Who is likely next?

[IrishLax]

How bout Thomas, Holley, Elam, Carter, & Morgan to close out the Front 7?


But that is dreaming of pipes and such

Forgot Chris Martin.

 

[NDWorld247]

How bout Thomas, Holley, Elam, Carter, & Morgan to close out the Front 7?


But that is dreaming of pipes and such

With Hayes, Trumbetti and Martini already in the fold, give me any combination of: Thomas, Holley, Nelson, Blankenship, Elam, Frazier, Carter, A. Williams, Morgan and Yeargin and I'd be happy.

Another guy I really like but no one is talking about is Melvin Keihn. Weren't we in good position with him when we offered in February?

 

[Cackalacky]

Forgot Chris Martin.

Jesus.... I physically convulsed for a second reading that. LOL

 

[ThePiombino]

Forgot Chris Martin.

Well, he is available...

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

I say Holmes at the Opening.

 

[Luckylucci]

Grant Blankenship before he leaves campus. If he leaves without doing then it will be holmes.

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

When's he on campus?

 

[Luckylucci]

Today through Wedenesday.

 

[LoveThee]

This news isn't really thread worthy and there isn't a thread that exactly fits it, so I'm just putting it here.

Per Sampson today Tillery, Nelson, Bars, and Byrne had a morning workout with Heistand, then did film study and lunch, then another workout and camp and more film study. Apparently Heistand was working a lot on technique with them and they dominated their camp performances. They are all hanging out at Zach Martin's tonight, so some really good development is going on today.

 

[Irishman77]

This news isn't really thread worthy and there isn't a thread that exactly fits it, so I'm just putting it here.

Per Sampson today Tillery, Nelson, Bars, and Byrne had a morning workout with Heistand, then did film study and lunch, then another workout and camp and more film study. Apparently Heistand was working a lot on technique with them and they dominated their camp performances. They are all hanging out at Zach Martin's tonight, so some really good development is going on today.

Fantastic. Thanks for posting the info...

 

[dwshade]

With Hayes, Trumbetti and Martini already in the fold, give me any combination of: Thomas, Holley, Nelson, Blankenship, Elam, Frazier, Carter, A. Williams, Morgan and Yeargin and I'd be happy.

Another guy I really like but no one is talking about is Melvin Keihn. Weren't we in good position with him when we offered in February?

I'd add Carter's teammate Kevin Mouhon who is a legit 4 star ILB. Norcross HS plays in the highest classification in Georgia meaning top notch competition.

 

[dwshade]

I agree they don't take both. My bet is Nelson. 6'8" versatile athletes that can play DE or TE don't come around often. I think he brings something (size, versatility) to the table that Blankenship doesn't.

I have no clue which they would prefer but Blankenship can also play TE.

 

[Luckylucci]

Nelson is the guy that could play multiple positions. Haven't seen one thing on the staff thinking of Blankenship as anything other than DE.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Nelson is the guy that could play multiple positions. Haven't seen one thing on the staff thinking of Blankenship as anything other than DE.

Last thing I saw printed about Grant playing TE, was that the coaching staff still had "some questions about his hands." But I think they have talked about DE and OLB with Grant, can somebody confirm?

 

[rtrn2glory]

Grant is a very similar prospect to matuska very similar on film and skill sets in general even tho matuska played a lot of lob this yr

 

[Luckylucci]

Last thing I saw printed about Grant playing TE, was that the coaching staff still had "some questions about his hands." But I think they have talked about DE and OLB with Grant, can somebody confirm?

I may have missed something but I follow BGI and II and not one reference to Grant being recruited for TE. TJ, yesterday explained the qualities that Grant has that make him such a good DE prospect. We know Kelly likes to recruit big skill guys which they have talked about with Nelson but haven't seen that talk about Blankenship.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I may have missed something but I follow BGI and II and not one reference to Grant being recruited for TE. TJ, yesterday explained the qualities that Grant has that make him such a good DE prospect. We know Kelly likes to recruit big skill guys which they have talked about with Nelson but haven't seen that talk about Blankenship.

