IIO: A Couple Recruiting Questions

[Jersey Domer]

IIO,

Love your analysis and understanding of the recruiting game. Outside of St. Brown, who is the highest ranked player we are in on? Who is the highest ranked prospect you think we land prior to signing day? Do we have a shot at any 5* players?

Thanks!

 

[twalsh]

IIO,

Love your analysis and understanding of the recruiting game. Outside of St. Brown, who is the highest ranked player we are in on? Who is the highest ranked prospect you think we land prior to signing day? Do we have a shot at any 5* players?

Thanks!

If Cade Mays is taking the time to come to ND, we have a shot at him.

 

[NDAFArly]

IIO,

Love your analysis and understanding of the recruiting game. Outside of St. Brown, who is the highest ranked player we are in on? Who is the highest ranked prospect you think we land prior to signing day? Do we have a shot at any 5* players?

Thanks!

NFP is one of the top OT in the nation & we have a really good chance with him.

 

[IrishInOntario]

Highest rated players we are in on...

WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (5 star): 0.9940 composite ranking.
OT Cade Mays (5 star): 0.099 composite ranking.
OT Nicholas Petit-Frere (4 star): 0.9761 composite ranking.
LB Solomon Tuliaupupu (4 star): 0.9668 composite ranking.
CB Houston Griffith (4 star): 0.9666 composite ranking.
LB Payton Wilson (4 star): 0. 9631 composite ranking.
WR Chase Cota (4 star): 0.9523 composite ranking.
CB Alontae Taylor (4 star): 0.9346 composite ranking.
CB Kyler Gordon (4 star): 0.9157 composite ranking.
WDE Joseph Ossai (4 star): 0.9152 composite ranking.
WR Lawrence Keys (4 star): 0.9139 composite ranking.

Those are the top 250 players (in descending order) that ND has a shot at landing as of right now.

Right now the safest bet at a top player would probably be Nick Petit-Frere (#42 composite player overall). He was down to ND, Florida, Ohio State and Alabama, with the Gators as the presumed leader. Their coaching changes, combined with an excellent official visit to ND for the USC game has most thinking ND has jumped out in front. Ohio State visit is next and we'll know more after that.

As for 5 star players... Amon-Ra St. Brown is ND's best chance at landing one at this point. Cade Mays is visiting ND for the Echoes Awards Banquet and is in the mix, but as if right now, a flip from Tennessee to Clemson seems most likely, with Georgia and Alabama rounding out the top 5. We can't even begin to speculate about ND's chances there until he visits South Bend.

Hope that answers your questions.

 

[NDAFArly]

Highest rated players we are in on...

WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (5 star): 0.9940 composite ranking.
OT Cade Mays (5 star): 0.099 composite ranking.
OT Nicholas Petit-Frere (4 star): 0.9761 composite ranking.
LB Solomon Tuliaupupu (4 star): 0.9668 composite ranking.
CB Houston Griffith (4 star): 0.9666 composite ranking.
LB Payton Wilson (4 star): 0. 9631 composite ranking.
WR Chase Cota (4 star): 0.9523 composite ranking.
CB Alontae Taylor (4 star): 0.9346 composite ranking.
CB Kyler Gordon (4 star): 0.9157 composite ranking.
WDE Joseph Ossai (4 star): 0.9152 composite ranking.
WR Lawrence Keys (4 star): 0.9139 composite ranking.

Those are the top 250 players (in descending order) that ND has a shot at landing as of right now.

Right now the safest bet at a top player would probably be Nick Petit-Frere (#42 composite player overall). He was down to ND, Florida, Ohio State and Alabama, with the Gators as the presumed leader. Their coaching changes, combined with an excellent official visit to ND for the USC game has most thinking ND has jumped out in front. Ohio State visit is next and we'll know more after that.

As for 5 star players... Amon-Ra St. Brown is ND's best chance at landing one at this point. Cade Mays is visiting ND for the Echoes Awards Banquet and is in the mix, but as if right now, a flip from Tennessee to Clemson seems most likely, with Georgia and Alabama rounding out the top 5. We can't even begin to speculate about ND's chances there until he visits South Bend.

Hope that answers your questions.

How do you feel about Noah Boykin?

I know he is just outside the top250, but some think he is better than that?

 

[IrishInOntario]

How do you feel about Noah Boykin?

I know he is just outside the top250, but some think he is better than that?

If I had to rate ND's chances right now with their top of the board corners, I'd go....

1. Julius Irvin
2. Noah Boykin
3. Alontae Taylor
4. Kyler Gordon
5. Tariq Bracy (academics)
6. Houston Griffith (would be Irish if his academics were in order)

And I like Boykin, a lot. I love his length (6'1-6'2), his frame and his ability to run. His offer list reflects a really good player and Elko is apparently really high on him.

 

[NDAFArly]

If I had to rate ND's chances right now with their top of the board corners, I'd go....

