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Ok, so there is an insane amount of info to cover but most of it has made it's way to individual threads already so I'll add as appropriate. With so many targets/prospect visiting elsewhere, I'm going to post some links/articles/info on targets visiting elsewhere to get a different perspective on things Hopefully everyone enjoys it the same.
New Offers
2022 S Austin Ausberry
2022 WR Elic Ayomanor
2023 LB Jaiden Ausberry
2023 CB Amare Snowden
2023 CB Justyn Rhett
2023 DT Kendrick Gilbert
2023 CB Christian Gray
2024 QB CJ Carr
2024 DB Jacob Oden
Free Articles
WR Elic Ayomanor: From Canadian Phenom to Notre Dame Recruit (247sports.com)
Recapping Arch Manning's visit to Clemson (247sports.com)
2023 S Jack Luttrell Impressed with Notre Dame, Chris O'Leary | Irish Sports Daily
2023 LB Aycen Stevens Loved Notre Dame's Energy at Irish Invasion | Irish Sports Daily
2023 TE Walker Lyons Recaps Notre Dame Trip | Irish Sports Daily
2024 WR Ryan Wingo Enjoys First Look at Notre Dame | Irish Sports Daily
The Latest | Notre Dame & 2022 WR Elic Ayomanor | Irish Sports Daily
Michigan Wolverines Legacy Quarterback CJ Carr Raves About Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Camp, Visit (rivals.com)
- Is ND really going to make a run at Lloyd Carr's grandson? It appears so, lol.
Notre Dame Football Visit Goes Well For Elite LB Josiah Trotter (rivals.com)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Offers Seven Prospects From Irish Invasion Camp (rivals.com)
- Here's a solid review of all 7 offers from Mike Singer.
Premium Articles
VIP: Four-star 2023 ATH to attend Oklahoma camp, hoping for offer (247sports.com)
- First we're hearing of a possible ND unofficial visit from Mikal Harrison-Pilot but no date mentioned. Just later this month.
Texas A&M official impresses Top247 DL Anthony Lucas and his family (247sports.com)
- Interview with his Father regarding their A&M visit. Had very good things to say about the trip, program, and coaches. ND is this weekend.
DB Jacob Oden earns Notre Dame offer at camp (247sports.com)
- He's going to be a household name sooner than later.
Nation's No. 2 RB Gavin Sawchuk says USC is an "amazing football school, amazing education" (247sports.com)
- Gavin is a young man that does seem to care about academics quite a bit so while this quote is referring to his USC visit. ND should able to one up this. We'll see.
Ga. Safety Jake Pope: UNC 'Is Going To Be Hard to Top' (247sports.com)
- The title gives it away. This could be the needle mover for Pope. Wiltfong put in a CB 6 for UNC. This was also his second visit to UNC. BTS, this was an ND/UNC battle. So, ND will get there shot but this didn't come out of nowhere.
The Latest | 2023 DE Kennedy "Mayhem" McDowell | Irish Sports Daily
- Kennedy really seemed to connect with Elston curing his visit.
Ausberry Brothers Talk Notre Dame Offers | Irish Sports Daily
- The Ausberry brother had really good things to say about ND. But, most notably, Austin had this to say,
BlueAndGold - The Gold Standard: Recruiting Scoop From Notre Dame’s Irish Invasion Camp (rivals.com)
- This is absolutely loaded with good stuff so if you have Rivals, check it out. And, if you are in the market for a paid site sub, Singer has been crushing it. A couple of nuggets. Brenan Vernon balled out and Singer remains adamant he's not the OSU lock folks perceive. Elic is a take at WR along with the group of Anderson, Merriweather, and Williams.
Five-star linebacker 'really liked' first visit to Tennessee (247sports.com)
- Drayk Bowen on his Tenn. visit.
Live updates: College football recruiting scoop throughout June (247sports.com)
- Here is a fun national article from Wiltfong talking about some specific prospects visit plans. It sounds like it'll be update throughout the month of June.
Let's Discuss
A couple of weeks back I mentioned how well ND has done with it's recruiting department. With Irish Invasion in the books and the June visit list largely set, I wanted to take a few minutes to go over that again with some details that I found interesting.
By 247's count, ND has already offered 100 2023 prospects. According to our visit list count, we will have approx. 80 2023 visitors to campus during the month of June. Now, not all of those 80 have offers but that's a very impressive feat in and of itself. Of those approximate 80, a little over 30 of those prospects are currently 4 star or better prospects. Of those 30, they come from approx 17 different states. So, in the span of one month, the staff will have gotten 30+, 4star+, prospects on campus, two years before they are making their college decisions final. In reality, it's more like one year before a lot of them start making decisions but you get the point. And this isn't including the talent from the 2024 class that will also be making it's way to campus.
Why does this matter? The significance will be in getting repeat or multiple visits. A lot of these guys will now have a full year to get back on campus prior to their OV's whether that be for a game, banquet, spring practice, etc. One would assume that if we can get this much top talent to come to campus for an event like II, we can get a good number of these guys to come back for a game in the Fall or at the very least an OV next year. Essentially, we should be getting a 2nd or 3rd visit from a lot of these prospects. That's a very big deal.
So, while the staff has a lot of work to do with regards to closing out the 2022 class during the month of June. They've already laid some serous groundwork for the 2023 class well in advance of it mattering. I think this is truly incredible stuff by the recruiting department. Hats off to all the ladies and gentlemen that have put this together and it feels like we'll be talking about this for weeks to come.
