Notre Dame Has A Massive Recruiting Weekend Coming Up

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1:01Hey, Sal. Hank, what's going on? We haven't worked a case in years. I just bought my car at Carbana and it was so easy, too easy. Think something's up? Shoot, tell me. They got thousands of options. Found a great car, a great price, and it got delivered the next day. It sounds like Carbana just makes it easy to buy your car, Hank. Yeah, you're right. Case closed. Buy your car today on Carbana. Delivery fees may apply. All right, Brian, to wrap up today's show here in the Irish Breakdown podcast, brought to you by our friends over at FanDuel. Got a little bit of recruiting talk to take us home today and this weekend, Notre Dame has junior day and there is a lengthy list of players that are going to be on campus and I believe it was yesterday,

2:02you talked about how this is one of the most impressive junior day list that you have seen Notre Dame having quite some time. It is. I mean, it's technically even calling it a junior day is a little bit misleading now because like half the guys on there are 28 kids. And there's even a couple of 26 kids on campus from the Notre Dame class. You know, Trevor, it's one of those things where you're not really sure how things are going to go. When you have a big transition like Notre Dame had, you hire some new staffers on recruiting, you know, Kenny Sanders comes in from Penn State, DJ Brian comes in from Penn State, Myron Tonguevolo, most of transitions to a non-recruiting role. You know, you lose out Washington who had been putting together a really impressive deline board. You lose Mike Macintosh who had emerged, in my opinion, is the best, you know, developer slash evaluator slash recruiter of secondary players in the country, especially corner. That was an impressive board. You already have three commits.

3:03You know, your linebacker board was a little weird to be honest with you. Like Ellis McGaskin a lot, like a Mario Irving a lot. Didn't love the idea of two six foot guys kind of playing together, but you know, that board's a little weird and then, you know, it wasn't even in a great spot then Brian John Marie comes in. You're like, how are they going to really build this, you know, to mean? And then you look at the board and you're like, okay, this is a pretty flip and loaded group of guys. And now can they close? Can they finish those and those those questions will have to be answered down the road? But I don't know that I've ever seen this level of talent coming in this early for an event like this. And now part of it is this was a part of their plan. This is why they didn't have guys coming on campus in January. They wanted to get out on the road, put the board together, not bring a kid in in January, just because Mike Mickens liked him and Aaron Henry or the new PDB coach hasn't had a chance to evaluate him yet. You know what I mean? And say, hey, look, let's get on the road. Let's go see all these kids. Let's evaluate. Let's build these relationships. See who we really want. See who's really legitimately interested in us,

4:08not just someone who wants to be us to be part of one of his 12 visits that he does in January. But who are we really after? And that's what they did. And honestly, I think the strategy came out of necessity because they had to do that last year. And and now you you fast 40 years ago, they're like, dude, that worked out really well. Like being patient, putting the board together, then just having a bunch of kids come in during spring practice. We went outside the number one class in the country. You know, let's maybe replicate that a little bit. Now you've got to build the relationships and all that kind of stuff. But to see the group that they're they're bringing on campus this weekend, it's it's a it's an amazing group, man. It really is. And and there's a couple positions, even that are really loaded. Some are smaller, but you know, there's some really impressive 2027 27 and 28 prospects on campus this weekend. I agree completely. What we're going to do is we're going to kind of break these down a little bit by position group and highlight some of the top level guys that are coming in here. And Brian, where we're going to start is a position

5:11group that we've actually talked about already for quite a bit and talking about defensive line recruiting. We talked about how impactful the 27 and 28 classes pack a lot of them are from Chicago. You could feast on an entire defensive line class in 27 and 28 alone. So let's talk about some of the defensive lineman prospects that are going to be on campus here at junior day. So for you board members for you premium board members, I would encourage you. I actually did a breakdown on the board that'll go more in depth than what we're going to do here, but I actually did an entire defensive line breakdown of the players talent that are on campus. And then also the ability to or where things stand from a recruiting standpoint. So but this visitor list on the defensive line is ridiculous. Trevor, I mean, you've got you've only got it's really mostly defensive and there's only one interior guy and that's Braden Parks. And I don't think that was an accident that Braden Parks is the only interior guy on campus this weekend. I, you know, he's a musket recruit for Notre Dame. They really, really want him in this class. They

6:14want him and David Fuller on shoe. They want that's now there's other detacles they really like. But those are like the top two we've got to get those kids. They're talented. They're big, they're athletic and they're in our backyard. So I think it's very important to get Braden on campus this weekend and impress them like this is a big visit. Like right now I think Notre Dame's the leader, but Michigan, Miami, Oregon, a couple other teams are really, you know, coming along Miami's really putting the full court press on Braden. This, you know, he's been doing it. He's been building that relationship with Charlie Partridge, which is good. This is going to be his chance to see Coach Partridge in action. This meeting, this getting together, watching him coach and then just the talks and the things that I think are going to come out of this. It's going to tell us a lot about whether or not Notre Dame's going to be able to close on Braden parks and I, they need to. But he's a very talented player, big kid, productive. I mean, he plays on the same D line as a kid that that is our, my opinion, the number one D end in the 28 class, five star kid,

7:17top 10 recruit. And then they had another detacl named King Liggins who I liked a lot too, who signed with Illinois last year and Braden still went out and had 21 and a half tackles for loss and 10 sacks. Seven, excuse me, 21 tackles for loss and seven and a half sacks this past year for a defense that won a state championship. So, you know, Braden's a big time player. He's a Notre Dame fit in every way imaginable. It's just you got to close. And of course, when you talk about the D line, he's, he's where it starts as far as the detacl board for who's going to be on campus this weekend. Yeah, absolutely. He's a highly talented kid. He's somebody that to your point, I echo a lot of the same sentiments Notre Dame fit. He would add to an already very talented defensive tackle room. Definitely one that Notre Dame is going to have to close on for sure. But I know you mentioned, he's the only interior guy in there. There's a lot of talented edge pieces coming in. Yeah, there's three 28 kids and three 27 kids coming on campus and all of them are

8:22forced are recruits and all of them are ranked very high. See, one, two, three, four of them, four of the six are ranked as a top 50. I believe top 15. I'm just checking one kid. I'm not completely sure of. Let me check him. Yes, four of the six are ranked as a top 25 national recruit by at least one service and five of the six are ranked as a top 100 top 100 recruit by five of the six by five by one of the recruiting services. Actually, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that two, four, seven had eight no kneels at top under crew. All six of them are ranked as the top 100 recruit by at least one recruiting service. Like that's the kind of talent you've got coming on campus this weekend. You've got Zyra and Forstall, who's a kid from IMG Academy transferred there from New Orleans, very talented player six, three, two, 35, twitchy can play off ball linebacker. Like he's like a guy that would have in the back of the day been like a three, four outside standup

9:25outside linebacker and just been a monster. You know, can play into four down, can play into three down, can be a movement piece where you can kind of get him off ball and move him around and blitz him from different places. Like he almost could do what Kingston and Jalen's need have done the last couple of years. Like he could literally, he's a defensive end that could do that role for them that they had as a and in their sub packages. You know, right now I would say Notre Dame's not his leader, but they've just been kind of quietly lurking in the shadows and that recruitment. From what I've been told, talking to Sean, talking to some other people that are connected to Zyran, Zyran, his family is very much into the, we don't just care about our son going somewhere to get a football degree. You know, we want our son to go somewhere and get developed off the field as well. And that's part of the attraction that Notre Dame has right now with him. This visit is honestly going to be a make or break visit with Zyran. If you come out of this visit and you've jumped in his top two or three, you're going to have a shot to get an official and be in a position

10:28where you might be able to land him. If you don't, then I think you're just going to fall even further behind Texas A&M Miami and LSU. So I think this is a very important visit for Zyran. And then you also have KJ Green. This has been a very interesting recruitment trip. It is impossible not to watch KJ Green and think Julian Aguara. It's impossible. Body tie, just how he plays, all of it. It's just, it's really hard. Now, this is a kid that Notre Dame has been on for a while. The problem has been they haven't been able to convince him to visit yet until now. Like, they've been on him for a year. High on him. He was a guy that they really tried to make a push for last year during Irish invasion or not for Irish invasion, but for the pot of gold. Like, they really liked what he brought to the table and they just haven't been able to convince him to come up for a visit. So he is coming up this weekend. I don't feel great about where Notre Dame stands,

