:: Notre Dame Football Recruiting ::

Headlines - 2011 Verbal Commitments - 2010 Fall - 2010 Spring Enrollees - Links

Notre Dame Football Recruiting 2011 - Updated Oct. 6, 2010

Notre Dame Football 2011 Recruiting Ranked #2 as of Oct. 6, 2010

Scout.com ranks Notre Dame #12 nationally for its 2011 recruiting class as of Oct. 6, 2010. Rivals.com has ranked Notre Dame #16.

Be cautioned, however, that in the past there have been instances where these media services have ranked Notre Dame lower based upon other schools overloading on lower-ranked recruits, when Notre Dame actually had a higher ranking, even top-10, when measured man-by-man.

Total commitments and positions: As of Nov. 5, 2010, Notre Dame has 16 verbal commitments for 2011 ... one 5-star TE; three DE's (one 4-star DE, and two 3-star DE); two OT's (one 4-star and one 3-star OT recruits); one 4-star OG; two outside LB's (4-star and 3-star); two 4-star safeties; two 3-star CB's plus a 3-star CB/Athlete (with 4.5 speed); and a 3-star kicker (with a booming leg and good accuracy, who actually had been headed to Michigan, changed his mind, and also had been looking to graduate early, and enroll early for the fall, but Notre Dame would not admit a 17-year-old who finished high school in three years)

Geography: Thus far, the Irish have 8 commitments from student-athletes in warm-weather states from the mid-Atlantic to the West Coast, with multiple commitments California (2) and North Carolina (2), as well as commitments from from Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Georgia.

Notre Dame also has been strong in the Midwestern Rust Belt, with 7 recruits from Ohio (3), Michigan (1), Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana, also securing a 9th seasonal-weather-state recruit from Connecticut.

Notre Dame Football 2011 Verbal Commitments
(cannot sign letter of intent until February 2011)

Links: notredame.scout.com - notredame.rivals.com - blueandgold.com

Offense - Wide Receiver

:: WR - DaVaris Daniels 6-2/175/4.50 (Vernon Hills HS) Vernon Hills, IL 09/28/2010 - 4 stars

Offense - Tight End

:: TE - Ben Koyack 6-5/230/4.65 (Oil City HS) Oil City, PA 04/27/2010 - 5 stars

Offensive Line

:: OG - Conor Hanratty 6-4/290/5.55 (New Canaan) New Canaan, CT 04/24/2010 - 4 stars

:: OT - Matt Hegarty 6-6/260 (Aztec HS) Aztec, NM 04/28/2010 - 4 stars

:: OT - Brad Carrico 6-6/270/4.85 (Dublin Coffman HS) Dublin, OH 03/20/2010 - 3 stars

Defensive Line

:: DE - Stephon Tuitt 6-5/252 (Monroe HS) Monroe, GA 9/5/2010 - 4 stars

:: DE - Tony Springmann 6-6/260/4.88 (Bishop Dwenger HS) Fort Wayne, IN 04/24/2010 - 3 stars

:: DE - Anthony Rabasa 6-3/215 (Christopher Columbus HS) Miami, FL 7/30/2010 - 3 stars

:: DE - Clay Burton 6-4/235/4.88 (Venice Senior HS) Venice, FL 6/18/2010 - 3 stars

Line-Backer

:: OLB - Jarrett Grace 6-4/230/4.70 (Colerain HS) Cincinnati, OH 04/24/2010 - 4 stars

:: OLB - Ben Councell 6-5/225/4.40 (A C Reynolds HS) Asheville, NC 06/28/2010 - 3 stars

Defensive Backs

:: S - Eilar Hardy 6-0/170/4.63 (Pickerington HS Central) Pickerington, OH 06/25/2010 - 4 stars

:: S - George Atkinson 6-2.5/198/4.52 (Granada HS) Livermore, CA 09/12/2010 - 4 stars

