The recruiting class of 2013 is kind of in limbo until after
January 7th. Here is what we know.
If you haven’t been following the ups and downs, the class
lost two verbal commitments. RB Jamel James pulled back his verbal
commitment. He never made a visit to
campus and rumor has it that he had admittance issues. It probably didn’t help that Brian Kelly
received a verbal from Rival 5-Star RB Greg Bryant.
LB verbal Danny Mattingly changed his mind as well. Apparently Danny was still taking visits to
other schools and looking at the current roster and recruits, did not see
immediate playing time on the horizon.
So that puts the class at 20. It appears that there is room for at least
3-4 more. Folks in the know believe that
Kelly has “soft verbals” from at
least three. Couple from USC. Reasons for keeping quiet?
Some of these guys want to make a big splash, conduct a news conference
or get their 30 seconds of fame by putting on a school baseball hat during the
upcoming high school all-star games.
The return of seniors Zack Martin - OT and Chris Watts - G is great
news and shrinks the scholarship total.
It is very nice that Louis Nix - NG is returning for his junior year, we will
graduate next December. I think we have
Louis’ momma to thank for that.
One question mark is Cierre Wood - RB. It is suspected his draft stock is not very
high however he has a family to support.
It appears his best hope is undrafted free agent and hitching up with
someone willing to take a chance. His
best bet is to return to Notre Dame, get a graduate degree and hope for a great
year.
Two wild cards are line backers Dan Fox and Carlo Calabrese. Are they returning, does Kelly have room for
at least one?
Six from the class of 2013 are enrolling in January. This is always nice to see. It is unknown how many of these early
enrollees (EE) can be counted against last year’s class. It is all fuzzy math to us, similar to the
NFL team salary caps.
Alex Anzalone - OLB
James Onwualu - WR
Malik Zaire - QB
Steve Elmer - OT
Mike Heuerman - TE
Corey Robinson – WR
Everything is shaping up for a top five class and whether
the soft verbal rumor is true. You can check out the current 20 on the left side of the Blog.
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