11:34but over the last maybe two weeks is the first time I really felt like Notre Dame had like any real momentum with them where it was more than just I'm visiting just to see what it's like. Where it's like, I'm visiting to see what it's like, you know, like, this visit's crucial because I feel like this is one of those visits, Trevor, where if they're going to have a shot with him, they're going to have to get going on him now. And I'm going to we're going to pull up some film here in a second of just some of these guys as we're talking about it, but KJ 64 plus 210 to 15 string being athlete. Smooth also has some explosiveness. His production last year was absolutely stupid. It really was. He had 40 tackles for loss in 15 sacks last year or 18 sacks last year, which is just really, really nuts. And he's not even close to understanding how to get the most out of his ability. He can run. He's smooth. He's got exceptionally long arms, which you're going to

12:34see in the video here. Really big time player, Trevor. I'm a big fan of KJ green, but at the same time, I'm going to be honest with you guys right now, they're on the outside looking in amongst his top schools, but that's why these visits are so important. You can't have really a shot with a kid like this until you get them on campus. You really can't. And now that he's on campus, now you've got to swing take your shot. Right? Like, well, why are you spending so much time on a guy you don't have a great shot with because that's what it takes to recruit like a big dog. Sometimes I mean, I remember what we told you guys last year before Javien Osborne visited. I was like, guys, they don't really like even the Notre Dame coaches were telling me we don't think we have a shot with him. Everybody he's going to Michigan, but hey, the kid's going to visit. We're going to swing our, you know, we're going to take our swing. We're going to take our shot. We're going to shoot our shot. And guess what happened coming out of the visit? He was all Notre Dame after that and never faded. I remember talking to somebody in Michigan and they were like, I don't know what

13:36happened during that Notre Dame visit, but our conversations were complete 180 coming out of that visit. That's why you bring a kid like KJ green in. Maybe you come out of this visit and you're in the exact same place you were before and then you know, you know, like, okay, this just isn't a kid we're going to get. But you swing, you know, you shoot your shot because there's the occasional, we didn't think we're going to get this kid, but then he comes on the visit. He's blown away. He's a great fit. He realizes how well he fits into the defense. He realizes how he fits into the culture at Notre Dame because everybody I've talked to thinks that he's a Notre Dame kid, but he's got to be convinced of that. And you know, that's that's kind of where where we're at. Definitely love the Julian Accord comp. He's very, very talented, very twitchy, but I'm with you. And I'll tell you one thing, Charlie Partridge is going to have no like ease into this recruiting train that's already kind of been rolling here with Notre Dame in the trenches the last couple of seasons. He's going to have to get to it right away along with the rest of that recruiting staff. But I'm with you, man, it's sometimes you just need to get players like that on campus.

14:40Yeah, sometimes you change everything around you do. And that's also true for the next kid we're going to talk about. And that's Aiden O'Neill from Don Bosco Prep. It's been a while since their name has got a guy from Don Bosco. Aiden's a very different type of player from these other kids that we've talked about, Trevor. Like these guys are all like long and twitchy and explosive. Aiden is I don't want to say he's like Riley Mills because I think he's got more of an outside potential, but he's he's six five. He's two fifth. He's a power guy. He's still a little bit raw technically. There's times on this clip. You're going to see him come off and like not really be like, okay, what's he he's a little choppy. But when he comes off and just lets it rip, you see a you see a pretty darn good powerful athlete. He's not quite as as loose in the hips as some of the smaller guys to be expected, but he's a real powerful kid. He's really high cut plays with pretty solid pad level for his size, smart kid, powerful kid, good athlete. And he's another guy that that Notre Dame is going to try a push for. So he's a guy that's new to the board. The previous

15:42recruiting staff and defensive line coach, Warren is high on Aiden on Neil. He didn't get offered till February. And it was the new recruiting staff and Charlie Partridge that really liked him and are making a push for him. Now the interesting thing is the reason that Notre Dame has been able to make such a hard push word for him is because even though he doesn't have a relationship with anyone from Notre Dame that goes back for a long time at Notre Dame, two new back office recruiting guys were hired as offices and Kenny Sanders and DJ Bryant. They were both in the Penn State Recruiting Office and they played a big role in Aiden on Neil loving Penn State and Penn State's considered his leader. A lot of that is because of the work that Kenny Sanders and DJ Bryant did. Well now they both work at Notre Dame. And they're a big reason why he got offered. And then of course now Charlie Partridge is all over him as well. And that's why you've seen Notre Dame go from they're not even in it with this kid. They haven't even offered this kid.

16:45So now not only is he coming this weekend, his official is already scheduled. So this weekend will be really big Trev. You've got to close that gap with Penn State in a couple of other schools. And this weekend gives you a chance to do that with Aiden on Neil. Definitely a good spot again just like a lot of the other kids. It's good to get him back up on campus or get him on to campus and now they're major players. And now it's just about starting the process to closing. Absolutely. Start building out that relationship as much as you can. Yeah I mean because that's the thing Trev is like you are a little bit behind the eight ball with some kids and it's nothing you can do about it. But like when you when you go from one position coach to another, especially as early in the process as they did, you have to be allowed you have to allow that position coach or the new recruiting staff that you hire to have a say on who you go after. And and make sure that they're bringing in guys that they view as hey this is what the kind of player I want to work with. And they've allowed them to do that. Now in some instances that means

17:49you're on the same guys that they were on before. KJ Green. Old staff loved him. New staff loves him. You know, you look at Abraham Cisey, Braden Parks. There's you know, there's a lot of guys like that that the old staff is higher on than the you know and like the old staff wasn't as high on David Fuller Ronshu because he came at camp that their name last year didn't look great at camp. Well that's why you don't make big decisions like that based just off camp. But that's a conversation for another day, Trevor. New staff came in and said, yeah, I know the camp might have been good, but I don't care. I wasn't at that camp. I'm telling you what this kid can do on film and he's a monster. And so that's why David Fuller Ronshu is a is a much bigger target now than he was before. Jackson Vaughan was a big target of the previous staff. So it was Camaghi and they still are big targets of the current staff. So you've got to allow the new staff to kind of put their twist on it. But when that happens, you're going to have to be behind the eight ball a little bit and you're going to have to get caught up and that's that's going to be a big part of what this weekend is all about for for the current staff is they're going to have to be able to go out there and say, okay,

18:54you've got to now go put your stamp on it and you're either going to be able to make a move with some of these kids or you're going to have to move on from some of these kids because you're just not in it with them the the way you need to. And now you're now you're using your energy in an unproductive manner because you're going after guys that you just don't don't have a legitimate shot at. So that's why this weekend is going to be big for those for those guys. But like somebody else in the chat, they're putting out e-imprimers another one that we didn't think. Now Notre Dame had a better shot I think than we all realized. But he didn't talk to the media and so we didn't know we were going off of what you know people in other schools were saying. But but Notre Dame didn't think they were going to get e-imprimers going into that last week. But that's again, that's why you shoot your shot. The previous staff would have bailed on a lot of these kids. Like, yeah, we're not going to get KJ green. Let's say I'm waste our time. This staff is like, well, I guarantee we won't get him if we stop recruiting him. You know what I mean? So can promise you we won't get him. So what if he comes visits doesn't love it and goes somewhere else? So what? You shot your shot. You know, at least now you know. Exactly. And but sometimes it just

19:59takes that one or two kids where they come and like, dude, this is this place. I didn't think it was going to be like this. It's way better than I thought. And you know, go from there. And that's why you shoot your shot. But this get into the 28 kids, Trevor, because Notre Dame is going to bring in three kids on campus this weekend in 28 class. The first one obviously is another local standout. That is Cam McGee who is an illegitimate right now today five star player. Like right now he's a five star player. And we're going to let we're going to not talk a ton about Cam because we've already talked about him a lot on this channel. But this is a stud, Trevor. This is six three two forty two thirty five two forty twitched up athletic explosive highly productive advance anything you want to say about Cam. And like the one thing that you could critique about him about being a concern is he's not real tall. He's listed at six three. I don't know that he's six three. He might be six two six two and a half. But the great thing is number one

