Here's what you should know about Duke DE R.J. Oben and South Carolina kicker Mitch Jeter heading into their weekend transfer portal visits to Notre Dame.

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Notre Dame football's 2024 recruiting class has its first five-star commitment in Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa.

Rivals released its new crop of five-stars in the 2024 class on Monday, and the Irish linebacker received a five-star designation. Viliamu-Asa is now the No. 21 overall player in the class, 10 spots higher than his previous ranking in the Rivals250.

Viliamu-Asa led Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco with 114 tackles including 56 solo and 13 for loss this season. He also had one sack, one interception and three passes defended.

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Just posting if you're going to the game, to get there early. If you were thinking about walking up and getting tickets, no can do. Game starts at 5 p.m. ET

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Osafo-Mensah in his own words below.

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Story now posted:

Crickets now.

I was the first to call him out for being a lackluster player and received non-stop hate.

Now that he's shown his true colors, everyone acts like they were never in love with him.

Pathetic.

This isn't the first time I was right, and it won't be the last.

(For the buffoon who mentions Pittsburgh, come find me in the parking lot so I can embarrass you in front of your wife.)

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The new 2024 Rivals250 has been released.

As we covered yesterday, linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa received his fifth star.

The big news today is the debut of DE Bryce Young in the Rivals250 at No. 214.

Others with nice jumps up: WR Cam Williams to 34, OT Guerby Lambert to 41.

Some sizeable drops: QB CJ Carr to No. 49, OG Peter Jones to 207, RB Kedren Young to 244

Full details in the story from @Charleston Bowles:


And the full Rivals250 is here:

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Notre Dame 2024 DT commit Sean Sevillano will enroll early in Jan. He had 101 tackles including 65 for loss this season at Clearwater (Fla.) Academy International. He also registered 14 sacks, three forced fumbles and one blocked field goal.

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Story from Inside Lacrosse on former Notre Dame quarterback Tyler Buchner, who played at Alabama this season.

For her contributions to the USA U19 Women's National team, Notre Dame freshman guard Hannah Hidalgo has been named 2023 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year.

Story:


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I've been working on these for a bit, but I've finally been able to get them confirmed with sourcing.

Duke DE RJ Oben and South Carolina K Mitch Jeter are scheduled to visit Notre Dame this weekend.

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Rivals ranks Oben as the No. 42 overall portal prospect this cycle. Jeter is ranked as the No. 6 kicker.

The 6-foot-4, 260-pound Oben tallied 17 tackles, 5.0 sacks, 6.0 tackles for loss, six hurries and one pass breakup for Duke in 2023.

Jeter hit 12 of his 14 field goal attempts with a long of 51 for South Carolina in 2023. He was 33-of-34 on PATs.

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Notre Dame offensive line commit Styles Prescod is now a four-star recruit and the No. 29 offensive tackle in the class.

Story here:


Notre Dame now has 10 four-star commitments on offense in the 2024 class. OT Anthonie Knapp is the only three-star commit.

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The new Rivals250 for the 2024 recruiting class is out and Notre Dame football has the No. 2 ranked linebacker class.

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The Irish have three incoming linebackers in Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Bodie Kahoun and Teddy Rezac. Viliamu-Asa plans to enroll early in January.

Rivals also included Cole Mullins, who is listed as a linebacker, but defensive coordinator Al Golden and defensive line coach Al Washington recruited Mullins as a defensive end. The rest of the top five includes three SEC schools — Auburn, Florida and Georgia — and one Big Ten school starting in 2024 — Oregon.



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A national championship or an Ivy League schedule? This is not a joke.

Story on Notre Dame adding a serious deep threat to its offense for 2024.


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This was long overdue, but I finally updated The Heat Index tonight to reflect the following ...

Nebraska TE commit Carter Nelson being downgraded to "Mild" with him sticking with his pledge to the Cornhuskers.

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Georgia DT commit Nnamdi Ogboko being downgraded to "Mild" with him sticking with his pledge to the Bulldogs.

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Penn State CB Jon Mitchell being added as "Medium" with the Irish making a push after receiving a transfer portal commitment from his older brother Kris Mitchell.

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To sum it up: It's been awhile since there's been any traction for Notre Dame with its late flip targets. From what I'm told, there's not much expected to happen in terms of making additions in these last two weeks before the early signing period, which opens for three days starting Dec. 20.

Our Penn State site has reported the Irish are making a push for Jon Mitchell, but that he's unlikely to flip. So maybe that's why I'm hearing there's nothing expected to happen. But it's at least worth monitoring.

Notre Dame's most interested in keeping its class together and everything is shaping up to stay that way.

As we wait to see which of the four finalists — Notre Dame LT Joe Alt, Georgia TE Brock Bowers, Utah DE Jonah Elliss and UCLA DE Laiatu Latu. — wins the Lombardi Award tonight, here's a video from Houston:

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On Tuesday, 2025 four-star inside linebacker Carlton Smith released his top five schools. He included Notre Dame with Alabama, Maryland, Miami (Fla.) and Penn State.

Per Rivals, Smith is the No. 10 inside linebacker and No. 229 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class. He attends Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances and is teammates with four-star CB target Kevyn Humes.

The Irish have yet to receive a commitment from the inside linebacker position in its 2025 class. Dominik Hulak is listed as a linebacker by Rivals but was recruited to fill the VYPER position for the Irish.

Smith stands 6-foot-1, 205-pounds and was one of the best linebackers Rivals national recruiting analyst Adam Friedman saw this season, along with other Irish targets Anthony Sacca and Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng.

"Smith doesn’t blow anybody away with his size but he is an especially effective linebacker against the run and understands how to play well within a system," Friedman said. "Smith reads running lanes, quickly fills them, and is one of the more sure tacklers in the East region. There’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to his potential and he still has room to grow."


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I can confirm head coach Micah Shrewsberry is at Indianapolis Lawrence Central on Wednesday night to watch 2025 point guard target Azavier Robinson.

Robinson attends Lawrence North and Shrewsberry is in attendance for the crosstown rivalry game. Indiana head coach Mike Woodson is also expected to be in attendance. Indiana has showed interest in Robinson but not extended an offer.

Per Rivals, Robinson is a three-star recruit and the No. 137 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class. The Irish offered him during his June visit and his family returned in Sept. for another visit during the Tennessee State football game.

Robinson has 18 total offers including Notre Dame, Butler, Georgetown. Illinois, Marquette, Ohio State and Xavier.

You can read Inside ND Sports story on Robinson from the summer here.

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Extended chat today ... went an hour and 15 minutes over and still didn't get to all the questions (or even come close). If I missed yours, ask me now and I'll answer them tonight during the WBB game. Great fun, and I complimented you all ... sincerely.

Getting caught up here after tonight's Football Never Sleeps.

I can confirm that the following transfer portal visits are expected to occur this week.

Tuesday: Washington State WR Josh Kelly
Wednesday: Duke QB Riley Leonard and Clemson WR Beaux Collins

I expect Notre Dame to have more visitors by the weekend, by this is what is on the docket most immediately.

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