Notre Dame Recruiting Week In Review: Feb. 19 -25
This is the Notre Dame recruiting week in review, where we'll recap all the happenings from the past week in the world of Irish football recruiting.
We'll go over new offers, l visitors and additional news and notes. The recap will be posted every Monday afternoon, and as we dive into the class of 2019, plenty of new offers and visitors should come about.
COMMITMENTS
Spears pulled the trigger on a commitment on Tuesday after being silently committed to the Irish for a few weeks.
As with every commitment, BGI brought its subscribers extensive coverage of the commitment, which can all be found HERE
NEW OFFERS
Berghorst visited Notre Dame last week, and left campus with an offer in hand. Following the visit and the offer, Berghorst told BGI that Notre Dame will be in his top three going forward.
The visit, Berghorst said, was impressive, especially spending time with defensive line coach Mike Elston and head coach Brian Kelly. Another big factor for Berghorst will be that he also plans on playing baseball in college, which he discussed at length with the coaching staff during the visit.
Currently, Berhorst holds additional offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Minnesota, Kentucky, Iowa State, Indiana, Purdue and others.
You can read more from Berghorst on the offer and the visit HERE.
Buelow's offer list includes the likes of Arizona State, Florida, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, UCLA, Utah and Washington State, among others.
The 6-7, 304-pounder ranks as the No. 90 player nationally in the 2019 class and No. 14 offensive tackle per Rivals.
Buelow hails from the same high school as Notre Dame 2017 defensive tackle signee Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa.
The 6-foot-0, 180-pound Bush also holds offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Texas, Florida State and others.
Following his junior year, Bush was named First Team All-Louisiana by the USA Today.
The 6-foot-3, 183-pound Hamilton also holds offers from Baylor, Clemson, Louisville, Maryland, NC State, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Georgia and others.
According to MaxPreps, Hamilton totaled 30 tackles and four interceptions during the 2017 season.Hamilton visited Notre Dame for the Wake Forest game this past season.
Hamilton told BGI after the offers that he sees some similarities between Notre Dame and his current school, and he's also a big fan of new Irish safeties coach Terry Joseph.
You can read more from Hamilton on the offer HERE.
The 6-foot-4, 228-pound Izuchukwu holds additional offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee and others.
Following the offer, Izuchukwu told BGI that was excited to land the offer, and has been talking to fellow Tennesseean and four-star defensive end Joseph Anderson about what the Irish have to offer.
However, Izuchukwu recently told Rivals analyst Woody Wommack that his current top three consists of Alabama, Ohio State and Mississippi State, so Notre Dame will have some work to do to make a move here.
You can read more from Izuchukwu on the offer HERE.
The 6-foot, 192-pound Prince also holds offers from Georgia, Ole Miss, Louisiana Monroe and Jackson State.
Following the offer, Prince told BGI he's been talking with offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Chip Long and has been impressed with his approach to recruiting so far. Prince has also had contact with defensive backs coach Todd Lyght, and said Lyght and Long may be battling over who would get to coach him should he end up in South Bend.
Prince added that he's already working on setting up a visit to Notre Dame for sometime in the future.
The 6-6, 255-pounder holds offers from Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Louisville, Nebraska, Oregon, USC and Washington, among others.
Robinson ranks as the No. 43 athlete in the class and No. 239 player nationally.
Vimahi also holds offers from Arizona State, Florida, Georgia Tech, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, Utah, Virginia and Washington, among others.
The 6-foot-5, 270-pounder ranks as the No. 17 offensive tackle in the class and N. 129 player nationally.
Notre Dame has now offered four prospects from Hawaii with Vimahi and Buelow joining Honolulu St. Louis Rivals100 defensive tackle
Faatui Tuiteleand Honolulu Punahou linebackerManinoa Tufono.
Thirteen offensive linemen overall have added an Irish offer throughout the process.
The 6-foot-5, 198-pound Wright also holds offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M and others.
Wright, the No. 34 wide receiver in the class and No. 219 overall player in the class, said the Irish offer was one he’s been waiting on. Receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander was the coach that offered Wright and initiated the conversation with him, and Wright said he’s already a big fan of Alexander.
Wright also has a strong friendship with fellow Texas NaNa Osafo-Mensah, a top Notre Dame defensive end target.
You can read more reaction from Wright on the offer HERE.
The 5-foot-11, 165-pound Wynn holds additional offers from Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and others.
Wynn committed to Tennessee on April 22, 2017, but backed off that pledge on Dec. 5. Following his offer from Notre Dame, Wynn told BGI he sees a lot of similarities in Notre Dame and his own high school, and is going to visit eventually to get a closer look at the Irish program.
Offensive coordinator Chip Long was the one to offer Wynn and though no specific position was mentioned, Wynn said he believes the Irish like him at wide receiver.
You can read more from Wynn on the offer HERE.
NEWS AND NOTES
***April will mark the beginning of a new official visit period for class of 2019 recruits, and Notre Dame has already booked three visitors for the weekend of April 13-15 in DL commit Hunter Spears, four-star defensive end NaNa Osafo-Mensah and three-star tight end Luke Deal.
***The month of April will also see four-star linebacker Brandon Smith back to campus. Smith will make his second trip to South Bend for an unofficial visit on April 4.
PODCAST
In this week's edition of the recruiting corner, BGI recruiting reporters David McKinney and Corey Bodden give a position-by position breakdown of the Notre Dame targets to know on defense in 2019.
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