I spoke with 2024 outside linebacker target Chris Cole before he plans to visit Notre Dame Friday. He received an offer March 28 and is scheduled to make his first visit since last June.
Cole told Inside ND Sports he’s looking forward to touring Notre Dame's campus and catching up with head coach Marcus Freeman.
"That's my first priority in picking a school," Cole said. "I want to go there and learn more about it and see what they have to offer because I want to study sports medicine. I know football is important, but life is too. It’d be great for me because if I went there, everything wouldn’t revolve around football."
The 6-foot-3, 209-pound defender hails from Salem (Va.) High. Rivals ranks Cole as a three-star recruit in the 2024 recruiting class. He is not currently ranked. He also described the importance of defensive coordinator Al Golden's NFL coaching history.
“I want to make it to the next level,” Cole said. “You need a coach that has experienced that too. It’d be great because he’s experienced all that. He knows what it takes to get to that level and he will help me do that.”
Cole reports 12 total offers including Florida, Georgia, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech and West Virginia. He said academics, living conditions and people within the program are the biggest factors in his recruitment.