1. Julius Irvin
2. Noah Boykin
3. Alontae Taylor
4. Kyler Gordon
5. Tariq Bracy (academics)
6. Houston Griffith (would be Irish if his academics were in order)

And I like Boykin, a lot. I love his length (6'1-6'2), his frame and his ability to run. His offer list reflects a really good player and Elko is apparently really high on him.

That’s good. I heard he came on his OV alone (no parents), but wants to come back with them, which is weird because they could have been free on his OV? But a return visit is great regardless..

 

[irishstuey81]

The fact you are not even listing bookie radley-hiles means we have no shot I'm assuming. Just listening to the kids story and comments seems like he'd be a good fit at ND also. He's an IMG academy kid too.

 

[IrishInOntario]

The fact you are not even listing bookie radley-hiles means we have no shot I'm assuming. Just listening to the kids story and comments seems like he'd be a good fit at ND also. He's an IMG academy kid too.

Unless he shows up on an official, with renewed interest, I'm thinking Oklahoma or Clemson and that seems to be what the analysts think as well.

He, along with Joshua Moore, Devin O'Rourke, Olaijah Griffen and Abdul Malik-McClain are kids that are committed elsewhere that I would try to get to visit for Navy. All good players as positions ND is still recruiting.

 

[IrishInOntario]

And as it goes with West Coast kids, Julius Irvin, who has been trending hard towards Notre Dame just got CB's to USC from Loy and Wiltfong about an hour after I wrote that he was the CB I was most confident in ND landing lol.

It goes to show how quickly recruiting can change and how hard it is to pull a kid out of his geographical region...

 

[TeddyOH]

Houston Griffith (would be Irish if his academics were in order)

Can you elaborate? Always wondered why he fell off the recruiting radar after being so high on us early in the cycle. So he's not academically cleared? Any possibility he improves that standing? Man, that is NFL talent that would only help us win big time games. A lock if cleared?

 

[IrishInOntario]

Can you elaborate? Always wondered why he fell off the recruiting radar after being so high on us early in the cycle. So he's not academically cleared? Any possibility he improves that standing? Man, that is NFL talent that would only help us win big time games. A lock if cleared?

I'm not going to say a lock but I will say this... he's one of Derrik Allen's closest friends in the class. Florida State is a mess right now, and he's a Chicago kid. He likes Notre Dame a lot, Mike Elko would turn hi into an All American boundary corner or free safety.... Unfortunately, academics are an issue and I don't know if he's actively working to fix the issue.

Derrik Allen
Paul Moala
Houston Griffith
Alontae Taylor
Noah Boykin / Kyler Gordon

Would be a homerun secondary class.

 

[D_Master]

i always wondered what happened w/ Griffith. i heard way back when when the class was just getting started that people thought he'd commit and then i haven't heard anything other than he committed elsewhere.

 

[irishstuey81]

I'm not going to say a lock but I will say this... he's one of Derrik Allen's closest friends in the class. Florida State is a mess right now, and he's a Chicago kid. He likes Notre Dame a lot, Mike Elko would turn hi into an All American boundary corner or free safety.... Unfortunately, academics are an issue and I don't know if he's actively working to fix the issue.

Derrik Allen
Paul Moala
Houston Griffith
Alontae Taylor
Noah Boykin / Kyler Gordon

Would be a homerun secondary class.

If he's having academic issues in high school, ND might not be a good fit. Or it could be he just needs the structure and the the tutoring.

 

[Jersey Domer]

Highest rated players we are in on...

WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (5 star): 0.9940 composite ranking.
OT Cade Mays (5 star): 0.099 composite ranking.
OT Nicholas Petit-Frere (4 star): 0.9761 composite ranking.
LB Solomon Tuliaupupu (4 star): 0.9668 composite ranking.
CB Houston Griffith (4 star): 0.9666 composite ranking.
LB Payton Wilson (4 star): 0. 9631 composite ranking.
WR Chase Cota (4 star): 0.9523 composite ranking.
CB Alontae Taylor (4 star): 0.9346 composite ranking.
CB Kyler Gordon (4 star): 0.9157 composite ranking.
WDE Joseph Ossai (4 star): 0.9152 composite ranking.
WR Lawrence Keys (4 star): 0.9139 composite ranking.

Those are the top 250 players (in descending order) that ND has a shot at landing as of right now.

Right now the safest bet at a top player would probably be Nick Petit-Frere (#42 composite player overall). He was down to ND, Florida, Ohio State and Alabama, with the Gators as the presumed leader. Their coaching changes, combined with an excellent official visit to ND for the USC game has most thinking ND has jumped out in front. Ohio State visit is next and we'll know more after that.

As for 5 star players... Amon-Ra St. Brown is ND's best chance at landing one at this point. Cade Mays is visiting ND for the Echoes Awards Banquet and is in the mix, but as if right now, a flip from Tennessee to Clemson seems most likely, with Georgia and Alabama rounding out the top 5. We can't even begin to speculate about ND's chances there until he visits South Bend.

Hope that answers your questions.

This is perfect, thank you sir. Good stuff.

 

[IrishInOntario]

This is perfect, thank you sir. Good stuff.

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