Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman announced the addition of 24 student-athletes to national letters of intent on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, his first full recruiting class as the leader of the Fighting Irish program.
A group that will be ranked among the nation’s best once the day is finished, Notre Dame signed 21 four-star student-athletes in the 24-player class which is the most dating back to when star data is reliably available starting in 2002.
The 3.875 star average the group accumulated is the second-highest since 2002 (3.913 in 2013) and the program has signed 38 four-star student-athletes the past two recruiting classes – which is the most over a two-year stretch since the program inked 33 in 2013 and 2014.
It is the first time in program history the team signed top-300 players at every position, the group boasts a core grade point average of 3.46 and four of the signees come out of the state of Texas (the most in 20 years of signing classes).
For detailed information on each new member of the Fighting Irish Football program, please visit our Signing Day Central Page.
|
Name |
Pos. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Cl. |
Hometown/High School |
|
Sullivan Absher |
OL |
6-7 |
305 |
Fr. |
Belmont, NC/South Point |
|
Jaiden Ausberry |
LB |
6-0 |
212 |
Fr. |
Baton Rouge, LA/University Laboratory School |
|
Micah Bell |
CB |
5-10 |
162 |
Fr. |
Houston, TX/The Kinkaid School |
|
Drayk Bowen |
LB |
6-1 |
232 |
Fr. |
St. John, IN/Andrean |
|
Cooper Flanagan |
TE |
6-5 |
239 |
Fr. |
Pleasant Hill, CA/De La Salle |
|
Rico Flores |
WR |
6-0 |
177 |
Fr. |
North Highlands, CA/Folsom |
|
Christian Gray |
CB |
5-11 |
176 |
Fr. |
St. Louis, MO/DeSmet |
|
Jaden Greathouse |
WR |
6-2 |
200 |
Fr. |
Austin, TX/Westlake |
|
Brandyn Hillman |
ATH |
6-1 |
191 |
Fr. |
Portsmouth, VA/Churchland |
|
Devan Houstan |
DL |
6-4 |
275 |
Fr. |
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada/St. James School |
|
Charles Jagusah |
OL |
6-6 |
300 |
Fr. |
Rock Island, IL/Alleman |
|
Braylon James |
WR |
6-2 |
191 |
Fr. |
Round Rock, TX/Stony Point |
|
Jeremiyah Love |
RB |
6-1 |
195 |
Fr. |
St. Louis, MO/Christian Brothers |
|
Kenny Minchey |
QB |
6-2 |
207 |
Fr. |
Hendersonville, TN/John Paul Pope II |
|
Ben Minich |
S |
5-11 |
185 |
Fr. |
West Chester, OH/Lakota West |
|
Armel Mukam |
DL |
6-4 |
250 |
Fr. |
La Prairie, Quebec, Canada/Woodberry Forest School |
|
Joe Otting |
OL |
6-5 |
271 |
Fr. |
Topeka, KS/Hayden |
|
Sam Pendleton |
OL |
6-4 |
305 |
Fr. |
Lawsonville, NC/Reagan |
|
Adon Shuler |
S |
5-11 |
197 |
Fr. |
Irvington, NJ/Irvington |
|
Kaleb Smith |
WR |
5-11 |
170 |
Fr. |
Frisco, TX/Reedy |
|
Chris Terek |
OL |
6-4 |
295 |
Fr. |
Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West |
|
Boubacar Traore |
DL |
6-4 |
250 |
Fr. |
Boston, MA/Catholic Memorial |
|
Brenan Vernon |
DL |
6-4 |
250 |
Fr. |
Mentor, OH/Mentor |
|
Preston Zinter |
LB |
6-2 |
215 |
Fr. |
North Andover, MA/Central Catholic |