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Published Jan 12, 2020
Notre Dame's Early Enrollment Players Reach 70 In 2020
Lou Somogyi  •  InsideNDSports
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On Jan. 16, 2006, Notre Dame welcomed its first three early enrollees into its football program: Indiana running back James Aldridge, Texas offensive lineman Chris Stewart and Oklahoma wide receiver George West.

They are student-athletes who complete their high school academic requirements by December and can be admitted into a university that ensuing January. This provides an opportunity to work out with the football team in the winter and partake in spring drills to get a jump on the learning curve as a freshman.

Fourteen years later with the 2020 spring semester beginning this Monday, eight more early entrants raise the all-time total to 70. The octet is comprised of:

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