Notre Dame finished strong with this class totaling out at 27. 6 players landed on Signing Day: OL – Jarrett Patterson 4 Star from California OL – Luke Jones 3 Star From Arkansas CB – DJ Brown 3 Star from Washington, DC RB – C’Bo Flemister 3 Star from Georgia CB – Noah Boykin 4
First the good news – Tevon Coney and Jerry Tillery will return to ND for the 2018 season. 7 Freshman footballers were early enrollees. Brian Kelly dismissed 4 players from the team: WR Kevin Stepherson RB CJ Holmes RB Deon McIntosh NG Brian Tiassum Recruiting will continue to the last minute.
They all held to their commitments and we have a potential Ace in our 6’5″ QB commit. Here is the 2018 Signing Class: Here’s Kelly speaking about the class: Other news: WR Kevin Stepherson and RB CJ Holmes indefinitely suspended for shoplifting.
Joe Wilkins – 6’1″ 175lb 3 Star Wide Receiver from Florida committed to ND over the weekend. Projected as a CB, Wilkins could also play WR. ND really needs CB’s having missed out last recruiting class. His other offers include Michigan State and NC State. Here is his highlight video:
3 Star speedy WR Geoedon Porter 6’1″ 180 from California bumps 2018 Class up to 18. He was offered by Arizona State, Utah, UCLA and Washington State. If Mike Leach HC Washington State, who relies on a heavy passing game, wants him he must be good. Will be a good deep receiver for ND. Here
Safety Paul Moala 5’11” 200 from Indiana, from the next town over puts the 2018 commit class at 17. Moala attended the USC game and committed Sunday. He runs the 40 in 4.6. There were a number of California recruits at the game and with the thrashing ND gave USC will give them something to
Kevin Austin is a 4 Star 6’3″ 190 WR from Florida who opted to go to ND over Duke and a host of others – short list included Duke, Miami and Tennessee. Caveat **** he will still take his official visits. Here is his highlight video:
4 Star LB Jack Lamb 6’4″ 215 lbs from California selected ND over UCLA and PSU among many others. It is interesting that both of his parents went to PSU. So that’s 3 LB’s in the fold with just 5 spots left–need some DL!!! Here is his highlight reel:
Shayne Simon is a 4 Star recruit from St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, NJ. He joins 2 of his current teammates for the 2018 Class. Probably, he’ll be a 5 Star by end of this season. Currently standing at 6’3″ 215, he’s had offers from Michigan, OSU, PSU and Stanford. Current ND QB Brandon