**=Offered

Bold=Commit

 

Commits: [18]

 

ATH: Tyler Eifert

QB:

RB: Cierre Wood, Theo Riddick

WR: Shaq Evans, Nyshier Oliver

TE: Jake Golic

OT: Zach Martin

OG: Alex Bullard, Chris Watt

C: Jordan Cowart

DE:

NT: Tyler Stockton

LB: Carlo Calabrese, Dan Fox

S: Zeke Motta

CB: Marlon Pollard, EJ Banks

P: Ben Turk

K: Nick Tausch

 

IF ANY OF THESE RECRUITS COMMIT TO A SCHOOL, DONT HESITATE TO POST A REPLY STATING WHO/WHAT SCHOOL THEY VERBALLED TO

 

FB's

CA - Tyler Gaffney**

OH - Anthony Urbania (FB/RB/S)

 

OL

UT - Xavier Su'a Filo**

 

DL

OH - Davon Custis**

AZ - Devon Kinnard**

NJ - Isaac Holmes**

AZ - Corey Adams**

 

OLB/DE

LA - Barkevious Mingo**

 

LB

HI - Manti Te'o**

CA - Jordan Barrett**

FL - Frankie Telfort**

MD - Jelani Jenkins**

 

CB

GA - Branden Smith**

 

S

FL - Ray Ray Armstrong**

GA - Darren Myles Jr.**

FL - Jawanza Starling**

 

Verbaled Elsewhere

QB: Matt Barkley(USC), Casey Pachall(TCU), Tom Savage(Rutgers), Aaron Murray(UGA), Allan Bridgford(Cal), Jon Budmayr(Wisc), Richard Breuhaut(UCLA), Ryan Mossakowski(UK), Morgan Newton(UK)

RB: Chris Whaley(Texas), Larry Caper(MSU), Bryce Brown(Miami), Michael Campanero(WF), Jordan Hall(OSU), Stepfan Taylor(Stanford), DJ Adams(MD)

FB: Daniel Drummond(GT), Mike Marrow(Bama), Toben Opurum(Kansas)

WR: De'Von Flournoy(USC), Josh Adams(UNC), JeRon Stokes(Tenn), James Jackson(OSU), Jamal Patterson(Stanford)

TE: Reid Fragel(OSU), Logan Thomas(VT)

OG: Corey Linsley(OSU)

OT: Kevin Graf(USC), Paden Kelly(Texas), Mason Walters(Texas), Eric Shrive(PSU), Michael Schofield(Mich), Nick Alajajian(FL), Stavion Lowe(LSU), Patrick Ward(N'western), Cody Bohler(Temple), Brennan Williams(UNC), Xavier Nixon(FL)

DE: John Simon(OSU), Melvin Fellows(OSU), Anthony Lalota(Mich), Craig Roh(Mich), Gabe Ikard(OK), Nick Kasa(Florida), Pat Muldoon(Wisc)

DT: William Campbell(Mich), Gary Brown(FL), Chris Bonds(Bama), Jamarkus McFarland(OK)

NT: J.C. Lanier(GT)

OLB: CJ Mizell(FSU), Dorian Bell(OSU), Jonathan Stewart(A&M)

MLB: Adam Homan(OSU)

CB: Damian Thigpen(Tenn), Corey Brown(OSU), Jordan Love(GA), Brandon McGee(Miami)

S: Craig Loston(Clem), Devonte Holloman(Clem), Terrance Bullitt(Tx Tech)

ATH: Russell Shephard(LSU), Dexter Pratt(LSU), Leon Kinnard(UCONN)

K: Dustin Hopkins(FSU)

Edited December 23, 200816 yr by irishziggy

check offers and verbals on the verbal or offers thread

I can't wait to see the inroads that ND has with their 09 recruits. They are hitting the pavement hard for the end of the 08 class and 09 already. We're blessed to have Charlie and Corwin.

how come martens scout profile says class of 2008?

 

btw de'von flournoy has an offer according to IE

CA - Travis Brown

 

Unless there is another LB named Travis Brown playing in California, I know who this prospect is. Plays in my hometown, Fresno. His dad is the D Coordinator at Fresno State.

 

Here is an article on him that ran last week...

 

http://www.fresnobee.com/459/story/235146.html

 

If anything else pops up in the local multi color I'll be sure to pass it along.

Dijon Benton is a Safety from Bryant, Arkansas. He has been receiving interest and has been contacted by the ND coaching staff and he says he expects an offer. I have a relative that played on his team and in the secondary with him this past year.

 

He also reportedly visited for the USC game.

Devon Kennard is sick. 24.5 sacks this year as a Junior, in a pretty tough league.

 

He was at a USC camp last summer and was the only player that could beat out Matt Kalil (#1 OL) or Tyron Smith (#2 OL) in pass rushing drills and he beat out both. He was 16 yrs old at that time...

Fighton,

 

Do you have any idea where he might end up? The film that I've seen is pretty sick.

updated

AND his gpa is a 4.0. Good lord, sign him up!

Fighton,

 

Do you have any idea where he might end up? The film that I've seen is pretty sick.

 

I like SC's chances but it's way too early - anything can happen. His older brother (who's also his position coach) played in the NFL and is handling his recruitment.

 

I know Dennis Erickson has made Kennard his #1 recruiting priority. Most scouts are comparing him to Everson Griffen but I think that's a reach. Aside from Barkley, Kennard is SC's #1 priority next year as well.

 

And I think he's still only 16 years old.

ahhhh another list of names to rememember! I guess its a good problem to have.

