All Signs Pointed To Notre Dame For Irish LB Commit Jack Lamb
It’s a feeling that Dan Lamb struggles to describe.
Lamb, the father of new Notre Dame linebacker commit Jack Lamb, said watching his son commit to Notre Dame on Thursday was something he won’t soon forget.
“It’s a little tough to put into words to be honest,” Lamb told Blue and Gold Illustrated. “This whole process has really been a dream. To have the choices that he had, we were blessed is all I can really say. To have a school like Notre Dame in the mix was something he had talked about for a long time.”
Lamb, a four-star prospect from Temecula (Calif.) Great Oak prospect, cut his list down to Notre Dame, UCLA, Oregon and Washington before making his decision, and his father said after taking a final look at things, Notre Dame was the easy choice.
“We focused a lot on ‘how do you use this football opportunity to get the best all-around experience possible, and how do you challenge yourself to make your own legacy?” the elder Lamb said. “As he thought about it, all signs pointed to Notre Dame.”
Truly, for Lamb, his decision came down to one question.
“He kept asking himself ‘If I go to UCLA, what school would I regret not going to?,” Lamb said. “Notre Dame was the answer to that in every one of those scenarios. Then he asked himself ‘If I commit to Notre Dame, what school would I regret not going to’, and he didn’t have an answer. Notre Dame checked all his boxes.”
Notre Dame not only checked all the boxes for Jack Lamb, but for Dan Lamb as well.
“First and foremost it’s the history, tradition and the quality of the school,” Lamb said. “It kind of hit everything for him that some other schools frankly didn’t offer. We said ‘hey, if football ended tomorrow, would you still feel like your choice was the best one?’ From our perspective, him picking a school like Notre Dame felt right.”
Lamb joined his son on the visit to Notre Dame, and they were both blown away.
“The whole environment while we were there was magical for us,” Lamb explained. “Around every corner there was a religious reminder, but there was also a football tie in. He just thought that was the coolest thing ever.”
Lamb said now that he’s seen Notre Dame, having his son get the opportunity to play football in South Bend and get a Notre Dame education was something he never could have imagined.
“He finally told us, and it was just very emotional,” Lamb said. “It’s like a movie really. I can’t believe my son is going to go play football at Notre Dame. It’s unbelievable.”
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