PS, for the fact checkers out there. I tried to get as accurate with those numbers as possible but if they are off by a couple here or there, my apologies, the broader point still holds.
New Offers
2022 S Austin Ausberry
2022 WR Elic Ayomanor
2023 LB Jaiden Ausberry
2023 CB Amare Snowden
2023 CB Justyn Rhett
2023 DT Kendrick Gilbert
2023 CB Christian Gray
2024 QB CJ Carr
2024 DB Jacob Oden
Free Articles
WR Elic Ayomanor: From Canadian Phenom to Notre Dame Recruit (247sports.com)
Recapping Arch Manning's visit to Clemson (247sports.com)
2023 S Jack Luttrell Impressed with Notre Dame, Chris O'Leary | Irish Sports Daily
2023 LB Aycen Stevens Loved Notre Dame's Energy at Irish Invasion | Irish Sports Daily
2023 TE Walker Lyons Recaps Notre Dame Trip | Irish Sports Daily
2024 WR Ryan Wingo Enjoys First Look at Notre Dame | Irish Sports Daily
The Latest | Notre Dame & 2022 WR Elic Ayomanor | Irish Sports Daily
Michigan Wolverines Legacy Quarterback CJ Carr Raves About Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Camp, Visit (rivals.com)
- Is ND really going to make a run at Lloyd Carr's grandson? It appears so, lol.
Notre Dame Football Visit Goes Well For Elite LB Josiah Trotter (rivals.com)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Offers Seven Prospects From Irish Invasion Camp (rivals.com)
- Here's a solid review of all 7 offers from Mike Singer.
Premium Articles
VIP: Four-star 2023 ATH to attend Oklahoma camp, hoping for offer (247sports.com)
- First we're hearing of a possible ND unofficial visit from Mikal Harrison-Pilot but no date mentioned. Just later this month.
Texas A&M official impresses Top247 DL Anthony Lucas and his family (247sports.com)
- Interview with his Father regarding their A&M visit. Had very good things to say about the trip, program, and coaches. ND is this weekend.
DB Jacob Oden earns Notre Dame offer at camp (247sports.com)
- He's going to be a household name sooner than later.
Nation's No. 2 RB Gavin Sawchuk says USC is an "amazing football school, amazing education" (247sports.com)
- Gavin is a young man that does seem to care about academics quite a bit so while this quote is referring to his USC visit. ND should able to one up this. We'll see.
Ga. Safety Jake Pope: UNC 'Is Going To Be Hard to Top' (247sports.com)
- The title gives it away. This could be the needle mover for Pope. Wiltfong put in a CB 6 for UNC. This was also his second visit to UNC. BTS, this was an ND/UNC battle. So, ND will get there shot but this didn't come out of nowhere.
The Latest | 2023 DE Kennedy "Mayhem" McDowell | Irish Sports Daily
- Kennedy really seemed to connect with Elston curing his visit.
Ausberry Brothers Talk Notre Dame Offers | Irish Sports Daily
- The Ausberry brother had really good things to say about ND. But, most notably, Austin had this to say,
. Landing a 4 star S (position of need) and brother to a top 50 LB next cycle would be a very welcomed outcome from II.
BlueAndGold - The Gold Standard: Recruiting Scoop From Notre Dame’s Irish Invasion Camp (rivals.com)
- This is absolutely loaded with good stuff so if you have Rivals, check it out. And, if you are in the market for a paid site sub, Singer has been crushing it. A couple of nuggets. Brenan Vernon balled out and Singer remains adamant he's not the OSU lock folks perceive. Elic is a take at WR along with the group of Anderson, Merriweather, and Williams.
Five-star linebacker 'really liked' first visit to Tennessee (247sports.com)
- Drayk Bowen on his Tenn. visit.
Live updates: College football recruiting scoop throughout June (247sports.com)
- Here is a fun national article from Wiltfong talking about some specific prospects visit plans. It sounds like it'll be update throughout the month of June.
Let's Discuss
A couple of weeks back I mentioned how well ND has done with it's recruiting department. With Irish Invasion in the books and the June visit list largely set, I wanted to take a few minutes to go over that again with some details that I found interesting.
By 247's count, ND has already offered 100 2023 prospects. According to our visit list count, we will have approx. 80 2023 visitors to campus during the month of June. Now, not all of those 80 have offers but that's a very impressive feat in and of itself. Of those approximate 80, a little over 30 of those prospects are currently 4 star or better prospects. Of those 30, they come from approx 17 different states. So, in the span of one month, the staff will have gotten 30+, 4star+, prospects on campus, two years before they are making their college decisions final. In reality, it's more like one year before a lot of them start making decisions but you get the point. And this isn't including the talent from the 2024 class that will also be making it's way to campus.
Why does this matter? The significance will be in getting repeat or multiple visits. A lot of these guys will now have a full year to get back on campus prior to their OV's whether that be for a game, banquet, spring practice, etc. One would assume that if we can get this much top talent to come to campus for an event like II, we can get a good number of these guys to come back for a game in the Fall or at the very least an OV next year. Essentially, we should be getting a 2nd or 3rd visit from a lot of these prospects. That's a very big deal.
So, while the staff has a lot of work to do with regards to closing out the 2022 class during the month of June. They've already laid some serous groundwork for the 2023 class well in advance of it mattering. I think this is truly incredible stuff by the recruiting department. Hats off to all the ladies and gentlemen that have put this together and it feels like we'll be talking about this for weeks to come.
PS, for the fact checkers out there. I tried to get as accurate with those numbers as possible but if they are off by a couple here or there, my apologies, the broader point still holds.
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