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One of the early names to know in the 2026 recruiting class is Devin Hamilton. Like the 2024 and 2025 classes, the Chicago area is loaded with talent on both sides of the ball and Hamilton is set to begin his sophomore year at Chicago (Ill.) Marist. Hamilton camped at Notre Dame in June where he flashed a high ceiling and was named as one of the standouts.

I caught up with Hamilton earlier this week to learn about his background, camp experience under wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey and more.

"That camp was good for me because I liked how it was run and I did good at the camp," Hamilton told Inside ND Sports. "I'm going to watch them a lot more since I got the eye of some of the coaches."

Hamilton got a follow from quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli on X (Twitter) after his camp performance. He said his favorite part of camp was one-on-ones and using his size against smaller defensive backs. He was very appreciative of Guidugli's follow and hopes to get more on the Irish's radar this season.

"It means a lot to me because I've been working on my craft for a very long time," Hamilton said. "I finally got my chance to get eyes looked at me."

At 6-foot-3, 180-pounds, Hamilton said he prides himself on coming down with contested catches and making defenders miss in the open field. He admitted he's struggled with catching and that was a major point of emphasis for him while training this offseason.

Hamilton played with Midwest BOOM, the seven-on-seven program that 2025 four-star wide receiver target Talyn Taylor plays for, this spring and summer.

"Seven on seven went good for me, it's really fast," Hamilton said, "But it's good for me when I'm running my routes ... it's easier to get better at my routes"

Hamilton does not report any offers but is interested in Notre Dame, Illinois and any other colleges. He visited Illinois in the spring. Rivals has not assigned any ratings or rankings to 2026 prospects.

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Any idea when these will be sent out or did I miss the email.

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I’m looking for an on-campus (ideally joyce, stadium or bookstore) parking pass for OSU.

My wife and I would also buy tickets if you have 2 available.

Feel free to DM me here or send me an email at ndirish103@gmail.com.

Go Irish!

My plans changed at the last minute. Face value $600.00 (what I paid for the) or best offer.


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DrTony@Assessments24x7.com

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Notre Dame 2025 power forward target Trent Sisley is switching grassroots basketball programs to Indiana Elite. He previously played with Indy Heat Gym Rats.

Sisley is a four-star prospect and ranked No. 49 overall in the 2025 recruiting class.

This is noteworthy because head coach Micah Shrewsberry has ties within the Indiana Elite program. Freshmen guards Braeden Shrewsberry and Logan Imes both played for Indiana Elite during their high school careers and Shrewsberry has already offered 2025 shooting guard Braylon Mullins and 2025 power forward Malachi Moreno — both of whom play for Indiana Elite.

The 6-foot-7, 200-pound power forward attends Santa Claus (Ind.) Heritage Hills and reports 10 total offers including Notre Dame, Indiana, Michigan State and Purdue. He visited the Irish in June and broke it all down with Inside ND Sports.

I've confirmed Sisley plans to return for an unofficial visit on Oct. 28 for the Pittsburgh football game.

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The latest on the Pac-4 and Stanford's quest to find more solid ground from Ross Dellenger:


Reforming the Pac-12, while difficult, is not impossible.

“It’s premature to say the conference is dead,” says one person with firsthand knowledge of the situation.

Wishful thinking?

@Adam Gorney says Notre Dame has one of the top five linebackers classes in 2024 so far. The Irish are aided by a pair of outside linebackers who have been recruited as defensive ends.

Top five linebacker classes so far​

1. Auburn: Demarcus Riddick, D’Angelo Barber, Joseph Phillips
2. Florida: Adarius Hayes, Jamonta Waller, Aaron Chiles, Myles Graham
3. Michigan: Mason Curtis, Zach Ludwig, Cole Sullivan, Jeremiah Beasley
4. Notre Dame: Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Cole Mullins, Bryce Young, Bodie Kahoun
5. Oregon: Dylan Williams, Kamar Mothudi, Kingston Lopa

Story from Gorney | Rivals Rankings Week: Breaking down the 2024 linebackers

“When he came here, I said I wanted to know if he was ‘about that life,’” Deland McCullough said of Jeremiyah Love on Tuesday after Notre Dame’s 17th preseason practice. “Running hard. Running through guys. You look at him, you think he might be a finesse guy. Nah, he’s about that life.