21:02he's super long which makes up for the height. But the way he plays it's almost kind of like his height is a part of his game. He gets under guy's pad level. He can bend and get around the corner like he just did right there. This is one of those kids, Trevor. You have a five star kid who talked to Sean Davis. He's talking to Notre. He's talking to Sean. He tells Sean what he's looking for in a school. And his second and third things are about academics and cultural fit. And you're like this kid is like a Notre Dame kid through and through. This is a musket recruit 20. It's way early. I don't see Cam. I mean maybe he decides in a month and a half and I'm over recruiting. I doubt that. I think this is one that's going to go a long way. So what your goal now with Cam is you got he knows that he's a fit at Notre Dame in a lot of other ways. Now you've got to convince him that this is also the best place for him to become an elite football player. And that's what this weekend's going to be about. You know it's just hey here's what we do. Here's

22:06how I coach. Here's what I can turn you into. So he's a he's a big time guy that you've got to go get. Yeah well absolutely you and I sat down and watched this film together a couple of weeks ago and I didn't believe you that he was a 28 kid. I didn't. I mean this is this is an exceptionally talented player probably one of the best ends in the country right now regardless of class. I mean this dude is nuts. Yeah agree. Definitely a musket. I'm with you. I agree. Let's talk about the next definition. I'm just going in alphabetical order right now. We're going to talk about Cam Tumi who is a young man from Saratoga Springs in New York ranked as a top 100 player by 247 sports. Notre Dame just offered Cam like a week or two ago. He got offered an early march and Notre Dame's all over and Penn State offer them Rutgers Boston College Syracuse. A lot of northeastern offers so far. Notre Dame was was really the first national offer like a big time schools cows offer them but they're not a big time school. Very interesting player. Cam does

23:09everything at Saratoga Springs. He's caught like 10 passes last year. He carried the ball 11 times. He had six kick returns and averaged over 30 yards of return. He also has plundered the ball like 28 times last two years. I mean he literally does everything for for Saratoga Springs and he's a great motor really good physique you know six three two forty two forty five. You can see the length treb very long arms. You know got a little bit of tightness in the hips but but it's not something where it's like it's a it's a huge thing. It's just kind of finding a little small thing. Really nice burst off the line. Strong kid you can see how powerful he is. You see that length. He's got a lot of tools. He needs to get coached up a lot but he's a flippant sophomore in high school. You know what I mean like you expect that. I think we get spoiled when we watch a guy like Cam McGee that we don't appreciate that Darien Prescott and Jackson Vaughan who's actually actually there's probably a bad example because he's pretty coached up pretty well too but you see he got like Cam to me and you see Darien Prescott and they're not as advanced and you're like wow

24:11you know the guy's gonna need a lot of work. Well he's a sophomore. Those guys are just unicorns and that they're so advanced but there's a lot to like here. Long way I shouldn't say long way to go. Don't know a lot about Cam. We had a story up on him Brian Alt talked to him. Don't know yet where he stands with Notre Dame or Notre Dame stands with him all those type of things but that's what this visit is about right. It's sort of a we offered you and and let's get to know each other but I got to say this Trev if the kids making the trip to campus within couple weeks of him getting offered you have to think that there's some legit interest there. Oh absolutely that that this is not a trip that you would make if he was just like yeah I guess we'll just see what it's about. I'm with you completely like it this is this is very intentional for both sides but I'm with you man it you always have to take with the exceptions of talents like Cam McGee 28 film with a grain of salt when we're talking about somebody that's maybe 16 years old. Yeah you're looking for tools. You're not looking for a guy that knows how to play the position like a

25:13senior in college right now. You're looking for tools. If you're Charlie partial like look dude I'm that's what I get paid good money to do is the teachers get out of play. Can he line up? Can he bend? Can he can he change direction well? Does he have explosiveness? Does he have power? Does he have any kind of feel for the game? Like that's all I know I can coach up the hand play and the pad level knows I can coach that up. Does the kid have the traits and when you watch a kid like Cam to me he's got the traits. I mean you saw that that little double movie at earlier you see the motor you see the get off and look at that length you can see how long he is. You can't get into his body when he uses his hands well because he's so long he's got some really heavy hands to try. Look at that bend that's what you want to see right there right. I can teach him how to use his hands. Can you do that? Look at that. Look at that bend. That's a that's an impressive play right there. That you didn't always can't always teach but you're seeing that from a sophomore you're like okay this is a kid that we like. So this is a very intriguing offer and I'm curious how things go

26:14this weekend with him. Yeah I am as well. So last guy that we're going to talk about Trev is one of my favorite players in the 28 class. People talk about you know who are your favorite players in this class and Jackson Vaughn is one of mine and he has been since Irish Invasion. He is a big time player from Burger and Catholic. A big top 15 overall player five star talent. He was he was a standout at Irish Invasion. I loved him at Irish Invasion. But I went home that day and I was like all right let me see him it would pads on. Which is a little weird because it's like okay I'm watching freshman Pat you know freshman film and no actually it would have been sophomore film and you're like okay let me let me see what he you know actually no it would have been freshman film no sophomore film freshman film no it's freshman film before this this year then you say okay what's he what's he going to do now as a sophomore but like as a freshman though I was like okay this kid can play. I mean at a place like Burger and Catholic he's playing as a freshman with double

27:17digit tackles for loss on eight sex and he went out and did the same thing this year love the get off love the length he's athletic he can change a direction he's explosive he's got a great motor he closes well like this kid's got all look at that get off Trev and he's playing against legit competition playing in that northern Jersey Catholic league you know so he's playing against offensive lineman that are going to play division one football I love Jackson Vaughn I mean I've said this and and there's plenty of other guys that I'd love to have in this class but if you want to talk about like a dream class Jackson Vaughn Camaghi and Darian Prescott would not only be a dream class for Notre Dame that's a generational edge class that you get once every 20 30 years at a Notre Dame like it is that you're from about three top 15 players you're talking about a three man group that looks a lot like the one that had Aaron Lynch to fond to it in East Jack Williams right like that's how good this these kids are we'll Notre Dame get three of them two of them one of them

28:18none of them we don't know that but this is a kid that clearly likes Notre Dame you get to know the family at all you realize he's not at Don bot or at Bergen Catholic just to play football you know what I mean like this kid's a fit at Notre Dame and this is going to be his I think second or third unofficial visit to campus there's interest there but he's also a national recruit everybody in the country is going to be after this kid so that you're going to need a lot of work but you know that there's absolutely there's a ton of tools there's a ton of talent to work with Trev I absolutely love Jackson Vaughn's film yeah I'm very excited to see his junior year film because his freshman in sophomore film is not disappointed he's very twitchy he's very long his get off off the line is just exceptional so yeah I'm definitely a Notre Dame fit no question now look here here's my thing Trev as you look at where this group is I feel like you've got to get it least one of the 27 ends on campus today and at least one of the 28 ends that are on campus today

29:25I'm not talking about getting them this weekend I'm talking about eventually getting them into the class if you really want to move the needle if you really want to become that program starting to get more kids like this is important and look let's be real we just talked about it they got a couple of those guys in last year's class in in Ebenezer-Rotate and Rodney Dunham they're that kind of player but now what we need to see that this staff can do is okay can you do it again can you start stacking those classes together that's the question that remains to be seen yeah they showed they can do it once but can they do it year after year that we don't know so we spent a lot of time on the D-line class we'll work a little bit quicker through some of the rest of these but I just wanted to show that defensive line class because I wanted you guys to all understand and appreciate the kind of like we're not talking a lot about Cam Tumey because he's a new off or all that but like if we didn't have all those other kids on campus and it was just Cam Tumey

30:27and we're only focusing on Cam Tumey like dude let's just say it was only Cam Tumey and Adonio like dude those are dudes man like those guys can really play but like they're not getting talked enough about because there's some other guys that are just ranked higher and have been on the board longer and things like that so it's a really impressive group really impressive group yeah the the talent in the defensive line classes in the 27 and 28 years are just it's exceptional and if you're not a name you've got to start becoming a major player for those you have to be the Texas is the Georgia's the Ohio State's the Alabama start landing some of these kids yep I'm with you completely let's let's talk about some of the tight ends that are going to be on campus this weekend because again another highly talented group of guys and some you have pretty good relationships with some names I recognize from Ayers invasion from the last couple of years so definitely have to start making pretty strong impression especially on some of the 27 kids yeah and you and you said we're going to tight ends right not right travel I'm actually was looking for the visitor list so you're transitioning to tight end correct okay just want to make sure I'm

