Rivals100 CB Jeremiah Criddell Excited To Land Notre Dame Offer
Notre Dame extended its 2019 cornerback board by one Tuesday night when it offered Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) High product Jeremiah Criddell.
Criddell, a the No. 6 cornerback and No. 60 overall player in the junior class according to Rivals, said he was thrilled to hear the news. The four-star holds a ton of big-time offers already, but said the Notre Dame opportunity will shake things up in his process.
“That’s a prestigious school,” Criddell said. “Getting offered by them changes my recruitment program by a lot. I’m going to definitely have them high on my [list].”
According to Criddell, Notre Dame has been contacting him for a while now, so he’s already built up a bond with the special teams and recruiting coordinator Brian Polian.
“They’ve been communicating with me for about a month or two,” Criddell said. “They’ll just hit me up with little conversations here and there. I’ve just been talking to the coaches and getting to know them a little bit better.”
Criddell said Polian mostly asks him about his season and how he’s been performing on the field.
“We’ve been chatting it up,” Criddell said. “He just asks how my games have been going and stuff like that.”
Along with his conversations with Polian, Criddell said he’s been doing some independent research on the Irish and has liked what he’s seen so far.
“There’s a lot of tradition there and the academics are really good,” Criddell said. “Their coaching staff is really good. They know how to develop players really well.”
Now that an offer is on the table, Criddell said a visit to Notre Dame is a definite possibility. He said he wants to get an up-close look at the history surrounding the Irish program.
“They have a lot of tradition,” Criddell said. “It’s just something to really be proud about, getting that offer.”
Notre Dame joins a long list of schools in pursuit of Criddell. Others that have offered include Alabama, Oregon, Nebraska, UCLA and USC.
It’s early in Criddell’s process, but that doesn’t mean the big-time cornerback doesn’t already know what he wants in a college football program.
“Definitely a family vibe,” he said. “It’s business, but at the same time it has to be family.”
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