“Jeremiyah’s running through some guys. He’s strong in pass protection. He’s super fast. He’s very athletic. And he’s extremely intelligent. With that combination, he’s super hungry. He’s made major, major strides.”

Apparently all the star ratings weren't updated earlier today when I noted the Rivals Rating bump that Notre Dame safety commit Taebron Bennie-Powell received.

Now safety commit Kennedy Urlacher and wide receiver commit Logan Saldate are also four-star recruits.


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Hi all, my former roommate has 4 tickets to the game next week for sale. He is already in Ireland and hasn’t been able to upload to ticket resale sites. Willing to sell at a reasonable price. PM me, if interested.

@Eric Hansen and I will go live on YouTube on Thursday at 8 p.m. EDT for the next edition of "Football Never Sleeps."

We'll discuss the latest developments from Notre Dame preseason practice as the Irish shift from camp to Navy prep, make predictions for the 2023 season and answer questions from viewers.

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From strictly a points standpoint, if we land Lambert, this will be the highest graded class since 2013's (2,893 points)... 2nd best? 2023 (2,504 points)... 3rd? 2022 (2,481 points)

The talent trajectory certainly continues to move in the right direction!

Story from ESPN's Michael A Fletcher:

Retired NFL star Michael Oher, whose supposed adoption out of grinding poverty by a wealthy, white family was immortalized in the 2009 movie "The Blind Side," petitioned a Tennessee court Monday with allegations that a central element of the story was a lie concocted by the family to enrich themselves at his expense.

The 14-page petition, filed in Shelby County, Tennessee, probate court, alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took Oher into their home as a high school student, never adopted him. Instead, less than three months after Oher turned 18 in 2004, the petition says, the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators, which gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.

Thanks to all who submitted questions for me and @Eric Hansen on our latest podcast. These are the questions we answered with timestamps.

16:55 • @CharlesWWolfe: Does opening with Navy mean the defense loses some “install” time for the scheme they want to implement and run for the other 11 games

18:43 • Robert Halicky - @bhalicky5859: Curveball this week. Given the development along the dline, do you expect Marist to have more big plays or has that ship sailed? Second, what is a stat that would shock you, in a bad way, given the potential development of the dline? Ex: more rush yards or rush tds/game.

22:50 • Marie Biafore - @biafore_marie: As Notre Dame is often Oline U and typically recruits very well on the O line, why is it that we have big concern at guard this year? In the last couple of years have we missed on recruits that would’ve been better guards? Or are some of the issues a product of misevaluations?

26:10 • @stevegoforth5: What needs to happen for ND to figure out if Angeli or Minchey is the guy to lead next year’s team? Or if they need to get a transfer QB next year?

29:30 • Bert Leonard - @Bert2834: Barring injury .. how many passes does Steve Angeli attempt this season?

32:36 • Marie Biafore - @biafore_marie: Any insight into the Nate Roberts decommitment?

36:17 • Ryan Urquhart - @UrquhartCRNA: I’m curious how the players who’ve transferred out have fared? In particular Pyne, Buchner, Styles, and Diggs. Will any of them be truly missed by ND this season?

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The latest preseason watch lists honors:

Marist Liufau named to Polynesian College Football Player of the Year list
Joe Alt named to Lombardi Award list

Notre Dame cornerbacks coach Mike Mickens spoke to local beat writers after Wednesday's practice. A transcript of that conversation is below. Questions may be paraphrased.

MIKE MICKENS

How much of a luxury is it having a guy like Ben Morrison?

“It’s great. He brings great energy every day, comes to work, just wants to be better every day. He challenges himself to find ways to get better, whether it’s film study or technique. He’s just always seeking that knowledge to get better. He’s fun to have.”

What did it mean for Cam Hart to be voted captain?