31:28on the same page because I was zoning out like where's the visitor list I'm like oh shoot I think he's talking about tight ends next now this is a this is a good group as well Trevor like a very important group so it's obviously not as big of a list as before but it's at a very important list because you're bringing in one of your top guys and that would be Jackson dollar I actually I would argue again this is this is my opinion I haven't been necessarily like told this but I would argue that just based on how they how aggressive they've been on him I don't know that there's a more important 2027 tight end on the board than Jackson dollar and the crazy thing about him is as good as he is he's tall he's athletic he is incredibly raw which means he's not even close to his full potential and he's a I believe it consensus top 100 recruit but you can see the speed the pass catching skills you can see the overall talent no name has been on him forever and I believe

32:28I believe he was an Irish invasion guy I'm not 100% sure they had so many of those kids on campus an Irish invasion but I'm a I'm super high on Jackson dollar he's got big time tools draft big time town he's such a great fit for what no rain does to you can do a lot of the movement stuff he's he's he's a physical kid who have to learn to block but you can line him up in the boundary can line him up in the slot you can do all the things you asked Eli Reardon to do wing and and wrap around and all that kind of stuff but he can just flat out run and catch the ball me just really can fly and he can really catch the ball this is a big time targeting and this is the kind of kid you want to close on because I as of right now I would as of today I'd say and I think no names is leader I think they're they're he's the top they're the tops to team to beat for for Jackson dollar and so at some point time you haven't got a commitment in a while I think the most recent commitment was probably wasn't it Xavier Hassan I think he was the most recent commitment and so it's been a while since you've landed a commitment and yeah you're doing good and there's

33:34a lot of kids that like you and and there's all those type of things but you haven't landed anybody since December you know it'd be nice to have a couple guys drop here soon now they went through a similar law I'm not panicking because they went through a similar law last year low last year but then in April they started landing some of these guys you know and you know they they got Rodney Dunham and I think late March early April they got Ebenezer Utade in April so Notre Dame went through a similar kind of early drought last year if you remember they they their previous they got Ben Nichols in December and then they Tyler Merrill on on January 30th their next commitments didn't come until early April now Rodney Dunham committed on April 10th publicly but we knew late March that he had committed to Notre Dame he actually committed before Ebenezer Utade but Ebenezer went public first so you're getting into that range where you want to close on some of those guys but what was it that sealed the deal for Rodney it was this March visit

34:39what did it for for Ebenezer it was a it was a it was a the offseason visit the early visit so now it's like okay you've done a great job of putting yourself in position now it's closing time for some of these guys and I hope that Jackson dollars one of those guys I'm not saying he will be because as of right now I believe that Jackson plans on taking visits and I don't think he's in any hurry to commit but he's he's one of those guys but Rodney Dunham wasn't wasn't planning on committing last year either it just was like when he visited he was another guy that Notre Dame had worked to do when he visited but they just knocked it out of the park and by the time his is over it just it was over you know the his recruitment was over you've got to you've got to be able to do some of that with some of these guys and I'm hoping that Jackson dollars one of the guys they can do that with because he's a big-time player and would be a big pickup and he's not just raw tools he player and and all that but he's also Trev he's a he's a highly ranked guy so I think it would be the kind of pickup that could give you a little bit of momentum and he's ranked as the number 23 overall player in the country by on three rivals he's ranked number 32

35:42overall by 247 and he's ranked number 82 overall by ESPN and and he grades out as a top 100 caliber player for me as well the five star upside so you just hope that they can start closing with some of these kids that's the key yeah well absolutely and then after popping in the film and taking a look at him you understand why highly talented guy he's haven't seen a whole lot of like run blocking film from him and you won't yeah even in game film there's not it's I mean he this is what he does you know what I mean like he's he's they're basically there's their wide receiver but when he does block it's it's skill guys and he's physical but that's just the part of the game he's gonna have to he's gonna have to obviously have to to learn yeah absolutely yeah I'm with you all right let's get to the next guy Trev and that is Cooper Terwilliger I believe is how you say him this is a very unique player he is from South Dakota I think he's the guy that was hanging out with Ian Primer today on the sidelines I think

36:45but he's a he's a completely different type of kid than Jackson dollar and you're going to see because he's got some really impressive blocks on his but you know it's from South Dakota thing I like about him is he does two things really well he's vertically very fast and off the line you just saw it on that last play and the other thing is he's very physical like he's a very physical blocker you'll see a lot more of the traditional tight end types of like look how quickly he gets off the ball there reminds me a lot of James Flanagan as a pass catcher vertically oriented seam routes go routes corner routes out cuts but also a very physical run blocker he's not as physical as James or as biggest James but his game is very similar to James Flanagan which makes him a great compliment to the styles of Jackson dollar and then Malik Howard who's another 2027 tight end thereafter who's more of a kind of pass catcher first run guy second and and so Cooper is the complete opposite he is a more of the of a bit of an old school tight end

37:50Trev and an old school new school tight end he's more 6566 to 20 you know physical can block but also can catch the football and and so he's a very unique now again he's coming from out in the middle of nowhere and South Dakota but you know who else was and Primer and so he's a very very talented player in his own right very talented player in his own right yeah absolutely physical strong kid really strong hands good blocks with a really good base already then I think those skills are going to enhance obviously once he gets onto a college campus ideally it's Notre Dame's but we're starting to see Notre Dame kind of come with a pattern of recruiting duos at tied-in that compliment each other well it's the look at this past class it didn't bring in two press and frisels it didn't bring into e and primers they they brought in a pass catching first and then kind of a all around tight end and I think that's what you got to do with you agree yeah and and

38:51after that Trev I'll just let Cooper's film go those are the only two 2027 tight ends that they're bringing on campus this weekend but there are four 28 kids that they're bringing on campus this weekend one should not surprise you guys because we've talked about him before and and that's Jack McNamara from Brother Rice he's a teammate of Cam McGee he's also a teammate of Preyden Parks a very very good he's he's more of a traditional throwback guy we'll watch his film down the road a little bit we're not going to watch that today but he's a guy that that is one of the he's they've only offered I think three tight ends so far in the 2000 and in 28 class I think it's him and Theo shot I think of the two tight ends and I think there might be one other guy that they've offered in the 28 class at that position but those are guys that you look at and say hey those are those are some of the the top guys in 2028 Jack's one of those guys if Notre Dame wants him and makes a push for him I think they're going to be tough to be I don't know if he's in decision making mode yet I don't

39:51know if they're in decision making mode yet I think this is still kind of relationship building but he's a guy that's very high on Notre Dame and then they're also bringing in Trey Euler from Wisconsin Bennett Connors from Tennessee and Breck Bate Brady from Oklahoma those are very hey we're building a relationship let's see where it goes none of them have offers we'll see if any of them get offered coming out of the visit I could see maybe one or two I'm getting offered come out of the visit but those are all good you know six four six five you know quality players as well so this is a really good tight end board you've got your top guy in the 27 class another guy and Cooper to Willager that you really like that you're really trying to make a move on who I believe Notre Dame would take if he wanted to come right now I think they take him because I do think they would like to take two tight ends in this class again and and then of course you've got one of your top guys in the 28 class so it's another it's a really good group but this is a position trev where I could see if there's going to be a surprise commitment over the next month I could see it being from

40:52tight end whether it's 27 or 28 that's where I could see potentially one of their next commitments coming from and I'm not going to say who that's going to be I'm just saying like there's some guys that I think are close enough to where a really good visit could put them in the Rodney Dunham Ebenezer Utate Javien Osborne category where once the visit happens it was kind of over and and so like that's that's where I think stands there I'm again I'm I'm not telling you that's going to be I'm not trying to drop a hint steal a kid's moment because I don't know who that guy would be right now I'm simply saying I think they're at least far enough along to where a great visit could do that now they just have to actually go out there and have great visits let's dive into the DB group that's coming on campus here Brian and this is one of the smaller groupings that's coming on to campus it's not like the DeLine group but that has a lot of guys coming in I think what probably five or less than five defensive backs coming on between the 27 and 28 class correct three there we go yeah Zaden Gamble is a 27 safety for my MG academy he'll

