Story from @JedMay on our Georgia site following five-star DT Justin Scott's official visit to Georgia:

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Notre Dame men’s basketball 2025 in-state targets Jalen Haralson and Trent Sisley are participating in the Nike Elite 100 camp this weekend.

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Haralson, a five-star shooting guard, attends Fishers (Ind.) High. Sisley, a four-star power forward who visited Notre Dame last week, attends Santa Claus (Ind.) Heritage Hills. Both play together on the grassroots basketball Nike EYBL circuit with Indy Heat Gym Rats.

Haralson featured in the top right photo of this tweet below (second tweet of thread).

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Notre Dame 2025 quarterback target Deuce Knight shared a basketball clip showcasing his athleticism on Friday morning.

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Knight, a four-star recruit in the 2025 recruiting class, is ranked as the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback in the 2025 class.

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound quarterback from Lucedale (Miss.) George County is scheduled to visit the Irish tomorrow. He visited Notre Dame in April for spring practice.

The Irish are in Knight's top 10 along with Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennesee, TCU, Texas A&M and Washington. Its worth noting Knight released his top 10 before his Alabama offer, which came yesterday.

Knight visited Tennesee last weekend and Ole Miss in late May.

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The second official visitors' weekend at Notre Dame is here. The Irish are hosting several commits and targets. The wave of recruits arrived just a few minutes ago.

2024 defensive tackle commit Sean Sevillano Jr.

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Can Notre Dame commit CJ Carr become a five-star quarterback? Story from national recruiting analyst Greg Smith:


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I updated The Heat Index tonight with the following ratings changes:

Upgraded S Davis Andrews from hot to extremely hot following his Notre Dame official visit.
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Upgraded S Brauntae Johnson from hot to extremely hot following his Notre Dame official visit.
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Downgraded S Paul Mencke Jr. from hot to mild following his Notre Dame official visit.
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Details in the post about the safety position on the first page of The Heat Index thread:

Breaking down the four 2024 targets making their way to Notre Dame for official visits this weekend. Another big opportunity for the Irish.


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The NBA is drafting them, higher, it seems, all the time. So why doesn't ND get aggressive recruiting them? European basketball players.

The source of their strength is part of the problem. If a European 15 year old is a BB star, he turns pro and plays with men. He gets coached hard and gets better or goes home.

In the U.S., similar 15 year olds play for their high school and AAU team. If their coach is too demanding, they change schools or AAU teams.1

The challenge for a U.S college MBB coach is to find a Euro kid who is talented and not yet a pro. He could start with Tony Parker the Spurs former all-star point guard who has a BB school in France. Find out how good players are who have not turned pro and are set to finish high school. Build a relationship with Parker and expand the ND network throughout Europe. Jack might hire a qualified young guy to work Europe, build the network, identify prospects, then bring in NDMBB recruiters. It should not take more than one, maybe two years to evaluate the field of young players willing to go to great U.S. university rather than turning pro.

I think it is fair to guess that ND is better known in Europe than nearly any other American university that plays in time basketball.

Can't compete with NIL acquisition money or portal players that fit at ND? Go to Europe. At least find out it's potential

1. Chris Broussard and Jason McIntyre (J Mac) on The Herd, June 2, 2023.

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Hey guys, I’m flying in from Canada to Chicago with the missus and she got us tickets to the central Michigan game (clearly have to marry this one). What’s my best course of action to get the full experience?
I was going to get tickets on a party bus called Irish express that sets up travel and tailgating but if there’s a better course of action I’m all ears.

Thanks!

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Notre Dame men's basketball hosted 2025 power forward Trent Sisley on an unofficial visit last Thursday. It was Sisley and his family's first time visiting Notre Dame.

The 6-foot-7, 200-pound power forward attends Santa Claus (Ind.) Heritage Hills and is arguably the top in-state prospect head coach Micah Shrewsberry and staff have prioritized since offering him in April. He averaged 26.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game and was selected to the IBCA Underclass All-State Supreme 15 team in March.

Rivals rates Sisley as a four-star prospect. He is ranked as the No. 37 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class.

I spoke with Sisley to get his thoughts after visiting. Sisley sat down with Shrewsberry for the first time, toured, the basketball facilities, saw the entire campus and met with an academic advisor.

"I think it went well," Sisley told Inside ND Sports. "He kind of showed and explained his system and how I would fit in. The staff definitely made it known all day how much they wanted me. Conversations with the staff were good. I think my versatility could definitely fit into their system. I can stretch the floor and I can run in transition so I think I could definitely fit their plans."

Sisley mentioned how all the assistant coaches including associate head coach Kyle Getter made him feel welcomed during the entire day. He knew about Notre Dame's academic opportunities but was very impressed after speaking with the academic advisor.

Sisley holds 10 offers including Notre Dame, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, UCF, West Virginia and Wisconsin. He visited Northwestern last Wednesday.

I believe Notre Dame is in a good position moving forward, especially with the way Shrewsberry utilizes his forwards, but don't expect a decision soon. Sisley is letting the process play out naturally.

"For my recruitment, I just want to go somewhere where I fit," Sisley said. "I want to be able to contribute and play. Notre Dame has definitely made a good impression and shown lots of interest in me so far. As for the rest of my recruitment, I am just going to let it play out."

The Irish target told me has no plans to take any other visits this summer and is preparing for school tournaments in June and the upcoming Nike Elite 100 Camp.

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Link to full story:

@RivalsFriedman and I discuss where we think Notre Dame stands in four-star OT Guerby Lambert's recruitment following his Notre Dame official visit.

