Morning Roundup: April 23, 2015

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FROM OUR SITE

Mike Sanford’s The Answer

RECRUITING – COMMITTED

Irish Illustrated (F): ‘His upside is huge’ (✰✰✰✰ NC DE Julian Okwara)

RECRUITING – OFFERED

Bruin Report Online (F): Burton on position, visits (✰✰✰✰ CA S Brandon Burton)
Go Blue Wolverine ($): Rashan Gary’s mother knows best (✰✰✰✰✰ NJ DT Rashan Gary)
Inside Tennessee ($): Rocky Top trips get Chidi Okonya’s attention (✰✰✰✰ GA DE)
Irish247 ($): Notre Dame’s spring/summer recruiting season begins
Irish Illustrated (F): Denson connects with Florida back (✰✰✰ FL RB Deon McIntosh)
Scout (F): Top QB on Rutgers board talks Scarlet Knights (✰✰✰✰ MD Dwayne Haskins)
Scout (F): Notre Dame degree meaningful to Haskins (✰✰✰✰ MD QB Dwayne Haskins)
Scout (F): Four-star RB has Horned Frogs in mix (NC Robert Washington)
Scout ($): Johnson sees PSU for fourth time (✰✰✰✰ IN QB Hunter Johnson)
Show Me Mizzou ($): Kelly discusses Missouri recruitment (✰✰✰✰ KS DE Xavier Kelly)
USC Football.com ($): Dylan Crawford spring highlights (✰✰✰✰ CA WR)

RECRUITING – ND INTERESTED, BUT NO OFFER

Bleacher Report: 2016 Sleeper recruits Brian Kelly should be all in on (✰✰✰ FL RB Travis Homer; ✰✰✰ FL CB Dontye Carriere-Williams; ✰✰✰ IL DE Amir Watts)
Dawg Post: Georgia offer could be game-changer (GA DE Robert Beal, class of 2017, no rating yet)
Go Bruin Online ($): Taylor on early recruitment (✰✰✰✰ CA CB Keith Taylor)
Inside Carolina ($): Four-star WR planning UNC return (MD Tino Ellis)
Irish Sports Daily (F): 2017 WR excited for ND visit (CA Taariq Johnson, no rating yet)
Scout (F): Washington is in Fehoko’s top five (✰✰✰✰ UT WR Simi Fehoko)
Scout (F): Heimuli-Lund has Stanford on top (✰✰✰✰ UT RB/LB Sione Heimuli-Lund)
Spartan Digest (F): Commitment spotlight: Messiah deWeaver
Wildcat Authority (F): Arizona visits safety (✰✰✰ CA Chacho Ulloa)

CURRENT TEAM

Bleacher Report (Monaco): Brian Kelly’s biggest concerns post-spring
Blue & Gold Illustrated: Notre Dame’s top risers: Defense
Blue & Gold Illustrated: Notre Dame’s top 5 risers: Offense
CSN Sportsnet Chicago: Notre Dame will keep summer recruiting focus on camps
Elkhart Truth: Notre Dame football spring grades: Offense
Elkhart Truth: Notre Dame’s C.J. Prosise learning to be a “great” running back from Notre Dame’s all-time greatest
Irish247 ($): Analyzing the Notre Dame Irish: Durham Smythe
Irish247 (F): Irish offense should focus on run game in 2015
Irish Illustrated (F): Depth chart: Irish offense
Irish Illustrated (F): Depth chart: Irish defense
Irish Illustrated (F): A big man for big games (Mike McGlinchey)
Irish Illustrated (F): ‘We can run this defense’ (Elijah Shumate & Max Redfield)
ND Insider (F): Quenton Nelson looks like a perfect fit on ND offensive line
ND Insider (F): Incoming Notre Dame TE Alizé Jones eyes immediate impact
ND Insider (F): More story: Alizé Jones eyes immediate impact
Slap the Sign: Notre Dame QB battle: Run game can minimize pressure
The Student Section: What will make 2015 a successful season for Notre Dame?
UHND: Post spring Notre Dame football stock report

MISC.

Inside the Irish: Mailbag open: After the Blue-Gold game edition
One Foot Down: Let’s talk about Frank Leahy navigating WWII & building a college football dynasty

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