Looks like Chris Bonds - DE was just offered for 09 too.

Is Jamarkus McFarland related to Anthony McFarland DT for the Colts, formerly of Tampa Bay?

http://notredame.scout.com/2/709044.html

 

 

Versatile Campanaro Getting Interest From ND

 

 

Campanaro holds offers from Northwestern and Akron By Steve Wiltfong

 

Posted Dec 7, 2007

 

 

When Michael Campanaro left Notre Dame’s one-day football camp back in June, assistant coach Ron Powlus told the Clarksville, Md. athlete that they’d like to see how his body fills out, and to be patient about a scholarship offer.

 

 

The Irish coaches have to at least be intrigued by what they’ve seen since Campanaro left, and most of it comes by way of YouTube.

 

Michael Campanaro and Powlus regularly keep in touch through email, and the four-star prospect sends his highlights to him via YouTube links.

 

What Powlus, who also dropped by River Hill High last week sees, is a culmination of this.

 

Campanaro has led his 13-0 team into this Saturday’s 2A state championship game against Eastern Tech (13-0). The 5-foot-10 ½, 175-pound, Scout.com top-100 player, has carried the ball 173 times for a ridiculous 1,789 yards (10.34 avg.) and 22 of his 30 total touchdowns. With his 4.3 speed in the 40-yard dash (clocked at Illinois and Northwestern camps), Campanaro’s long is 82 yards.

 

Northwestern and Akron, two other June stops for camp, have already offered Campanaro a scholarship.

 

“I’m more of an elusive guy,” Campanaro said. He has also caught 13 passes for 421 yards (32.39 avg.) and six touchdowns. “Definitely speed and quickness. At the same time I’m a physical runner. I can run between the tackles. During the playoffs, our fullback went down and I kind of went back there and took most of those carries.”

 

Notre Dame likely envisions Campanaro as a cornerback, but also gave him a look at receiver. When he camped in South Bend, they worked him out with defensive backs coach Bill Lewis for awhile, but then sent him over to receivers coach Rob Ianello. On the season, Campanaro has over 60 tackles and five interceptions, four of those coming in the playoffs where he has been challenged a lot more. The defense has forced 11 shutouts this fall.

 

“That’s what coach Powlus was saying,” Campanaro said. “He was saying that late in the spring they’d offer me at the defensive back position, and that they only have one more spot for a running back, so they’d give that to a bigger guy. But maybe they’d switch me over to the offensive side of the ball.”

 

Notre Dame isn’t the only school waiting to pass judgment on Campanaro.

 

“A lot of colleges are recruiting me as an athlete and seeing how my body fills out,” Campanaro said. “I’d like to play on the offensive side of the ball, but I like playing defensive back too.”

 

Campanaro said that Wake Forest and North Carolina told him that when they wrap up its 2008 recruiting, he is at the top of both schools’ lists for 2009. Other schools showing interest are Illinois, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Boston College and North Carolina State. He has been on all of those campuses as well.

 

To get his body where it needs to be, Campanaro has hung up his basketball sneakers to “focus on getting bigger and stronger.” He helped River Hill to a state championship on the hardwood last year.

 

The weight room numbers are solid as it is. Campanaro reported a 280-pound bench press and a 415-pound squat. He has also been working with a trainer, Joe Haden, who’s sons were big-time college football recruits as well. Joe Haden Jr. signed with Florida last year, and Josh Haden is verbally committed to Boston College.

 

“Coach Haden, he does a lot of combine training with me,” said Campanaro, who runs the shuttle in the high 4.1 range, and has a vertical leap of 40 inches. “He has really intense workouts. I’m getting stronger as well, but a lot of it is explosiveness and speed work.”

 

Campanaro brought some of his family with him when he attended Notre Dame’s camp. His father Attilio, who coached his son through most of his youth, said they were awed by the school.

 

“He’s real interested in Notre Dame,” Attilio said. “We took a tour when we were there for the day, and kind of fell in love with the campus. We heard a lot about it, but until you see it in person.”

 

“I thought it was very nice,” the younger Campanaro said. He has a 3.0 GPA. “Definitely for the first time being there the campus was really nice, just all around, a very cool atmosphere.”

 

Campanaro thought about committing somewhere before his final prep season, but now predicts that decision will more likely be made around week five or six of his senior year.

 

“I’ll probably have taken a few official visits by then and narrowed my schools down.”

 

As far as YouTube clips from this weekend’s state finals, Powlus won’t need them. Campanaro said that the Irish coach is going to try and be at M&T Bank Stadium, home of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens

 

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updated

 

Ive been adding guys as they've had articles on either Rivals or Scout.

 

I also added all the B&G Prospects.

John Simon is off the board he just committed to tOSU.

The best player from Chicago next year is Craig Drummond, DE/DT from Morgan Park HS. Dont know where he's consdering, but he's been a beast at the Army National Combine.

The best player from Chicago next year is Craig Drummond, DE/DT from Morgan Park HS. Dont know where he's consdering, but he's been a beast at the Army National Combine.

 

The new "Mr. D".

 

http://image.com.com/tv/images/processed/thumb/6f/6d/5645.jpg

Kennard is unbelievable. Living in the Phoenix area I've seen him play before and he can't be blocked. If ND could steal this kid I would be elated. I see him ending up at USC before all is said and done though.

Kennard is unbelievable. Living in the Phoenix area I've seen him play before and he can't be blocked. If ND could steal this kid I would be elated. I see him ending up at USC before all is said and done though.

 

As of right now he is my favorite prospect for '09