:: CB - Josh Atkinson 6-0/180 09/12/2010 (Granada HS) Livermore, CA - 3 stars

:: CB - Jalen Brown 6-1/186/4.40 07/30/2010 (MacArthur HS) Irving, TX - 3 stars

Defensive Back/Athlete

:: CB/ATH - Matthias Farley 6-1/185/4.5 (Charlotte Christian School) Charlotte, NC 04/21/2010 - 3 stars

Special Teams: Kicker

:: K - Kyle Brindza 6-2/195 (Plymouth Canton HS) Canton, MI 04/16/2010

- Back to the Top -

Recruiting 2010: Early Enrollees (Spring 2010)

Four 2010 Notre Dame recruits graduated high school early and enrolled at Notre Dame in January to participate in winter conditioning, spring practices, and the Blue-Gold game. They include three defensive backs, a quarterback, and a wide receiver. [Update: one of the early-enrollee DB's will be leaving the institution for personal reasons, after staying into the summer to restore lost ground academically, at Notre Dame expense.]

:: WR - T.J. Jones 6-0/183 Gainesville, GA (Gainesville)

:: QB - Tommy Rees 6-3/192 Lake Forest, IL (Lake Forest)

:: DB - Lo Wood 5-11/176 Apopka, FL (Apopka)

:: DB - Chris Badger 6-1 192 Provo, UT (Timpview)
[note: Badger has left on his Mormon mission]

- Back to the Top -

Recruiting 2010: Fall 2010 Arrivals

In the Fall of 2010, Notre Dame will welcome seventeen additional recruits who signed letters of intent in February 2010. Nine offensive signees include three quarterbacks, two wide-receivers, one tight end, one running back, and two offensive linemen. Eight defensive signees include four defensive linemen, three linebackers, and one defensive back.

Tragically, Notre Dame recruit Matt James passed on before he could enroll at the university. Please remember him and his family in your prayers.

Offense - Backs, Wide Receivers, Tight End

:: QB - Andrew Hendrix 6-3/220 (Moeller HS) Cincinnati, OH - 3-stars

:: QB - Luke Massa 6-4/175 (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH - 3-stars

:: QB - Derek Roback 6-2/221/4.66 (Waverly HS) Waverly, OH - 2-stars

:: RB - Cameron Roberson 6-1/215/4.48 (Newbury Park HS) Newbury Park, CA - 3-stars

:: WR - Bennett Jackson 6-1/170/4.44 (Raritan HS) Hazlet, NJ - 3-stars

:: WR - Daniel Smith 6-4/205 (Clay HS) South Bend, IN - 3-stars

:: TE - Alex Welch 6-5/225 (Elder HS) Cincinnati, OH - 4-stars

Offensive Line

:: OG - Christian Lombard 6-5/280 (Wm Fremd HS) Palatine, IL - 4-stars

:: OT - Tate Nichols 6-7/240 (Ryle HS) Union, KY - 3-stars

Defensive Line

:: DT - Louis Nix 6-3/315/5.15 (William M. Raines HS) Jacksonville, FL - 4-stars

:: DE - Kona Schwenke 6-5/215 (Kahuku HS) Kahuku, HI - 4-stars

:: DE - Justin Utupo 6-1/235 (Lakewood HS) Lakewood, CA - 3-stars

:: DE - Bruce Heggie 6-4/230 (Mount Dora HS) Mount Dora, FL - 2-stars

Linebackers

:: MLB - Danny Spond 6-2/230/4.68 (Columbine HS) Littleton, CO - 3-stars

:: MLB - Kendall Moore 6-3/231/4.78 (Southeast Raleigh HS) Raleigh, NC - 3-stars

:: OLB - Prince Shembo 6-2/225/4.72 (Ardrey Kell HS) Charlotte, NC - 3-stars

Defensive Back

:: S - Austin Collinsworth 6-0/180/4.66 (Highlands HS) Fort Thomas, KY - 3-stars

- Back to the Top -