Three-star OT prospect Rowan Byrne, a 2025 recruit from New Rochelle (N.Y.) Iona Prep, told me he plans to be at Notre Dame on Wednesday and Thursday next week. He will participate in the evaluation camp that Thursday.

Byrne has already reported 18 offers including Michigan, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Texas A&M and Wisconsin. He's hoping to receive a Notre Dame offer. He told me he's been building a great relationship with ND offensive line coach Joe Rudolph.

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Notre Dame is expected to host 2024 safety target Davis Andrews for his official visit June 6-8.

Andrews confirmed the visit with a graphic Tuesday morning.

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The 6-foot-3, 197-pound safety attends American Fork (Utah) High and is one of several remaining targets on the board the Irish are pushing for to join their 2024 recruiting class.

Be sure to check The Heat Index to see updates on where Inside ND Sports believes the remaining 2024 targets stand in their recruitment.

Not sure if this has been asked/answered. Will the staff be publishing a Season Preview? Or will you just be publishing those kinds of articles as content here? Having it in hand is pretty handy.

Incoming freshmen Markus Burton and Logan Imes played tonight in the Indiana All-Stars vs. Junior All-Stars game in Indianapolis.

Burton finished with a team-high 23 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals on 8-of-16 shooting. Imes added 11 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals on 4-of-12 shooting.

The seniors lost to the juniors 105-100.

The juniors were led by Purdue commit Jack Benter's 24 points and 11 rebounds. Three-star guard K.J. Windham scored 19. Five-star center Flory Bidunga put up 18 points and 21 boards.

Some clips from the Indy Star:

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Three-star athlete Tariq Hayer, a 2025 recruit from Washington (D.C.) St. John's College High, plans to visit Notre Dame on June 20. He also plans to visit Wisconsin on June 21.

Notre Dame offered Hayer on Pot of Gold Day. Hayer reports 18 offers including Penn State, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Maryland.

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Notre Dame has continued to upload these to its YouTube page, but I haven't been keeping up with them.

You may remember the first two being Benjamin Morrison's pick-6 against Clemson and Kyren Williams' long touchdown run against North Carolina.

The latest editions include Josh Adams vs. USC, Chris Finke vs. Michigan, Ian Book vs. Virginia Tech and Braden Lenzy vs. USC.

Which is your favorite?

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I've updated The Heat Index blurbs this afternoon for the following recruits:

TE Carter Nelson following his Georgia OV.

DE Elijah Rushing following his Arizona OV.

DT Justin Scott following his Georgia OV.

LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa following his USC OV being moved to this weekend.

CB Kaleb Beasley following an Oklahoma OV being scheduled.

S Paul Mencke Jr. following him moving his Duke OV to this weekend.

S Malcolm Ziglar following updated official visits dates to multiple schools.

S Jaylen McClain following his USC OV.

I also downgraded LB Brayden Platt from medium to mild with the likelihood of him making a Notre Dame OV fading.

You can find the details on each recruit in the post for their positions in The Head Index thread.

CJ May, who received a Notre Dame offer on Pot of Gold Day, plans to visit the Irish on Monday. The 2025 defensive end from Alabama continues to rack up big-time offers including a Georgia offer following a camp performance. Clemson, Miami, Penn State and Tennessee are also on his offer list.

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

We'll discuss Notre Dame's first official visit weekend of June, where the Irish stand with those 2024 targets, who stood out during the Irish Invasion camp, what's next for Notre Dame football recruiting and answer questions from viewers.

We hope you join us live with questions or submit some ahead of time. Hit the bell to set a reminder to get notified when we go live.

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Then to submit questions, there's a chat box to the right of the video on desktop or below the video on mobile.

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Has that speed boat left the lake? Staff - is Wingo still on NDs radar? If not, what happened?

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I spoke with Notre Dame 2026 defensive end prospect Jake Kreul after his Irish Invasion performance last weekend.

The 6-foot-3, 217-pound defender had 49 tackles, including seven for loss and seven sacks for Orlando (Fla.) Bishop Moore last season.

On his trip:

“It was a great experience," Kreul told Inside ND Sports. "I got to meet the coaches. I toured the campus and saw the athletic facilities with [defensive assistant] Nick Sebastian and met [defensive line] coach [Al] Washington."

On Washington’s coaching:

“He taught me a lot after going through drills and one-on-ones," Kreul said. "They really helped me break down my rush, understand the stance and different steps I take. They were very technical. I loved the juice they bring to their practices. The energy that they have is different [and] second to none."

On interest in Notre Dame:

“Their brand is the best," Kreul said. "I know it’s a great environment there. I know it’s a great education. Also, they’re one of the best football programs in the country. I know they'll develop me."

Kreul reports four offers from Florida International, Marshall, Massachusetts and UCF. He camped at UCF Tuesday and has quickly built a good relationship with the Knights coaching staff after they offered him the summer before his freshman year.

I think he’s on Notre Dame’s radar in the 2026 class after an impressive showing last weekend.

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Updated with story link:

I'm going to wait until Monday to put these through in the system, because that's public to everyone, but I wanted to share this with our subscribers on The Insider Lounge first.

Coming off Notre Dame's first official visit weekend, I will be submitting Rivals FutureCast predictions in Notre Dame's favor for four-star RB Kedren Young and three-star OT Styles Prescod.

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I'm hearing good things about both coming off their official visits this weekend.

I think ND moved the needle with safety target Paul Mencke Jr. and offensive tackle target Guerby Lambert as well, but I'm not ready to put in a Notre Dame prediction yet.