ND career as field corner
Favorite - Ebenezer (part name part freak off the edge)
Captain - Davis
Transfer - Robinson

 

[CIrishWin]

Not so many superlatives as comps and stats. Enjoying the number 2 class.



Grubbs – Tommy Rees without all the play changing at the line

Osborne – Kyren Williams going to catch a lot of passes

Walton – Darius Wlaker major power between the tackles 12 Car 97 yards 3 TD vs Pitt

Fitzgerald - Micheal Floyd will win 705 of 50/50 balls thrown his way

Finley – Golden Tate will have a jet sweep and catch a pass for a touchdown in the same game

Frazier – Will Fuiller one season will average 18.3 yards per catch and 4 touchdowns over 65 yards

Robinson – Roby Toma 7 catches 98 yards 1 TD against Texas (if they don’t back out the game)

Faison – Avery Davis will catch one at least one tame winning touchdown

Premer - Kyle Rudolph 56 catch 700 yards 9 touchdowns

Fryzel – Irv Smith quietly good

Nichols – Aaron Banks a bully

McKeogh – Aamil Wagner keep telling him to gain weight he keeps blocking his ass off

Patrick – Zack Martin a little tackle a little guard a little center

Thom – Tosh Baker he will play a little bit

Merrill – Robert Hainsey realized how good once he is in the NFL

Garvin – Mike Golic Jr. when you look at the film he had a few good games

Dunham – Isaiah Foskey will break the sack record

Ewetade - Romeo Okwara will continuously get better

Golden - Jerry Tillery will be very consistent and make some big plays

Hola - Sheldon Day just a problem inside

Davis Jr. – Dare I say give this man number 5 Manit Te’o stones bo Jackson (ohio state) at the one on a 4th and goal to seal the win in the national championship game

Clappar - Te’Von Coney 15 tackles 3 TFL vs Navy

Adams – Todd Lyght 2 time All American (Mickens is the man)

Smith – Bobby Taylor 11 Ints over 3 season teams will not throw his way

O’Brien – Kyle Hamilton first safety drafted in his draft class

Pouncey – Jeff Burris will run the wildcat and score a touchdown

Reddish – Matthias Farley a season with 60 tackles 3 FF and 1 INT



2 National Champions in 5 years

 

[fightingirish26]

Not so many superlatives as comps and stats. Enjoying the number 2 class.



Grubbs – Tommy Rees without all the play changing at the line

Osborne – Kyren Williams going to catch a lot of passes

Walton – Darius Wlaker major power between the tackles 12 Car 97 yards 3 TD vs Pitt

Fitzgerald - Micheal Floyd will win 705 of 50/50 balls thrown his way

Finley – Golden Tate will have a jet sweep and catch a pass for a touchdown in the same game

Frazier – Will Fuiller one season will average 18.3 yards per catch and 4 touchdowns over 65 yards

Robinson – Roby Toma 7 catches 98 yards 1 TD against Texas (if they don’t back out the game)

Faison – Avery Davis will catch one at least one tame winning touchdown

Premer - Kyle Rudolph 56 catch 700 yards 9 touchdowns

Fryzel – Irv Smith quietly good

Nichols – Aaron Banks a bully

McKeogh – Aamil Wagner keep telling him to gain weight he keeps blocking his ass off

Patrick – Zack Martin a little tackle a little guard a little center

Thom – Tosh Baker he will play a little bit

Merrill – Robert Hainsey realized how good once he is in the NFL

Garvin – Mike Golic Jr. when you look at the film he had a few good games

Dunham – Isaiah Foskey will break the sack record

Ewetade - Romeo Okwara will continuously get better

Golden - Jerry Tillery will be very consistent and make some big plays

Hola - Sheldon Day just a problem inside

Davis Jr. – Dare I say give this man number 5 Manit Te’o stones bo Jackson (ohio state) at the one on a 4th and goal to seal the win in the national championship game

Clappar - Te’Von Coney 15 tackles 3 TFL vs Navy

Adams – Todd Lyght 2 time All American (Mickens is the man)

Smith – Bobby Taylor 11 Ints over 3 season teams will not throw his way

O’Brien – Kyle Hamilton first safety drafted in his draft class

Pouncey – Jeff Burris will run the wildcat and score a touchdown

Reddish – Matthias Farley a season with 60 tackles 3 FF and 1 INT



2 National Champions in 5 years

This is 3 national championships in 3 years and they all declare early lmao

 

[IrishSpartan]

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest): Dunham
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking): Ayden Pouncey
Instant Impact: Premer
Favorite: BUBBA!
Captain Material: Osborne
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch: Chaston Smith (just feel he will get buried)

 

[DomeFieldAdvantage]

This is 3 national championships in 3 years and they all declare early lmao

 

[ViewsFromTheDome]

Best:
1. Nicols/Merrill
2. Finley
3. OBrian
4. Mckeogh
5. Dunham

Most underrated: Faison

Highest upside: OBrian

Instant impact: Finley/Faison

Personal favorite: Nicols

Might be overrated/transfer candidate: hear me out... Premer, only because I think he gets blocked by Flanigan and possibly Dollar too