41:54be coming on campus today John Meredith is supposed to visit I think there's some still some uncertainty I'm kind of in like a okay I believe he's coming when he actually shows up but that's the plan and then a guy that's already here that we saw today is Phoenix Evans who is a he's also transferred IMG academy but he was a teammate of Jackson Vaughan at Bergen Catholic last year very talented 2028 corner no name's been on him for a while they like Phoenix Evans a lot long way to go but that's a big one Zaden Gamble no he's kind of like Zyron Forstall where he's they're not hit you know Miami Florida there's a couple other schools that are just higher than Notre Dame but they've just been kind of lurking there for a while and then they were finally able to get them to on campus so we're going to know if they're a player for Zaden Gamble this weekend this is one of those recruitment strap where you're either going to be a player or you're just no you're not

42:54going to get him if you don't make a move and that doesn't mean that to be his leader but if you don't make a move where it's like dude Notre Dame is now among my top schools with a kid like him then you got to kind of say I just don't know that we're using our energy best with this kid because we gave it our shot and we just didn't make that move or you make that move and you're like okay now let's really ramp this thing up because we made we made our move with this kid now let's you know really take it to that next level same thing with John Meredith the odds of Notre Dame signing John Meredith are like slim like and and almost slim to none he dropped the top 11 back and early in the winter and Notre Dame was not on it and and now they're in his top six so like the odds of going from not in his top 11 to signing him not great but guess what I mean you've made your move and this is a credit to Aaron Henry I mean he's done a tremendous job getting in early and getting on John Meredith and convinced hey I don't really care where you were with the previous staff

43:55I'm the DB coach at Notre Dame now and I want you to play for me I think you can play for me the talented Texas kid tall long fast athletic has legit man skills could also has the kind of range to be a big time zone player as well contact all the cover can do it all he's an elite player I think he's a top 15 player I'm gonna look up as ranking here real quick Trev but I think he's I think at least one service has him as the number one ranked quarterback in the country let me actually I'll do he's ranked two overall by rivals on three five overall by two four seven number three overall via SPN so this is this is an elite prospect are you gonna get them I have no idea I don't think so but if he visits you how do you know if you can take him on campus so if he if I'll say this from what I've heard about John Meredith as a young man and from what I've heard about him and the people around him if he makes it the campus this weekend I think Notre Dame becomes a player because I think he's one of those kids that doesn't realize

45:00how much of a fit he is at Notre Dame sure and and once he gets in there and he's like whoa like yeah this is my place these are my people you know I think he's that kind of kid but you got to get him on campus first and until they do I don't know how much time we want to spend on John Meredith other than the fact that he's a dude he's an absolute dude so you know we'll see we'll see I I would say of the top six they're they're six the right now but that's why you've got to get him on campus this weekend if you can get him to commit to an official over the next couple weeks get him to commit to an official coming at it first of all get him on campus two within the next week or two get him to say okay I'm officially visiting Notre Dame on this date you got a shot you got a shot that's the goal that he's not going to come to Notre Dame fall loving like commit tomorrow that that's not happening you know what I mean like I guess crazy or things have happened but guys that's not it you just want to know that are we going to get to round two right when we have our shot can we get to round two it's like you're fighting Mike Tyson

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50:16smaller visitor list and I think the offensive line might have a beat I think there's what two guys that's going to be on campus for offensive lineman only twenty seven kids too but there are a couple dudes Trev yeah you've got Cameron Wagner on campus which is that he's a frequent visitor of Notre Dame he's been on campus several times big six seven kid three hundred pounds he impressed it last year's Irish invasion he won the O line O lineman you know top O lineman award at the camp a big physical kid reminds me a lot of Maddie Augustine I think he can play right tackle for sure but I could also see him moving inside the garden being a southern abseur you know Charles Jagassal type of like big tall not your typical guard body and and muller but I also see him as a guy that could you know be a big physical right tackle road greater right tackle that can can handle his business in the past game just going to depend on on kind of how we can develop his game so you know he's actually a bit of a national recruit like Texas A&M is one of his top schools he's can I get looked at by a lot of different programs but you know this is a guy that Notre

51:20Dame has been on for a while he's got a really good relationship with Joe Joe Rudolph Joe coach Rudolph's done a really nice job with Cameron Wagner of of building that connection and all that and and now it's about you know trying to seal the deal but uh and that's where they're at he's an Illinois kid so he's a he's another one of those backyard guys and you've already got two pretty good offensive lineman committed James Halter's a really good offensive tackle you got Richie Flanagan you know you'd like to get two more guys and there's Cameron Wagner latent Von Brandt who will talk about you know in a couple of weeks when he visits and then Albert Simeon whom about to talk about if you get two of those three guys you've got yourself another great class but Notre Dame's kind of shooting for four off at three to four offensive lineman in this class they're not saying no to any of those three kids like from what I'm told they would take any there it's kind of like with like last year receiver like yeah we don't need five receivers but who am I saying no to you got 105 scholarships we can give out now who am I

52:22saying no to you know and and that's how I feel they are an offensive line so Cameron Wagner's are there and then the other guy actually let's bring up his film because he's that good um Albert Simeon is a big time player from Louisiana tribe he's from Lake Charles Louisiana and I see a lot of people say like you're not going to get Albert Simeon and I get it I have my doubts as well he's the number 10 overall player in the country according to on three rivals he's ranked number 36 by 247 and he's ranked number 25 by ESPN so this is a big time football player Trev really good size he's 64 to 90 to 300 pounds exceptional length he placed tackle in high school I think he can play guard I think he can play tackle the next level he's I believe he's listed as a guard let me look real quick I believe the services list him as an interior offensive lineman and and I get that but I think he's got some Anthony nap to him as well where I think he could play tackle but

53:26this is one of those unique studs trev where and let's pull up his film real quick because y'all are gonna love this kid but he could honestly play off five positions to some degree now is he a left tackle I don't think so could he play it like Anthony nap played it yeah I think he could he's a big time player you know super long arms athletic physical mall or type here's the interesting thing like Texas A&M is considered his leader there's a couple other schools on him big time schools on him and but Notre Dame is just always kind of been there as like a don't sleep on Notre Dame don't sleep on Notre Dame he visited in the fall this is his second unofficial visit that should tell you a little something about whether or not you know he has interest in Notre Dame this is his second official unofficial visit he comes from a family that look at that length trev the mood is just that power he comes from a family that is very much into we want our son to be developed holistically in college not just hey turn our son into a

54:32first-round NFL draft pick obviously that's a goal but you talk to anyone that's ever spent two minutes talking to his mom will tell you this kid is different this family is different now are they gonna push him to Notre Dame no but it's just they want to make sure that he gets all of that experience and that Notre Dame is a school his own his length is exceptional it's so ridiculous but they want to make sure that that he gets up to Notre Dame and experiences all of it he had a game day visit last time now he gets to do a little bit more of the some of the other things seeing the practice getting to be around coach Rudolph and things like that but they're a legit player here trev if he were to make a decision today do I think he picked Notre Dame no do I think that a great visit this weekend could make Notre Dame a team that could eventually land him yes I do because he's a great he's a he's a perfect Notre Dame fit he really is and Joe Rudolph doesn't

55:33go south very often for lineman trev he doesn't this is a kid that he has been all over from day one why because this kid is if you were to say hey I'm gonna build a Notre Dame offensive lineman in a lab all right what do I want on the field I want a kid that's got great length and power and athleticism check check check I want a kid that's physical and in place with that nasty disposition that that's you know makes us think of the quentin Nelson's and you know the Aaron tailors and the great lineman in the ring check check okay I want a kid with a high football IQ check I want a kid that loves to finish check all right cool now let's talk about the off the field I want a kid that comes from a great family that that that will encourage that young man to do more than just football check we want a kid that values the educational opportunities at Notre Dame check we want a kid that says hey yeah football's something that's important to me but what about

56:34when I'm 40 and football's behind me and I've gone to the NFL and I've made all this money what do I then do how am I going to make try to take advantage of those opportunities and for them next part of my life that's the kind of family he comes from that's a kind of young man he is so check check check check he real other than you'd like him to be an an answer to taller he checks every single box of what you want in a Notre Dame offensive lineman elite town on the field elite town off the field and a great family like this kid's a perfect fit for Notre Dame he's a big time player big time player and you see it on film I mean he's ridiculously good bends physical and he's just throwing kids and he plays in a pretty good area of Louisiana so now you see why Notre Dame is is put so much into trying to recruit Alberts and he's got this kid loves contact he'll throw somebody to the ground look for the next person to go throw to the ground like he's he's literally being a bully which is what I want out of it yes you want that 100% yeah he's really good Trev really

