Wide receiver Emmett Mosley was an early priority for Notre Dame in the 2024 class, but that changed over the last several months and the Irish filled their three spots for the position in the class.

Now Mosley, the son of former ND football player Emmett Mosley and former ND women's soccer star Cindy Daws, has committed to Stanford.

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I've confirmed that Notre Dame men's basketball is hosting Daquan Davis on an official visit this week, starting today and running through Wednesday. Davis attends Washington (D.C.) St. John's College High and plays for Team Takeover on the Nike EYBL circuit with fellow Notre Dame 2024 target Garrett Sundra.

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The 6-foot, 160-pound point guard was offered by the Irish in April. He was previously offered by head coach Micah Shrewsberry while at Penn State.

Shrewsberry is in Colorado for USA Basketball, so associate head coach Kyle Getter and the rest of the staff are leading the way for Davis during his trip.

Davis, a three-star recruit according to Rivals, is down to four schools including Notre Dame, Maryland, Mississippi State and Providence. He's taken official visits to the Friars and Bulldogs and is expected to take an official visit to Maryland next Monday.

He's set a commitment date for June 25.

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Notre Dame has landed its third-highest ranked commitment in the 2024 class.

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I’m down in the Indianapolis area this weekend at Westfield and Carmel High Schools for the IBC/IHSAA Boys Team Showcase in Memory of Charlie Hughes. 159 high school varsity boys basketball programs from Indiana are set to compete including Indianapolis (Ind.) Lawrence North.

I spoke with 2025 point guard target Azavier Robinson Friday evening between games. He picked up an offer earlier this month after taking an unofficial visit to the Irish. Head Coach Micah Shrewsberry also contacted him at midnight last Thursday when the contact period began.

“It was very nice,” Robinson told Inside ND Sports of the visit. “I’ve done some stuff there that I’d never done before, which was a first.

Robinson raved about Notre Dame's campus and the academic buildings. He said he’d never seen things like it before.

Lawrence North defeated Kokomo and 2024 five-star center Flory Bidunga 95-68 on Friday night in front of Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl, Kansas head coach Bill Self, Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo and assistant coaches from Duke and Michigan. Robinson had 21 points. Notre Dame's coaching staff wasn't in attendance but I expect them here on Saturday.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound point guard is the only point guard in the 2025 recruiting class to report a Notre Dame offer. Robinson is rated as a three-star by Rivals. He is ranked as the No. 115 overall player in the 2025 class.

"It makes me feel like they believe in me," Robinson said. "Coach Shrews said that I was a dog and there are not many people like that. I appreciate that he noticed that because that's what I want people to see in me."

Robinson has 10 offers including Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, St. John’s and TCU. He’s also receiving interest from Indiana, Purdue and Wisconsin. He said he’s in contact with the Irish on a daily basis.

Full story and video highlights on Robinson coming later.

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Greg Miskinis is another Penn State import to Notre Dame with men's basketball head coach Micah Shrewsberry. Miskinis has been given the title of Associate Director Strength & Conditioning (Men's Basketball). He had been at Penn State since 2009.

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

23:20 | Michael John - @JohnDow55878516: Who do you believe will be ND's starting linebackers next year and at what positions? Also, what are your feelings on this 4-2-5 or 3-3-5 defense that ND seems to prefer? Seems to take a more talented linebacker off the field in favor of a less talented safety?

30:50 | Email from Jeff in Phoenix: ND enters this season with three scholarship QBs (Hartman/Angeli/Minchey), and in 2024 projects to also have three scholarship QBs (Carr/Angeli/Minchey), absent any incoming or outgoing transfers. Is 3 the right number of QBs to balance competition and the possibility of injury?

33:29 | @CharlesWWolfe: What are your biggest unanswered questions heading into fall camp?

35:07 | @ldlgoirish: I know rating for players either out of high school or in the transfer portal is not an exact science. Tyler B Rivals transfer player ranking is the 461st best player and the 38th best QB. Drew Pine is the 114th rated player and the 10th highest QB. Please give your take on why Rivals has that great of a ranking disparity. Second part;; Leary from NC State going to Kentucky is the highest rated transfer QB and 4th best overall player per Rivals. In contrast Sam Hartman is the 3rd best QB in the portal but with a considerably lower overall player ranking of 24. Is Leary that much better than Hartman to the evaluators at Rivals? And Why?

