Notre Dame Recruiting Week In Review: July 17-23
Welcome to BGI's recruiting week in review, where we bring you all the happenings from the Notre Dame recruiting trail over the past week.
If you missed any of the latest Irish recruiting news, you'll find it all right here on this page.
COMMITMENTS
The Skinny: Smith pulled the trigger on his Irish recruitment on Sunday, which came as somewhat of a surprise. The North Carolina talent took an quiet visit to South Bend on Tuesday, July 18, and saw everything he needed to see during the trip.
Smith gives the Irish their second commit at running back in the class of 2018 and the 13th overall commitment in the class. With Smith in the fold, the coaching staff is done with running back recruiting in the class of 2018
The Skinny: McNamara went public with a commitment to Notre Dame on July 17 after making a return visit to Notre Dame for a meeting with head coach Brian Kelly.
The Nevada quarterback camped at Notre Dame on June 18, picked up an offer on June 28 and made a silent pledge to the coaching staff soon after.
McNamara impressed the Irish coaches at the camp, and quickly became the top priority at quarterback afterward.
The 6-foot-1, 170-pound McNamara is Notre Dame's first commitment in the class of 2019, marking the second straight year a quarterback has been the first player to join the class.
PODCAST
On this week's podcast, BGI recruiting reporters David McKinney and Corey Bodden discussed McNamara's commitment, and gave an in-depth breakdown of where Notre Dame stands with its remaining wide receiver targets. You can listen to this wee's show below.
NEWS AND NOTES
***Four-star DT/OG Sam Taiamani will visit Notre Dame this week. He'll arrive on campus on Monday and stay until Tuesday. Taimani previewed the visit with BGI over the weekend, which you can read HERE.
***Rivals250 DE Jayson Oweh visited Notre Dame on Thursday and has a final three of Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame. BGI reported on July 21 that despite a strong push from the Irish coaching staff, Notre Dame is unlikely to land Oweh. You can read the full update HERE.
***Fairburn (Ga.) Langston Hughes cornerback Telly Plummer was scheduled to visit Notre Dame on Monday, but won't be able to make the trip. Plummer told BGI on Sunday that he plans on rescheduling the visit.
CHAT
The BGI staff hosted their weekly recruiting chat on Sunday night, which you can get caught up on HERE.
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