57:41good yeah what I like Alberts sending a lot real quick before we talk running backs what are his measurables I know you said like preferably an inch taller like how I mean like if you're I'm talking if you're doing a in a lab you want guys to be six five six six if you're if someone to could potentially tackle in a lab like you know if you're making them in a lab you'd say okay I'd probably make him six five or six six like to me six five is like the perfect little height for any off because he's not too tall where he can't play center but he's tall enough to be a that range you know broad shoulder tackle you know what I mean like that's what I mean he's six three and a half six four he's plenty tall enough to do all that I'm just I was just saying like yeah with the theme that I was saying of like if I could build a perfect offensive lineman in the lab I'd probably get you five instead of six three and a half but it's not something that like it's not a limiting factor for him sure it's just you know that that would be the thing no I get you bro I was waiting for the butt of like he's a mall or great fit he's five eleven like absolutely six one but you know no

58:48no he isn't that like the only other thing I would have changed is like I wish he was born in Granger Indiana instead of new you know Louisiana because then it'd be easier to convince him to come to play another name but other than that he's that he's really a great he's a great prospect well they get him again I don't know but that's why this weekend is so important you know because like they're just steadily working working working and and look I give Joe Rudolph a ton of credit he is not back down from Albert Simeon at all and you know you're you're doing a great job there this visit is going to really tell us okay can Notre Dame actually get over the top with him we'll see how the vibe is coming out of the visit but they're in there they're not the leader right now but but even national people will say it I get people sending me screenshots like hey is this true do you but do you think this is because like this will happen like I don't told you I don't read stuff but I have buddy send me stuff that Steve Wolfgang says or Sam Spiegelman says or you know Adam Gourney or Brendan Huffman or Chad Simmons like all the good national people right like do you do you think do you agree with this is first said this and I'm gonna tell him what I think and

59:50somebody sent me something where I think it might have been Steve Wolfgang said something about like you know A&M's the leader but Notre Dame is like legit a player here and they're like is this for real because like my but the bloody Senate he refuses to watch Albert Simeon's film because he's like I don't want to watch film of a kid no name has no shot of getting because then it'll just make me sad you know what I mean and I'm like all right cool man I get it but uh he he saw that and he asked me like hey is this legit and I was like nah dude that's that's legit Steve's not BS me there Steve that's that's not click made there a legit player for this kid would he commit the nerd in today if he had to make a decision no I don't think so but like no that's legit intel like they are a player for him and that's why this visit is so important you've got to put yourself on that line with A&M you know you've you've got to go into the spring and summer in that okay we're right there with you and then try to close it out in the summer if you can do that like man he's a stock man dude you saw it he's but that's the thing I love about him it's like you know he always this is kind of what I've

1:00:52been talking about for years Trev oh you know if you want to get them southern elite athletes you got to lower your academic standards bull crap this is a perfect example there's kids like this all the time you know like like like you don't have to change your academic standards to get Albert send me and you just got to put a better product on the field to make it to where he wants come play for your program and they've done that because the lower name was an 8 and 14 he's not given another name the time of day who go to A&M and get a great degree at A&M and and play for a team that's just came off a playoff bird but now in their end gives you all of it they're put guys in a felt they're playing for championships and they have the elite academic piece like now that's why kid like this kids like this have been around all the time it's either A you didn't try to get him or B your program wasn't good enough for a five star kid like this was going to give you the time of day and that's what I say man like this is this is exactly the kind of kid that people say they that doesn't exist southern southern kid elite prospect all these SEC offers you got to lower your academic standards to get a kid like that no you know just got to

1:01:56put a better product on the field that's how you get a kid like this families pro noter name he's pro noter you know what I mean it's just kids like this are are are the kind of kids that you just say bull crap they don't have to lower academic standards to get kj green they don't have to lower their academic standards to get zi run forced all just like they didn't have to lower their academic standards to get ebony's or tade or Ronnie Dunham or Elijah golden you just got to build a program that's good enough for those kids who want to play for and now they are and put in the effort yes oh yeah that's a big one like that oh quick like I don't know how to put this simply do your job as Tommy Reese would have said in 2022 like that's it do your job on the recruiting trail and put in the effort yeah put a better product on the field like it's sometimes it's just that simple man it really is and I know the group that they're going to have to do that with is these running backs that are going to be on campus this weekend I believe there's four that will be there there's three twenty seven kids and one twenty eight kid the

1:02:5928 kid from Colorado I don't know a lot about that one so I won't speak a lot of that it's a Elijah Cromwell Cromwell from Colorado he's a relatively I don't believe he's been offered yet he's a relatively new kid to the board he's from Cherry Creek which isn't far from where I used to live Trabbe he's ranked as the number 75 player in the country by 247 he's only a three star by rivals on three I haven't had a chance to dive into the film just yet but so I'm very curious to see what that one is but I would argue Trabbe that the three twenty seven running backs from beyond campus and that is an alphabetical order Isaiah Rogers Trace Agara and Lathen Wisenton I would argue that those are the three top backs on the board for Notre Dame in twenty seven right now and you're getting them all on campus in one weekend so that's it's going to be interesting and Isaiah Rogers recently released I think a top eight seven or eight and Notre Dame was in it I think they're legit player there he's from Massachusetts Trace Agara South Carolina Clemson

1:04:02some other teams like that or high on the list I think Notre Dame's a player here I'm very curious to see how this visit goes I think this is one of those visits where you either realize that you're just not going to get this kid or he realizes Notre Dame's not a fit for me or whatever or you come out of this visit being like you just went from here to here you know like you're now a legit player we're now everybody's like oh crap Notre Dame's making that move you know what I mean like that's what this recruitment could be and it's the same thing for Lathen Wisenton who is also a stud these are three really good backs and and I mean I know some people the like Isaiah Rogers the best some like Trace Agara the best others like Lathen Wisenton the best I'm a what's one of those running backs do you want Notre Dame to get and my answer is yes well what what if would you like this guy over that guy yes what about that guy of this yet like just give me one of these three and I'm I'm golden if you get two of them that's even better you know what I mean like but you got to get at least one of these guys because they're all legit like are they Jeremiah love I don't know I mean

1:05:09not many guys are that's what makes him so unique but are they on the level of the Jardarian price is the ineous Williams is the Audric Estimates the guys like that absolutely they're on that level I just don't know if they're on the Jeremiah love this guy's going to be the number four or number five overall draft pick level but how many backs are like that these are good football players and and I think there's not as much buzz about them because of Jeremiah love I think he's kind of spoiled us all a little bit and like now we're all next looking for the next freak well guess what that guy doesn't exist Kiemann Spell is not Jeremiah love with all due respect but I think these three kids are are all really good football players and I would be I'd be happy with any of the three but this weekend I mean that's that but that's why this weekend is so important right because you want to you want to get a shot at these kids you want to be able to get these kids you need to be able to to get them on campus this weekend and make your move now make your move doesn't mean that these kids commit you never know I mean you never know but I think the the goal

1:06:12here for Notre Dame this weekend is more so we've got to put ourselves in position to where we're either in that top group or we are the top dog with these kids you know for and it's different for different guys like with Isaiah Rogers it's about in Tracegaard's like can we put ourselves into pole position with Lathen Wisenton I think it's probably more about can we get into the fight in that top group I would say is more of of what they're trying to accomplish this weekend with these three guys but look running backs it's a big year at running back it's an important year running back we'll just pop in a little bit of film with some of these guys this is Isaiah Rogers but it's not so much that like oh gosh you're you know you're running back room is bad it's just that you can't afford to take steps back you know and and yet a great running back call last year you can't take the year off because as we've seen Trev you never know what's going to happen

