BlueandGold.com recruiting insider Mike Singer gives the very latest on the recruitment of Matthews (NC) Weddington class of 2021 ball carrier Will Shipley, plus insider nuggets on the running back recruiting in general for the Fighting Irish.

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I got to chat with Shipley, the nation’s No. 36 overall recruit per Rivals, over the weekend and I asked him some pretty hard-hitting questions – things I normally wouldn’t ask in an interview. But with the relationship I’ve built with Shipley and the fact that he is at a college senior quarterback level in terms of interview experience, I felt comfortable diving deep into his recruitment with him. Let’s get right to it.