39:34 | ldlgoirish: This is a follow-up to your discussion on transfers. I believe freshmen transfers that would of been accepted to Notre Dame and who have completed a rigorous freshman year of study should be allowed to transfer. Here is the Harvard policy "we accept a small group of exceptional students to transfer to Harvard College from other similar liberal arts programs.......if they've completed at least one full academic year, and not more than two, of college coursework. This makes sense to me. In short it means graduate, freshman or sophomore transfers would be allowed. No junior or senior transfers. Your thoughts as always are appreciated. Does a compromise like this have merit?

42:52 | Marie Biafore - @biafore_marie: What grade would you give the following for recruiting? Stuckey, McCullough, Washington, O’Leary and Golden. It seems like Golden’s name is not often mentioned by recruits, do you feel he is 100% invested in recruiting at Notre Dame, or do you think he has one foot out the door or is he somewhere in between?

58:02 | @sjb75: I get the feeling KVA will announce within 2-3 weeks. Rather than ask you your opinion about KVA and where he attends college, which in this case, based on my reading, is unfair, do the two of you believe Notre Dame has a realistic shot at Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa?

59:20 | sjb75: 2025 QB recruiting. Who is the current favorite to most likely verbal to Notre Dame?

1:00:45 | @Allen E: Who do you think will be the back up QB. Kenny Minchey or Steve Angeli ? How big a drop off if any do you see for the Irish special teams this season?

1:04:21 | @charlie t: Is football never sleeps inspired by Neil Youngs Rust never sleeps?

@Charleston Bowles and I will bring the Inside ND Sports podcast back Friday. Send us some questions you'd like us to discuss. We like to give priority to questions submitted on The Insider Lounge.

If you have multiple questions, try to be succinct and ask them separately. Thanks!

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I caught up with Notre Dame 2025 safety target Ethan Long on Friday night.

The Greenwich (Conn.) Brunswick product looked the part at Notre Dame’s Evaluation Camp III on Thursday. Even though he had an offer prior to camp, Long said he wanted to show the coaching staff nobody outworks him.

“The camp and visit was huge,” Long told Inside ND Sports. “They show so much love and take me in as one of their own every time and It just keeps feeling like home.”

Long, who visited back in April, believes his chemistry with safeties coach Chris O’Leary took another step in the right direction.

“Coach O'Leary and I bonded so much over two days it made my relationship with him much stronger and made me trust him to develop me over my years,” Long said. “When he relates me to Kyle Hamilton, it really makes me feel good and want to work with him.”

The 6-foot-2, 188-pound safety is not rated or ranked by Rivals currently.

Long reports 18 total offers including Notre Dame, Duke, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State. He told me he hopes to return for a game day visit with Brunswick teammate and fellow Notre Dame target, 2025 offensive tackle Matty Augustine.

“The Irish are coming and I can't wait to see what they do,” Long said.

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I had a chance to sit down for a one-on-one with Sam Hartman on Friday, and the Notre Dame QB was a blast to talk to and really interesting. Tyler and I are doing some deep-dive profiles on some of ND's key players next month around the time when training camp starts. Hartman is one of them. But there was so much material with him, and some that had a shorter shelf life. So, I did a short story to give you kind of a snapshot of where he is with the Irish and how his summer is going. I think it's worth the read, but the best is yet to come.

What is going on with this kid and his recruitment?

@Charleston Bowles and I identified eight standouts from today's third and final evaluation camp:

2025 CB target Devin Williams
2025 S target Ethan Long
2025 WR prospect Colin Charles
2026 WR prospect Jacob Butler
2025 OL prospect Easton Ware
2026 TE prospect Cooper McCutchan
2025 DE target Samuel Cohen
2026 DL prospect Carmelo McKenzie

Notre Dame recruits are sharing the latest photos from their Irish official visits this month. I'll bring them to you all in this thread.

DE commit Loghan Thomas

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2025 defensive end Vincent Giordano plans to attend Notre Dame’s Evaluation Camp III later Thursday afternoon.

The 6-foot-5, 247-pound recruit attends Cincinnati (Ohio) Bishop Fenwick and was invited to camp by offensive line coach Joe Rudolph.

Although listed as a defensive end, Giordano also plays tight end. Expect him to split time at both positions at camp.