1:07:14injuries portal some guys don't develop there's all types of things that happen that make you say you you got to just keep stacking them and if a kid's willing to commit to you like these guys knowing that Javien Osborne and Kedron Young and Jonas Walton and Nolan James junior and all those guys are a front of them then that tells you that kids got that competitive fire that he doesn't care who's in front of them you know and and but so that's why you you got to get one of them that's why I look at it you got to get one of them so we'll see if they do I'm going to play the other two kids as we're talking about other positions because I want you guys to watch these running backs but um Trev I know you've watched all these kids what are your thoughts on them as players like are they are they guys it for you would be like hey I think that continues to move the needle that continues to make sure that the running back board is uh well stocked or you know just give me your overall thoughts I mean I think it just maintains the high level that

1:08:16they've recruited I mean it's tough to move the needle forward from what they just had with Jeremiah love and Janorian Price I don't know if anything is if they're going to come across recruit in the 27 28 29 30 or 31 class it's going to move the needle from love well that being said there is a hot there is a level that they've maintained at recruiting this position at a high level and I think all these kids maintain that I do that's the key and when I mean move the needle that's kind of what I'm referring to you're continuing to move that needle towards what your ultimate goal is which is a championship which even with love and price haven't got yet it's about just not taking a step back and a step back doesn't mean you don't have a Jeremiah love on your roster because you know who else doesn't have a Jeremiah love on the roster in 2026 everyone right you know and and so it's just guys like you but you've got to make sure that every year in my opinion you're landing that this guy can come start for us and and help us win a championship and that's that's really going to be the key and so that that's Isaiah Rogers uh this is Lathen with wisdom ten we'll put him

1:09:16up next so his film was a little bit ridiculous as well so you guys are going to like this kid so anyway we can keep moving on to other players trev as we let this film of these two kids and then I'll put in a trace of guard next but because I know this is getting a little bit a little bit long some of this recruiting talk but let's keep moving on to the the next couple I know we have like two more positions one more position left and then we have two more yep we're okay yep we got linebackers next next two groups of guys are are pretty small groups I think there's two linebackers that are going to be on campus this upcoming weekend and again similar story to a lot of the other players are highly talented guys I mean both that run this run is ridiculous by look at that look at that look at that look at that oh look at that burst oh my goodness this is that's late in wisdom ten yeah yeah look at that burst that's ridiculous ridiculous sorry I just said we're going to move on and then I'm watching this film this is probably a bad idea to try to move on after

1:10:16what these kids film is on but anyway let's keep rocking and rolling travel let's keep rocking and rolling yeah there's two linebackers that are going to be on campus this upcoming weekend both in the 2027 class one of them is Noah Glover from Virginia the other one is Joaquin Guta Glover is how you say his name from Georgia yep yep my my wife and I the other day try to actually funny story we were watching a a movie called it's as good as it gets it was a great American family movie okay and the girl was a cheese maker and it was actually kind of you know for for a hallmark it's like great American families like the Christian version of hallmark you know so we were we were watching that but it was so now this kid comes along but yeah no these are two really top top linebackers Trevor they're both top 100 caliber kids their their kids that I like right now I don't know that Notre Dame is like the team to be with either to guy joke him Guta is an interesting player he's um you know he's a guy that they they're on because of Brian John Marie that's it they were not recruiting him before Brian John Marie got hired he was

1:11:22recruiting him at Michigan coach John Marie was recruiting him at Michigan and uh like them they had a very good relationship and that offer came and immediately Notre Dame became at least a factor how much of a factor that I don't know that's what this weekend is going to be about because here's the deal right now his interest in Notre Dame is mostly about Brian John Marie now you've got to get him on campus and help the decision to be about okay but now is he interested in you because of Notre Dame and and that's going to be the key but you know what we'll we'll break down the film of these two kids these two kids later but you guys are going to really like joke him uh both of these kids you're going to like uh joke him Guta physical Mike linebacker like he can play Mike and Will but he he reminds me a lot of like the Mad Ferreimo um Mad uh Drake Bowen uh King Sinvilly I'm a awesome type of off-ball linebacker you know just really town guy are you going to be

1:12:25able to go into Georgia though and get a kid from Georgia that that likes Georgia has been offered by Georgia and Georgia once and Florida once I don't know and and I'm not holding my you know I'm not overly optimistic those are going to get him but as I said before guys you've got to get him on campus and see how it goes and so we'll have a much better idea of kind of where Notre Dame stands after the visit but at the very least you were able to make a quick move same thing with Noah Glover uh he was a kid that Notre Dame had recruited but hadn't gotten no traction with Maxwell got no traction with Noah Glover they were out Brian John Marie was doing a great job recruiting him at Michigan and comes Notre Dame kind of not reoffers him but it's like hey man we want you here and immediately Notre Dame's in the top six he released the top six and it was funny because when he released his top six I was like I didn't even know Notre Dame was recruiting that kid this was pretty soon after Brian John Marie got hired and so you're like dude if if if this guy just got hired and and and Noah Glover's already putting Notre Dame in his top six because of him what's it going

1:13:29to be like when this kid gets on campus and sees what Notre Dame has to offer and that's will the excitement about maybe what this weekend can do look Notre Dame is in the bottom half of his top six because as I said right now the reason that Notre Dame he likes Notre Dame is because of Brian John Marie but now it's like okay get him on campus and then show him what the rest of it's going to be how does he fit into the system you know how does he fit into the culture how does he fit into all these what does Notre Dame all about do those things and now you find out if you have a shot he's a little bit of a different type of player he's more of a pure male will he's more of a jalan's need type of guy rangey athletic explosive can cover and blitz can run and of course he's going to be an extra special type of kid because he's from Virginia and that's where all the real ballers are as I keep telling you guys over and over and over again the real ballers are from the commonwealth you know so you know maybe maybe that's a little bit of bias on my part maybe I'm just saying but you know I always love getting Virginia kids it's Notre Dame going to get either one

1:14:30two guys I have no idea and I have my doubts but this that's why this weekend's important swing your shot this weekend or take your shot this weekend right shoot your shot take your swing whatever you want to express you want to use and see where you are because you're obviously not going to get him if you don't even take a shot but this is the kind of weekend that that allows you to say okay where it's a gauging weekend right that's what this is all about Trev you you need to gauge where you are try to really you know impress them and show them and then hopefully coming out of the visit you can get them to commit to an official that's the goal with both of these kids get them to commit to an official do that and you've got to punch your chance because now if you can get them to commit to an official and and they're not going to commit soon and you just trying to keep them from doing many somewhere else by the way this is Tracy Gara on the film that we're watching now if you can do that then now by the time you get to June and July now you got a shot to win it because there were several players that last March Notre Dame was not the leader for if you to ask me last

1:15:34March is Notre Dame going to get um Bubba Frazier I just said they haven't even offered that dude what are you talking about if you to ask me last March if no name is going to get Ian Primer I said unfortunately no they don't have much of a shot there if you to ask me last March if Notre Dame was going to get Elijah Gold Knight has said I'm not and they were in there but now they're fading if you to ask me you know last March if they were going to get um just trying to think through some of the other big JB and Osborne I just said heck no they're not going to get JB and Osborne I mean there's just a lot of those kids drive where if you to ask me last year if they're going to get Cari Adams and March I just said they're in it but it's going to be tough they got to get them on campus again they got to close all that kind of stuff same thing with you know with uh you know what you know Grayson McEw did they they weren't they weren't there with Grayson McEw at this time a year ago so all those things are important that's why this visit weekend is is absolutely crucial it's going to be a very very important weekend towards Notre Dame success and you guys can

1:16:37see what I'm talking about with Tracy Gara right like these are all really talented backs it's like which one do you want whatever I got I don't just whoever wants to be here that's why one whoever wants to be here because they're all really good football players really good football players but like that's the key trip this weekend is about move the needle with these kids become a player become a factor and then you know give yourself the next three four months to close that's that's the key yeah absolutely I mean the last couple of guys that they have to make themselves players with the two wine receivers that are also going to be on this campus you got two guys one from each class in 2027 from the 2027 class you have Julian Codwell from Texas and then in the 28th class you have Codero Bennett Jr. from Indiana actually yeah is that the huh is that the kid from Zinesville uh I think so let me go look let me one second no actually I don't think that is uh you know what let me just look it up real quick so Cordero where is he