“It brought great joy, made me really proud. I know he goes to work every day intentional. I know what he has done in our room as far as leadership. For the whole team to recognize how much of a leader he is was great. He’s a leader on the field, off the field, by action, by vocal. He does everything for us that we need.”

Who has caught your eye this camp?

“They all have a sense of confidence about themselves that has grown even from last year to this year. They know what they’re capable of doing. Christian [Gray] has done a great job from spring to fall camp to get himself up to our standard to help. The old guys do what they do already.”

What have you seen in the growth and development of the roster in recent years?

“This team is close. The roster is very close. Guys are getting details and competing at a high level. The competitive spirit, you can throw it out there every day. They want to win every rep. That’s what you want from their culture and their mindset.”

When you first got here and looked at what you had on the defensive side of the ball, especially the secondary, what did you say? We have to have more of what?

“For me, my job was to come in and I wanted to make the culture of competitive spirit every day. And compete. That’s just who I am. I wanted the room to take after me. When we go on the field, we want to compete in everything we do. Changing that mindset and just getting guys that want to be the best version of themselves. That’s what I think this room is.”

How much better is the depth and quality of depth now?

“In the corner room the depth is really good. We’ve got a lot of guys that can be counted on. That’s what I like. I like being able to make sure those guys can rotate. It’s hard playing two guys all game and not get worn out this day and age. That’s what I focus on trying to do.”

Does this seem like a faster team on both sides of the ball?

“Yeah. We’ve got some guys that can take you deep. We see it every day on the outside. If you’re not good on technique, they’ll get over top of you. That’s what you like about it. You want to play with passion, and you want to play with speed. I think we have that in the skill positions.”

What makes Clarence Lewis so versatile?

“C-Lew is very competitive and he’s very smart. That’s something a lot of people don’t see in him. That’s what’s great about him. We can make sure he can go inside, outside, back deep. It doesn’t matter. He knows he’s in every position. That allows us to have some flexibility with it.”

What have you seen from Christian Gray?

“Christian has taken great strides since spring. Excited about where he’s at and continuing to grow. He’s intentional every day about what he does.”

What are the differences between Thomas Harper play nickel and Clarence Lewis playing nickel?

“They both give you a lot. Harp has shown great quickness, great coverage ability. He’s really good in the slot, understanding leverages. C-Lew is more physical – not more physical than Harp – but just physicality on the point of attack and over those bunches. He still understands the coverages, schemes, where he can drop into coverage. The nickel position is really good because you have those two with [different] strengths.”

What kind of improvement have you seen in the cornerback room since you arrived in 2020?

“Exactly what you want. You want to work toward multiple guys in the room that can go in and contribute and find ways to get them on the field. With competitive spirit as well, so now they compete with each other. But it’s a healthy competition, so it’s only going to make them better in what they want to do and finding ways to get on the field.”

When did you feel like things were trending in that direction?

“Last year was the first year you could see it where you could count on more than maybe two or three. You could go four or five deep in the room that could actually play meaningful snaps and you’re not worried about them out there. They understand now if they perform out there, there’s an opportunity to get on the field.”

What has Christian Gray done to be the 4th corner?

“He goes out to compete every day. He understands the standard of what we want. He works on his craft. He’s around those older guys, understands what the expectations are and what they’re thinking. He’s just a sponge. He goes out there and he shows it and competes at a high level.”

What have seen from Micah Bell since he arrived this summer?

“He’s learning the position. He’s understanding leverages. He’s getting better in the coverage scheme of it. He’s going to be a very, very good player here. He’s going to do a lot of great things. It’s just a process of continuing to learn the position and understanding where I have to be coverage-wise. I have to be able to react this way to a certain route. I’m excited for him.”

What are the areas of improvement you want from Jaden Mickey?

“Just challenge him to be consistent. Be consistent with his eyes, consistent throughout camp. He’s had a great camp because of it. I always say be consistently good, not occasionally great. That’s what I challenge all of them with, but I really challenged him.”

How do corners practice for Navy’s triple option?

“It’s the same. You have to be disciplined. It goes back to that consistency. If we’re not consistent in our eyes and our reads, it’s over the top on us.”

