Notre Dame Commit Liam Eichenberg Ranked In Final Rivals250
Notre Dame offensive tackle commit Liam Eichenberg has earned his fourth star from Rivals.com.
The Cleveland St. Ignatius product checked into the final Rivals250 Presented by Under Armour as the No. 194 prospect in the country after a strong performance at the Under Armour All-American Game in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month.
The 6-5, 284-pound lineman dominated all at right tackle in practice against some of the nation’s best and caught the eye of Rivals.com Midwest recruiting analyst Josh Helmholdt.
“All in all I thought it was a strong week from Liam,” Helmholdt said after the game on Jan. 2 ($). “I thought he competed very well. He certainly looked the part of what we would expect from a top offensive lineman playing in this game. Where I have seen the strides from him is certainly been in the way that he has developed his frame. He has that look of a college offensive tackle.”
Also making his debut in the Rivals250 is Notre Dame defensive end signee Khalid Kareem.
The Farmington Hills (Mich.) Harrison four-star defensive end — who enrolled early at Notre Dame last week — is listed as the nation’s No. 237 overall prospect after earning Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl MVP honors on Jan. 3. The 6-4, 257-pound Kareem recovered two fumbles and returned one for a touchdown in the game, which drew praise from Rivals.com West Coast recruiting analyst Blair Angulo.
“He has the speed to go inside and outside when it comes to the pass rush,” Angulo said. “One thing that I really like about him and I think might be a little overlooked is his ability to really decipher the zone read. As an edge guy, and a guy on the end, you need to be able to read that and contain the run and I think he’s done a great job in practice. He’s very disciplined and makes the right read — at least from what I have seen.”
Eichenberg and Kareem join Ann Arbor (Mich.) Skyline five-star linebacker Daelin Hayes (No. 31), Cincinnati Elder four-star offensive tackle Tommy Kraemer (No. 41), Corona (Calif.) Centennial four-star wide receiver Javon McKinley (No. 59) and Abbotsford (British Columbia) Secondary School four-star wide receiver Chase Claypool (No. 109) as Notre Dame commits ranked inside the Rivals250.
The Irish are still courting a number of top targets like Savannah (Ga.) Christian School five-star athlete Demetris Robertson (No. 8), Fresno (Calif.) Clovis West five-star linebacker Caleb Kelly (No. 14) and Houston Aldine Davis four-star linebacker Jeffrey McCulloch (No. 169), and at least one Irish pledge is expected to earn a fourth-star later in the week.