1:17:40scored hold on a second give me a second it is he's the 28 kid right Cordero Bennett where are we yet here um Cordero Bennett Jr. because I think his dad was a wasn't his dad a professional basketball player I thought so but yeah he is from no he's from Morton high school and Hammond okay so that's not too far from you right Hammond and Ian I think that's I think so yeah so anyway Treb we can move on to the receivers and quarterbacks Julian Codwell is an interesting player um I I'm very curious to see kind of what kind of movement they can make with him I he's a really intriguing player I don't think he's like quite the like the elite athlete that a Julius Jones Jr. is but he knows how to play football that's what I like about him he knows how to play and I like guys that know how to play a receiver especially like and he's don't get me wrong he's a good athlete but

1:18:43what I what really stands out about him to me is he just knows how to play knows how to run routes he knows how to win he knows how to get open he knows how to you know he there's just so many things that you like about him and you're just like man this this kid is got this kid's got the tools to be a really good kind of volume pass catcher at the next level it's just about you have you're coming from behind with him and and like they're on the outside looking and I think Texas isn't is in a great spot with him you know there's a couple other teams down south that are in a great spot with him but he's making the visit you know mom has been real receptive to Notre Dame's pitch uh which is helped but again this is one of those kids where get him on campus and see what you can do get him on campus and see if if you can kind of you know make any kind of movement to where you can get him to commit to an official visit if you can do that then you've got a shot yeah absolutely it's it's the same thing with a lot of these kids if you can get him

1:19:43on campus and you have your shot and this is the first big hurdle now it's just about building out that relationship absolutely so we're down to quarterbacks right Trev correct okay so let's talk quarterbacks because Notre Dame we know who the Notre Dame 2027 quarterbacks are and we're going to be in a position here soon where they're going to start getting some of those guys on campus I believe camp I think that Cam La Potty is going to be on campus here in April I believe or see late March do you have the visit list in front of you Trev but he's going to be on campus here at some point time soon and obviously David Daven Davison what's that go ahead Trev Cam La Potty is going to be on campus March 28th okay so it'll be next next Saturday so he's a talented player and then obviously they're they're trying to get champ mods on campus I believe champ is scheduled for April April 18th yeah and then I don't I don't know that Daven has a visit scheduled just yet

1:20:44so we'll see kind of where he is but so that they're obviously making moves with the the 2027 class but they're also trying to make moves on the 2028 class and so there's two kids going to be on campus this weekend we're going to watch some film of them real quick this is this is freshman film of Neiman Lawrence Trev and I had a chance to watch Neiman Lawrence in person last year at Irish Invasion and there were some really good quarterbacks on campus that they Traymond Towns who's a really talented player from West West Lake Village Oaks Christian obviously Malachi Ziggler was on campus so I liked a lot there was a really talented players this is Neiman Lawrence as a freshman at Miami Northwestern he's an incredibly gifted player he's got one of the most natural throwing motions that you'll see great pocket feel big arm I mean the ball just comes out of his arm like what I said at the time Trev when we did our our post Irish Invasion wrap-up show I say it's

1:21:47like God put this young man on earth to throw a football like and I'm being hyperbolic because God cares about a lot more things than throwing a football but you know what I mean like he was gifted with just a natural ability to throw the football and an intelligence and a feel for the position and he's just he's a winner this young man is an incredibly gifted quarterback one of my favorite in all of high school football I don't know where he's ranked on the services I'm actually looking that up now he better be a five star I'm just gonna laugh and make fun of them all but now he's number 35 player in the country which I guess he's not the biggest guy he's six one maybe but as far as this God-given tools trev for coach football I don't care how tall he is this is one of the best pastors you're gonna find this is one of the best arms you're gonna find in Neiman Lawrence love watching film with this kid oh yeah great feel in the pocket very athletic I mean

1:22:47yeah he's only six one I have yet to see it I mean mind you this is a highlight tape but I have yet to see anybody have any success bringing him down so far in the pocket even though he's six foot one rocket launcher of an arm yeah very talented great arm talents through the roof and every sense of the word there's not a throw he can't make he's very impressive yeah great arm uh people talking about him at plantation yet he he transferred to plantation I believe he started at Miami uh Miami Northwestern I'm gonna look that up real quick but I'm pretty sure that this he transferred to uh um plantation just yeah he was he's originally from Miami Northwestern yeah I was correct he's originally from Miami Northwestern so he's very very talented quarterback really like this kid so and then the other kid trev is Lucas proc who is a Jersey kid and another fun kid to watch I like this kid on film to 28 quarterback cluster we said it last summer

1:23:4928 quarterback classes ridiculous yeah and that was just look at those numbers as a sophomore at the Huntschool this kid is really good uh these kids are both on campus by the way this weekend which is why we're talking about them but what's funny is Neiman is the kid you think Miami you think public school kid you're thinking oh he's probably like a street ball or nope he is a pocket passer Lucas proc is the kid oh he goes to a Catholic school in Jersey he's probably like a drop bet note he's the street baller uh and they're both very talented players and they're just they're just two examples of guys that that show you just how good the 2028 quarterback class is like look at that throw that's just you don't throw that in college but you just love the gunslinger mentality that this kid has so uh these are both very talented quarterbacks very gifted quarterbacks and so you know Lucas they recently offered him uh he is coming came obviously made a very quick trip to get on campus at Notre Dame I don't know where Notre Dame is in 28 in regard to

1:24:56are they gonna push for commitments from anyone who would they take commitments from I don't have the answers to that I don't know the answers to that I'm still trying to figure out who they're gonna get in 2027 but if they if they push for a kid like Lucas proc I think they'll be in the game with him getting Neiman Lawrence to come back for a second unofficial visit is also huge if you can keep these two kids on your board you're gonna have a shot to have a big time 28 quarterback and they're not alone there's other talent that kids in the board but these two are visiting this weekend if you can the longer you can keep these two on your board the better chance you have of making sure that you can land a big time quarterback in the 2028 class that's a big time throw right there Trev as a sophomore in high school yeah that was money yeah so these two kids are 28 quarterbacks and the film I showed you of Neiman Lawrence was as a freshman in high school so these are really big time quarterbacks the 28 classes is unbelievably good unbelievably good it reminds me

1:26:00a lot of the 24 class Trev remember we talked about you think about how many like big time quarterbacks there were in the 24 class that's CJ cars class um this class at least comparing sophomore film might be deeper even than that class and that was a really good class yeah I mean it was such a good class that CJ car was the 16th best quarterback in the country going on three but in all seriousness like you had DJ lagway yet CJ car DJ lagway Julian saying Dylan Rayola Luke Croman Hoke was in that class Ethan Grunkmeyer was in that class Aaron Nolan was in that class Demand Williams was in that class Michael Hawkins was in that class Cutter Bowley was in that class I mean there's a lot of guys that are expected to be starting quarterbacks this year that were in that class the Alicio Miller move get from Michigan State was in that class CJ Bailey was in that class Drake Lindsey the starting quarterback in Minnesota was in that class that was a loaded Michael van Buren who we like

1:27:04a lot who's uh where did he transfer to I forget where Michael van Buren transfer to um he went to LSU but I think he's going somewhere else this year but like absolutely loaded class Trev loaded class at quarterback Alberto Mendoza is in that class this class reminds me a lot of that class incredibly deep class very Aaron Filo was in that class um so you get the picture this class has that kind of depth and and we'll see maybe maybe better we'll see how it pans out but yeah I love this quarterback class love this quarterback class it's exceptionally talented that quarterback you were talking about by the way transfer to South Florida I believe yeah Michael van Buren because he was he started at Mississippi State then went to then went to LSU and then went to South Florida that'll be that'll be a good fit for him yeah yeah so those are some of those quarterbacks Trev that it's a loaded group it really is a loaded group yeah it is so now to do a Trev before we move on

1:28:07though we do have a couple super we have a couple superstickers for my guy guy out from my guy guy aligretto also with another super sticker guy we appreciate you very very very much my dude also just a real quick thing I want to say at the end of practice or at the end of this practice report got a need got a message today from someone on our board by the name of K. Shaw will tell you his real name but he put a prayer request on the board the other day for his son and he's in hospitalized and he's dealing some heavy medical issues and and he took a bit of a turn for the worse I think earlier this morning maybe last night and so he reached out to me and asked me if we could just another bout of prayer for him he was starting to send up and then he took a dip down down so I'll put something on the board later but you know K. Shaw could really really use some prayer for his son obviously as a father to see your son go through something like he's going through I can't even imagine I'm not a dad so I can't imagine it but please keep him in

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