I've added a pair of 2026 targets to the running visitors list for next week.

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Despite what's been reported elsewhere, 2026 safety Blaine Bradford won't be visiting Notre Dame on Monday.

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Has Kate Koval arrived on campus for summer session and workouts? It will be interesting to hear how the summer workouts with her teammates turns out. It also will be interesting as to how the portal transfers work out. I think a lot of ND women's basketball followers would be interested in the progress of all the new incoming players. I think it would just add more interest to the women's program.

With a couple of preferred walk-on offers coming out of Notre Dame's camps this month, I thought I'd start a thread with the PWO offers that accumulate throughout the 2025 recruiting cycle.

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Notre Dame men's basketball will be hosting a high school team camp on campus Thursday with 12 high schools participating in 17 games throughout the day.

The following teams, some of which include coveted Notre Dame recruits, are scheduled to attend.

INDIANA
South Bend Washington
Indianapolis Attucks
Santa Claus Heritage Hills
Fishers High
Lawrence North
Greenfield Central
South Bend St. Joe
Plainfield High

ILLINOIS
Benet Academy
Loyola Academy

KENTUCKY
Louisville St. Xavier

OHIO
Winton Woods

Teams with Notre Dame targets ...

Heritage Hills | 2025 PF Trent Sisley

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Lawrence North | 2025 PG Azavier Robinson

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Greenfield Central | 2025 SG Braylon Mullins

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SB Washington | 2026 SG Steven Reynolds III

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Teams with notable prospects ...

Attucks | 2025 PF Dezmon Briscoe
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Plainfield | 2026 SF Noah Smith
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St. Xavier | 2026 SG Jeremiah Jackson
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Winton Woods | 2028 SG Kameron Mercer
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I'm back. Remember to include your name and hometown in this format ... the question queue is open now, so you can ask your questions and let them marinate until we're live ... here's a shortcut to the question queue:

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SIAP - Howard Cross III is getting some pre-season recognition. Athlon & Lindy's both have him as 1st Team Defense Line.
Hope he can build on last years season. In my opinion, he's one of the more important players for us to have returning.
Very happy for him!

@Greg Smith highlights five Midwest recruits who could improve their rankings at the Rivals Five-Star later this month. Notre Dame OT commit Owen Strebig made the list.


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I did some digging on a couple of fronts the last couple days, so I wanted to share my intel with The Insider Lounge.

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With free agency beginning this week in the NFL, I was inspired to start a thread with all the offseason changes for former Notre Dame players in the NFL.

I've pulled these transactions, which have all occured since the end of the 2023 regular season, on contract details from spotrac, unless noted otherwise.

If you see a verified report from your favorite NFL team, go ahead and throw it in the thread.

Jan. 8: RB Tony Jones Jr. signed a reserve/future contract with Arizona Cardinals.

Jan. 9: OL Tommy Kraemer signed a reserve/future contract with New Orleans Saints.

Jan. 10: QB Ian Book signed a reserve/future contract with Kansas City Chiefs.

Jan. 16: DE Khalid Kareem signed a reserve/future contract with Chicago Bears.

Jan. 18: S Jalen Elliot signed a reserve/future contract with Pittsburgh Steelers.

Jan. 22: CB Troy Pride Jr. signed a reserve/future contract with Houston Texans.

Jan. 30: S Brandon Joseph signed a reserve/future contract with Detroit Lions.

Feb. 14: OLB Julian Okwara signed a reserve/future contract with Philadelphia Eagles.

March 7: LB Drue Tranquill signed a 3-year, $19 million contract extension with Chiefs.

March 8: OG Zack Martin converted $16.25 million of 2024 salary into a signing bonus, adding 1 void year and clearing $13 million of cap space for Dallas Cowboys. Martin's contract runs through the 2024 season.

March 8: OT Mike McGlinchey converted $13.875 million of 2024 salary into a signing bonus, adding 1 void year and clearing $11.1 million of cap space for Denver Broncos. McGlinchey's contract runs through the 2027 season.

March 9: LS J.J. Jansen signed a 1-year contract extension with Carolina Panthers. Jansen has reportedly made $15 million across 16 seasons.

March 10: TE Brock Wright assigned a 1-year, $2.985 million tender by Detroit Lions.

March 11: TE Durham Smythe converted $2 million of 2024 salary into a signing bonus, adding 3 void years and clearing $1.6 million of cap space with Miami Dolphins. Smythe's contract rusn through the 2025 season.

March 11: S Alohi Gilman signed a 2-year, $11 million contract with Los Angeles Chargers.

Four-star safety JaDon Blair will be the first of Notre Dame's three midweek official visitors to arrive on campus Monday night. Here's a rundown of another important trio of targets making it to South Bend.


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I just got off the phone with Notre Dame linebacker target Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng following his weekend official visit. I'll have more shortly, but I wanted to share this ASAP.

I asked him if the thought of committing ever crossed his mind while on his Notre Dame official visit.

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Since so many key factors are discussed, is NIL factors addressed also?

11th trip on deck ...

Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight makes the list of Sunday's top performers from Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman.


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I exchanged a couple of messages with four-star DB Jahmir Joseph about his Notre Dame official visit.

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Dalen Penson, a 2025 athlete from Sandy Creek (Ga.) High, committed tonight to Georgia Tech.

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The OT7 Championship is taking place in Tampa, Fla., on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight's Coastline Stars 7-on-7 team is part of the championship tournament. He's teammates with recent 2026 safety offer Bralan Womack.

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The tournament schedule has Coastline Stars set for five games:
Friday at 4:30 p.m. EDT vs. Midwest Boom
Friday at 5 p.m. vs. LEVEL82
Saturday at 9:30 a.m. vs. California Power
Saturday at 10:30 a.m. vs. Raw Miami
Saturday at 12:30 p.m. vs. Trillion Boys

You should be able to watch those games on the YouTube channel linked below. Some games will be on NFL Network as well, including the semifinals and final on Sunday at 4 p.m. EDT.


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With Notre Dame’s official visits wrapped up for the weekend, I’ve been making calls to get a sense for how Notre Dame fared with its three 2025 targets who made it to campus.

ICYMI: I did an interview with Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng. I haven’t had much success directly connecting with LB Madden Faraimo and DB Jahmir Joseph in the past, but I’m still working on it with some help from others.

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I just got word from our Alabama site on this.

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Notre Dame WR commit Elijah Burress won the NJSIAA Non-Public Group B state championship in the 100-meter dash today with a time of 11.24 seconds.

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