Is it harder to get them focused when you know Navy is going to run the ball 50 times?

“No. We want to be the best at whatever we do. Anytime we’re out there, we’re out there for a reason. We want to help impact the game and do our one of 11 or two of 11 for the defense.”

How do you deal with handling the expectations for your corners?

“They have their own expectations of themselves. I have expectations. We have a standard. We play to that standard. Everything else is everything else. If we worry about the little details, the micro of doing our job, great things will happen.

Why does Cam Hart fit the role of a captain?

He’s been a great leader in our room for the past two seasons. The great thing about it is now the whole team recognized by voting him that. He does the little things for us. He’s verbal. He’s mature. He’s upholding the standard to our room. He’s great on and off the field for us.”

What’s Christian Gray been able to do to make strides since the spring?

“He’s confident. Spring, trying to feel it out, he was just getting there. But he understands he could compete at the highest level and compete with anybody on the field as long as he’s detail-oriented. That’s what he is. He’s doing good with it.”

Will Gray play more to the field or boundary?

“He’ll be in the boundary probably for the most part.”

What makes him a good fit for that?

“He’s just long, fast. His length is really good. He’s really good at press.”

In the season opener at Ohio State last year, how quickly did Morrison affirm your belief in him?

“When he didn’t flinch. You go out there in that environment and you continue to do what you do, then you know then he can play anywhere. That game, I was good. I was pleased with what he did.”

Was the biggest thing getting him off the bench?

“Get him in there. OK, you holding up? OK, we’re good.”

What are your expectations for Jaden Mickey after last season?

“It was more just challenging him to be consistent. He’s self-aware of what he wants to do. He’s fine. He works at his craft every day. He understands the standard.”

What does Morrison’s next step look like?

“His next step is just continue to do what he’s done. It isn’t about the production. Obviously, the production – everybody likes the picks of it, but if he dominates his side like he’s capable of doing, I’m good. I think he’ll be recognized that way.”

What’s his best matchup in camp?

“A lot of those guys over there do a good job, but Tobias [Merriweather] is really good. JT [Jayden Thomas] is really good. Both of those guys are good in the boundary.”

Can he actually be better without six picks if no one is testing him?

“That’s the whole purpose.”

Notre Dame is back to pursuing tight ends in the 2025 recruiting class after losing the commitment of four-star tight end Nate Roberts on Tuesday. The Irish have some targets already on their board and also hosted a handful of prospects for camps or unofficial visits this summer. After landing Jack Larsen in the 2024 class, offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Gerad Parker may need to push for two tight ends in the 2025 class.

Inside ND Sports dives into the current board of targets and prospects and where the Irish might look next. Players featured include two Notre Dame legacy recruits, a target who visited multiple times in the spring and more.

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Notre Dame sophomore cornerback Benjamin Morrison discusses how he's following up his Freshman All-America season with the same intensity, what he wants to improve on, the challenge of facing quarterback Sam Hartman in practice, being in Al Golden's defense for a second year and if the coaching staff trusts him more this season.

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Notre Dame cornerbacks coach Mike Mickens discusses the readiness of the cornerback position for the 2023 season, what he's challenged them to do this preseason, the leadership in the unit with Cam Hart voted as a captain, the talent of this cornerback group, a second year in Al Golden's defensive scheme, how many cornerbacks he's comfortable playing and the development of freshman Christian Gray.

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Time to submit your questions for Thursday's Notre Dame Football Live Chat​

We're doing the chat a day later this week due to scheduling conflicts. We'll be back on Wednesdays next week. Here's a shortcut to the question queue if you want to submit your questions early: https://live.jotcast.com/chat/notre-dame-football-live-chat-aug-17-2023-16310.html

“I feel no different,” Jadarian Price said of how he compares athletically now to before he ruptured his Achilles tendon last summer. “At first, obviously, it takes a while to build that confidence back. But once you get going full speed, it’s like nothing happened. That’s how I truly feel right now. I feel like nothing even happened.”

Watching Notre Dame's wide receivers golf.

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