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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
- In Kelly-Harbaugh Recruit Fight, It’s Tied - January 19, 2017
- Catching Up With Matt Fortuna (Part 2) - January 6, 2017
- Catching Up With Matt Fortuna - January 5, 2017