I think the reference to his hands was a polite way to say that he wasn't at the level of ND TE's, (this coming from someone who had talked to the staff in response to a question about whether GB is being recruited for TE.) I think at the same time Grant made it sound like there was talk about multiple defensive positions on the table with his foot-speed and skills.

 

[TheChosen1]

FootballScoop Staff‏@footballscoop

Sources tell us former Alabama and Tennessee recruiting asst JR Sandlin will join the Notre Dame staff in a similar capacity.

Recent article on him

Director of recruiting J.R. Sandlin no longer with UT football » GoVolsXtra

 

[Rack Em]

FootballScoop Staff‏@footballscoop



Recent article on him

Director of recruiting J.R. Sandlin no longer with UT football » GoVolsXtra

What exactly do his duties entail?

 

[STLDomer]

So he's Alford's assistant? Sounds like a good hire, read some Tennessee board and they liked him and he worked at Bama from 2010 - 2012

 

[Irish YJ]

Being a fan of UT, sucks for the Vols, but being a bigger ND fan, nice pickup. Everything I've heard about him has been great. Knows the SE which is what we need.

 

[greyhammer90]

So.... what does he do? Is he just an office planner or does he actually talk to recruits?

 

[Irish YJ]

Not sure what he's going to do at ND, but at UT pretty sure he was more of the behind the scenes guy. I'm sure he talks to recruits, but I don't think he's an actual "recruiter".

◾J.R. Sandlin joined UT after working as part of the recruiting staff at the University of Alabama from 2010-12
◾Part of a back-to-back national championship program with the Crimson Tide in 2011 and 2012
◾Helped Alabama secure the top-ranked recruiting classes in the nation in both 2011 and 2012
◾Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the recruiting department for the Crimson Tide
◾Spent the 2009 season as tight ends coach, chief football administrator and director of player personnel at Oxford High School in Alabama
◾Served as recruiting specialist at UCF in 2008-09
◾Served as offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach, director of player personnel and executive football administrator at American Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa, Ala., from 2007-2008
◾Scholarship tight end at University of Central Florida from 2005-07
◾Part of the Golden Knights' Conference USA championship team in 2005
◾Graduated from University of Central Florida in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in sports and fitness
◾Earned a master's degree in sport management from the University of Alabama in 2012
◾Native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he starred at Northridge High School at tight end

 

[NDWorld247]

The new recruiting rules are taking effect in August. More staff members (ie non-coaches) will be allowed to contact recruits and recruiting dept's are about to explode with more employees.

 

[dwshade]

Nelson is the guy that could play multiple positions. Haven't seen one thing on the staff thinking of Blankenship as anything other than DE.

Not saying we're recruiting Blankenship at TE just that he can and could play the position. IMO I would expect both Nelson and Blankenship to be DE's at ND.

 

[Mavericknyc1980]

Former Alabama and Tenn recruiting assistant joins ND staff

Former Alabama and Tenn recruiting assistant joins ND staff

@footballscoop: Sources tell us former Alabama and Tennessee recruiting asst JR Sandlin will join the Notre Dame staff in a similar capacity.

 

[Rack Em]

This is in the "Who's Likely Next 2014" thread but it probably deserves its own thread since there is a fair amount of discussion about it.

 

[Rack Em]

And to reignite the discussion, does anybody know what his duties will be? Pop in Blu-Ray version of Rudy on recruiting visits?

 

[Sherm Sticky]

The new recruiting rules are taking effect in August. More staff members (ie non-coaches) will be allowed to contact recruits and recruiting dept's are about to explode with more employees.

We need to sign Vinny Cerrato up for this! ASAP!

 

[Mavericknyc1980]

This is in the "Who's Likely Next 2014" thread but it probably deserves its own thread since there is a fair amount of discussion about it.

Sorry. I got excited about the news.