About Brendan R

People who know me best say that I'm sociable, have a dry sense of humor, a predilection for useless trivia, and can obsess about meaningless details. I'm happily married to a woman who thankfully still hasn't figured out that I married up, and we have three great kids, all boys who are trying to destroy our house in stages. They're quite efficient at it, too. In what time I have left over after the various cleanup efforts, I'm a sports nut, a science geek, an unabashed Shakespeare lover, and an aspiring 50-state marathoner.

2023 CB Christian Gray Commits to Notre Dame

The rich get richer… Notre Dame extended its scalding hot recruiting streak today when top 100 corner Christian Gray announced for the Irish. The 6’0”, 175 pound Missourian likely had Notre Dame in the lead since visiting with his mother in the fall, but the recruitment was not without some anxious moments. LSU tightened up [...]

By |2022-07-04T17:11:04-04:00July 4th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|27 Comments

2023 WR Rico Flores Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame added a much-anticipated second receiver in the 2023 class when four star prospect Rico Flores announced for the Irish. The 6’1”, 190 pound Californian set this as his announcement date a long time ago to honor his late uncle, as IrishSportsDaily recently recounted. The when was always clear, but the who was a [...]

By |2022-07-03T15:24:05-04:00July 3rd, 2022|Football, Recruiting|6 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: OT Charles Jagusah Commits to Notre Dame

Early Independence Day fireworks continued for Notre Dame today when top 100 OT Charles Jagusah announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6’6”, 300 pound Illini had reportedly been down to Notre Dame and Michigan for some time and, well, you know how that goes. recruiting at michigan & notre dame, summer 2022, in two [...]

By |2022-06-30T09:18:11-04:00June 30th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|25 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: OT Elijah Paige Commits to Notre Dame

An eventful week for Notre Dame football continues apace, as behemoth lineman Elijah Paige this afternoon became the program's third commit in the last three days. The 6'7", 304 pound (!!!) Arizonan was on campus last weekend for his official visit, at which point buzz grew as to the end of his recruitment drawing near. [...]

By |2022-06-10T15:07:10-04:00June 10th, 2022|18S Reads|5 Comments

2024 Football Recruiting: Five Star QB CJ Carr Commits to Notre Dame

Shockwaves shot through the college football recruiting world today when five-star quarterback CJ Carr announced for the Irish. The 6'3", 190 pound Michigander is a huge win for Tommy Rees and Notre Dame not just because of his talent - at #20 overall in the 2024 247 Composite, he's the highest ranked QB to pledge [...]

By |2022-06-10T13:53:13-04:00June 9th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|23 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: RB Jayden Limar Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame is back up to one running back in the 2023 class thanks to the addition of four-star prospect Jayden Limar today. The 5'11", 190-pound Washingtonian joined the class less than a week after Sedrick Irvin Jr. backed off his September pledge to the Irish, presumably as the new staff made it clear they [...]

By |2022-05-26T19:53:53-04:00May 26th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|42 Comments

2023 Big Board Launch

So, I don't know if you folks have heard, but 2023 recruiting is going really well. Like, really well. In his first cycle as the head man, Marcus Freeman has Notre Dame ranked #1 nationally in the 247 Composite; it's very unlikely (but not impossible!) that they'll finish there, but our recruitnik opinion is that the [...]

By |2022-05-20T13:04:01-04:00May 21st, 2022|Football, Recruiting|44 Comments

2024 Football Recruiting: DL Owen Wafle Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame picked up its second commit in the 2024 class - and second defensive lineman - when four-star prospect Owen Wafle announced for the Irish on CBS Sports. The 6'3", 270-pound (what are they feeding these kids?!?) New Jerseyan visited Notre Dame in March, at which point buzz began to grow that the Irish [...]

By |2022-05-16T15:25:16-04:00May 16th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|14 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: OL Sullivan Absher Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame added another big fella to the 2023 class today when four-star offensive lineman Sullivan Absher announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6'7", 290 pound (we weren't kidding!) North Carolinian had been mostly focused on schools close to home, most notably Clemson and NC State, with Harry Hiestand's reputation one of the main [...]

By |2022-05-13T16:13:46-04:00May 13th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|10 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: Top 100 WR Braylon James Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame, who you may have heard is, uh, long on opportunity for incoming wideouts, landed a huge piece of the 2023 recruiting class today when top 100 prospect Braylon James announced for the Irish. The 6'3", 190 pound Texan broke the Irish seal for new receiver coach Chansi Stuckey in a big way; at [...]

By |2022-04-19T20:15:51-04:00April 19th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|50 Comments

2022 Football Recruiting Grades: Defensive Backs

Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into position groups with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line, then the defensive line (plus the punter, because he has to [...]

By |2022-02-08T10:58:25-05:00February 16th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|2 Comments

Getting a New Band Together

With news breaking today that Notre Dame will soon name Al Golden as its new defensive coordinator, Marcus Freeman has finished putting his stamp on his first staff as a head coach. There was more churn than anyone expected given a major buzzword of the transition to the Freeman era was "continuity," particularly on the [...]

By |2022-02-15T17:02:51-05:00February 15th, 2022|Football|32 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: LB Preston Zinter Is Irish

Notre Dame's 2023 class jumped into the #1 spot in the 247 Composite on Friday when four-star linebacker Preston Zinter announced his commitment to the Irish. Avid Irish recruiting fans may recognize the 6'3", 221-pound Bay Staters' surname; his older brother Zak is a former Irish target at offensive guard and incumbent starter for Michigan. [...]

By |2022-02-14T11:45:33-05:00February 14th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|3 Comments
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