"I'm super excited to work with [offensive coordinator and tight ends] Coach [Gerad] Parker and [defensive line] Coach [Al] Washington," Giordano told Inside ND Sports. "I'm just going to take little bits of information back to my school, help others and be a sponge at camp. I'm going to try to split time wherever they want to see me. I'm in their hands."

Giordano holds an offer from Ball State and is receiving interest from Buffalo and Eastern Michigan. He’s also camped at Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio State, Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt.

Giordano was limited to four games as a sophomore and believes he’s in for a strong camp showing with the Irish.

"Being kind of an under-the-radar guy, I know what I can do," Giordano said. "I know what I can do against some of these bigger kids and I want to showcase my talent and my abilities."

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Notre Dame safety target Malcolm Ziglar, who visited the Irish last weekend, has set a commitment date for July 17 at 1 p.m. EDT.

I'll do some digging here, but my first reaction is he doesn't have a decision made yet but intends to have one by then. Last I heard, he intended to make an official visit to North Carolina this weekend.

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So let’s say we sign Johnson this week.

Is the staff good with our trio? Or are they still hunting for impact players at safety?

Andrews being a potential recruit but will go on a mission.

Rivals released its new class of 2025 player rankings Thursday.

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Notre Dame men's basketball has several targets and prospects listed. Here is where each stands in the new rankings.

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Jalen Haralson moved down three spots to No. 12. The five-star shooting guard attends Fishers (Ind.) High. He hasn't taken any visits to Notre Dame.

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Trent Sisley moved down 13 spots and is ranked No. 50. The four-star power forward attends Santa Claus (Ind.) Heritage Hills and enjoyed his first visit to Notre Dame earlier this month. He is teammates with Haralson on the Nike EYBL grassroots basketball circuit with Indy Heat Gym Rats.

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Malachi Moreno moved down one spot and is No. 63. The four-star power forward plays on Indiana Elite, the same grassroots basketball program 2023 guard signees Braeden Shrewsberry and Logan Imes played for. He attends Georgetown (Ky.) Great Crossing High School and went in-depth with Inside ND Sports after his offer in April. He has not visited Notre Dame.

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Azavier Robinson saw the biggest drop, falling 41 spots to No. 115. The three-star point guard received an offer earlier this month after visiting campus. He is out of Indianapolis (Ind.) Lawrence North.

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Jack McCaffery is ranked No. 95. It is his first appearance in the rankings. McCaffery does not have an Irish offer, but he connected with head coach Micah Shrewsberry last week and there is mutual interest. The four-star power forward is the son of Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery. He attends Iowa City (Iowa) West and is open to visiting Notre Dame if he receives an offer.

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Notre Dame contacted Derek Dixon last week but he does not hold an offer. He dropped 38 spots to No. 91. Dixon is teammates with 2025 center target Christian Gurdak at Washington (D.C.) Gonzaga. He has not visited Notre Dame.

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Notre Dame men’s basketball 2024 shooting guard target Sir Mohammed jumped up 17 spots in the latest Rivals rankings for the 2024 recruiting class. The rankings were updated Tuesday.

The 6-foot-6, 200-pound recruit is now ranked No. 56 overall in the 2024 class. He was previously ranked No. 73.

Mohammed, the son of former NBA center Nazr Mohammed, just wrapped up his official visit to Notre Dame Monday.

The Charlotte (N.C.) Myers Park product reports 23 offers and is receiving the most attention from Marquette, Notre Dame, Stanford, Villanova and Virginia Tech.

Mohammed has an upcoming official visit scheduled with the Hokies in July. He also took an official visits to Marquette earlier this month, and Stanford and Penn State last fall.

Head Coach Micah Shrewsberry conducted an in-home visit with Mohammed this spring.

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Notre Dame men's basketball hosted 2024 power forward Jackson McAndrew on an official visit earlier this week. McAndrew is a three-star recruit and attends Plymouth (Minn.) Wayzata.

McAndrew wrapped up his official visit Monday evening and said the two days were a great introduction to Notre Dame's campus, which he'd never visited before.

"I thought it was a beautiful campus," McAndrew told Inside ND Sports. "How things are set up and the vibe you get there is very cool. Obviously, the academics part as well. I don't want to put it into these words but it's like a life insurance policy. You know when you go there, a Notre Dame degree is valued very highly all over the world."

