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Name: Devin Studstill Position: Defensive Back H/W: 6"1, 175lbs. Studstill is an early enrollee hailing from Palm Beach Gardens High School (Palm Beach Gardens, FL), where his former teammate and now teammate-once-again Tevon Coney played high school ball. A lot of hype surrounded his recruitment, as he seems to embody the toughness you want in a cover corner, and the spirit of Brian Kelly's now-famous "RKG" recruit. Studstill projects as a Corner, and was recruited by Notre Dame Running ...
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When Tony Alford bolted for Ohio State, recruiting experts wondered aloud if Notre Dame would lose their momentum in Florida. That potential pitfall was avoided as Autry Denson stepped up big in the Sunshine State, helping to land the commitment of six recruits from the Sunshine State, including lanky 3-star receiver Kevin Stepherson from First Coast High School (Jacksonville). Stepherson, at 6-foot-2 inches and 180 pounds, is expected to see time at the W receiver position - which, in ...
Part of a promising defensive line group for the 2016 class, January enrollee Khalid Kareem was 247 Sports' #9 Composite Rankings strong-side defensive end. At 6'3" but just 245 pounds, Kareem's first stop on campus this spring will be the weight room. The Michigan product was recruited heavily by virtually every school in the Midwest, including Michigan, Ohio State, and Michigan State, and was originally a University of Alabama commit before de-committing from the Crimson Tide less than two ...
Perhaps the biggest and most dramatic get for the Irish during in-season recruiting came when 247 Sports' Composite Rankings #10 outside linebacker, Daelin Hayes, made his announcement that he'd be joining the Irish. Hayes, an Army All-American, missed a good chunk of his senior season with a shoulder separation, but was still one of the most highly coveted players in the nation. At 6'4" and 249 pounds, he's already well built to play either outside linebacker or defensive end. And therein ...
Well, it's been a good day, so far, for the Notre Dame Figthing Irish, with twenty-four recruits, including early-enrollees, in the bag. Once again, Coach Kelly and his staff trolled far and wide to land this class, pulling athletes from what appear to be thirteen (13) states, giving Brian Kelly 224 votes in the Electoral College. But the biggest troll of the day, so far, was the (tragically-incorrect) news that Brady Hoke had joined the Irish coaching staff as a defensive coach. This would ...
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National Signing Day 2014 is in the books for the Irish, the Golden Army, and it its twenty-three commitments. For those of you who read my stuff (hi dad!), you know that my take on recruiting and signing day is a touch jaundiced. I'm not going to get really excited, one way or the other, until these kids show up on campus and put on the pads. And if you watched Coach Kelly's press conference this afternoon, you know that he recruited this class with August, graduation and the NFL in mind. In ...
Coach Brian Kelly - NSD 2013
Some of you may have seen this before but this is my all time favorite list that explains those of us who follow recruiting. Even my Dad tells me I'm crazy to follow the "Days of Our Lives" type drama of a bunch of 17-year-olds trying to decide (and re-decide ... and re-decide ...) where they are going to go to college and play football. I find the whole thing to be a human nature science experiment of sorts and try my best to not take each and every decision personally, but we all know how that ...
Well, it's finally here -- National Signing Day. The day in which we hope the only surprises are those that go in our favor. Now, we here at HLS know that you don't want to work at all today and UND.com is more than happy to give you the distractions that you desire with their live stream. ...
Notre Dame recruit, running back Greg Bryant. Photo Palm Beach Post: http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/highschoolbuzz/2012/12/09/american-heritage-rb-greg-bryant-commits-to-notre-dame/
Things I've learned over the years, down the stretch to Signing Day... For many of us, recruiting is an obsession (to put it lightly). And the day before National Signing Day often feels like Christmas Eve. Full of excitement, hope and promise; but also a fair amount of trepidation that disappointment is just around the corner. Those of us who following recruiting tend to be a little more fanatic than your average football fan. We follow every move these kids make and put a great deal of ...