ND is on a roll with commit 3 Star Safety Kyle Hamilton – 6’3″ 185 from Atlanta Georgia. That’s like 5 in a row over the last 5 days – wow. Here is his highlight video:
3 Star OL Andrew Kristofic 6’6″ 270 from Gibsonville, PA gave his verbal after the recruiting weekend. He is from the same HS as 2018 commit QB Phil Jurkovec. Here is his highlight video: Here are the 2019 commits so far: 2019 ND Commits
Big recruiting weekend continues as ND adds 4 Star DE commit from Montvale NJ. He was recruited everywhere including Michigan – he opted for the Irish. His father played TE for the NJ Giants out of Alabama – gotta love it. Here is his highlight video:
Rather vanilla exercise and by all reports no injuries – that’s good. Wimbush looked better, but with the red shirt on you can’t really tell. We’ll know at the Michigan game. I’m not buying all in that his problems are solved. I think he has a lot of Golson in him. Ian Book looked OK,
The annual Blue Gold game will be played this Saturday 4/21: Time: 12:30 PM ET TV: NBCSN Don’t expect much out of this game. It will basically be a glorified practice. The final OL is apparently set: LT: Eichenberg LG: Bars C: Mustifer RG: Kraemer RT: Hainsey
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/ndinsider.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/3d/43df3e4e-2f9b-11e8-9b83-8bf7b4b137ca/5ab6ab530fce2.video.mp4 There is really not much info from these videos with limited access. It’s basically run and catch. In other news Jerry Tillery has a concussion.
Here is a short video clip of practice. It’s the usual pass run and then block. It’s hard to really tell, but it seems to me that Wimbush is still aiming the ball while Book looks like he’s really got some zip on his passes. Here is the video fron ND Insider: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/ndinsider.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/cf/4cf7e7ba-2c58-11e8-966a-2ff02165f90f/5ab1346f1c37a.video.mp4
Spring practice had started and Brian Kelly also announced that he might add another team captain soon. Here is a short video of the first spring practice: In addition, the Blue/Gold game will be on April 21, 2018 at 12:30 PM ET on NBCSN.
Brian Kelly met the Press and advised that the entire football team is bigger, faster and stronger than ever. It’s the best conditioned team he has been around. He said same thing last year as the team wilted in the 4th quarter. Oh and everybody is cross training. Here is the press conference: Also Brian
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