The 6-foot-9, 210-pound forward loved his time with head coach Micah Shrewsberry and the rest of the coaching staff. The Irish showed him their plans on how they would use him on the perimeter, inside and a little bit of everywhere else. He also received specific details on their multi-year outlook for him in Notre Dame's strength and conditioning program. Another part McAndrew highlighted from the trip was meeting and working out with the four freshmen of Notre Dame's 2023 recruiting class.

McAndrew said his relationship with Shrewsberry is in a great spot and has the Irish in strong consideration as his recruitment enters the final stages.

"I got a lot of respect for him, he's a great coach," McAndrew said. "He was in the NBA for a while and came back to coach in college and has a great mind. Even better, he's just a great person. He's very kind and that's something that I really look for in a coach. I think very highly of him. The rest of the coaching staff were very welcoming and made me feel kind of like family."

McAndrew has also taken official visits to Creighton, Wisconsin and Xavier. He told me he's working on taking an unofficial visit to Creighton this weekend. He's also in contact with Stanford and Virginia Tech and may take official visits to those two programs.

McAndrew is very close friends with Wisconsin 2024 point guard commit Daniel Freitag. They're teammates on the grassroots basketball circuit with the Howard Pulley Panthers and took their official visit to Wisconsin together. McAndrew said Freitag is consistently in his ear about joining the Badgers.

Expect a decision before his senior season begins in November.

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ND and most prestigious universities do not want to award their degrees to students who have earned most of their credits at other schools. This is not a problem that ND's administration needs to solve. It is an NCAA problem and the NCAA must solve it. Exactly how they should solve it requires a thoughtful discussion, but one thing seems clear: The school at which the student has earned the most credits should award the degree.

This is especially true of credits earned in one's major, which is not to say that credits earned outside one's major do not matter. Admissions should evaluate the transcripts and grades of Portal students applying for acceptance to a university. That could remain a sticking point for ND and other elite undergraduate universities, but which school awards the degree should not be the problem.

To properly serve Portal students, the accepting university should be required to verify that the degree awarding university will accept credits earned at the accepting university and count them toward their degrees.

Further, the NCAA should not count the graduation of Portal transfers when calculating graduation rates at accepting universities. The NCAA created the easy transfer that forces all universities to participate in it in order to be able to compete. That would be good for ND. ND could accept very talented junior transfers and not worry about their graduation rate or the reputation of their degrees. They could focus instead on providing these students with an education program that meets them where they are and adds value to their intellectual development.

I will wait until Tuesday to make this public with an official FutureCast submission, but I wanted to share it with our subscribers on The Insider Lounge first.

I'm predicting three-star athlete Taebron Bennie-Powell will eventually commit to Notre Dame. Bennie-Powell picked up an Irish offer following his Evaluation Camp I performance last week.

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There's a belief that Bennie-Powell is a similar caliber player to Ben Minich, a former teammate at Liberty Township (Ohio) Lakota West who the Irish also pushed hard for last year. I expect Notre Dame to do the same for Bennie-Powell given his athletic traits: good length and a 40-yard dash of 4.59-4.60 seconds.

As I pointed out previously, Bennie-Powell played outside linebacker last year while ND signee Minich and Ohio State signee Malik Hartford manned the safety positions.

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Mike Golic Sr., a former Notre Dame football captain and current DraftKings sports analyst, discusses his family hosting the second annual Golic SubPar Classic later this week, using his network for the Celebrity Golf Classic, raising money for local South Bend charities, when he embraced the local community, his excitement level for Notre Dame's 2023 football season, ND's transfer policy and more.

Then @Eric Hansen and I answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (23:08).

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Notre Dame reaches into Ohio for its second safety commitment in the 2024 class.


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Notre Dame has made the top five for 2025 four-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench.

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The Irish join Alabama, Florida State, Ohio State and Penn State on Ffrench’s list.

The Mandarin (Fla.) High wide receiver visited the Irish in March along with Alabama and Penn State. He’s taken multiple visits to Alabama and Florida State during his recruitment.

At 6-foot-2, 175-pounds, Ffrench is listed as the No. 48 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class. He is ranked as the No. 9 wide receiver and No. 6 player in Florida.

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