Acho aiming for Irish offer

 

By Pete Sampson, IrishIllustrated.com Editor

 

Patience may be a virtue Notre Dame needs from Sam Acho.

 

The 6-foot-2, 250-pound defensive end from Dallas, Texas has exploded onto the recruiting circuit in recent weeks, going from a little-known prospect from St. Mark's to a national name coveted by Southern California, Texas, Stanford, Iowa and Nebraska. Acho believes Notre Dame could be close to pulling the trigger on a scholarship offer as well, and sooner may be better for the Irish considering the defender is toying with the idea of making a commitment before the start of his senior season.

 

"I don't want to rush anything, but I just want to get it somewhat out of the way before I get deep into the season," Acho said. "I really like Notre Dame. I should talk to them pretty soon to see where I stand. It's a great football program and they'd definitely be up on my list."

 

Acho visited Texas last week, a trip that included him walking away with a scholarship offer. The Longhorns have been able to pick and choose prospects from their backyard this year, and virtually any in-state recruit offered by Mack Brown has found his way to Austin in short order.

 

That means Notre Dame could end up in a similar position with Acho as the Irish did with Tray Allen, John Chiles and Andre Jones, three other Texan prospects that made verbal commitments to the Longhorns. An offer from Notre Dame however, might just give Acho pause enough to evaluate a few options away from home.

 

"I really like Notre Dame," Acho said. "I just recently got in contact with one of the coaches. I think they're in the process of looking at my highlight tape. I should talk to them pretty soon to see where I stand. It's a great football program. They'd definitely be up on my list."

 

Acho isn't locked into a list of leaders but put Notre Dame in his top five alongside Texas, USC, Virginia and Stanford. Acho has already visited the Cavaliers along with the Longhorns. He had planned to visit Stanford this summer but couldn't schedule the trip.

 

"Those are some of the schools that I'm seriously considering," Acho said. "I really enjoyed my time at Texas, and Texas is definitely one of the schools that I like. They said I could take as long as I needed because they kind of found out about me later than most schools. They said I could take as long as I needed to make a decision."

 

While Acho wouldn't mind wrapping up his recruitment before the season kicks off, he's open to the prospect of taking official visits during the year. The future business major said Notre Dame would likely get an official visit if the Irish offered.

 

As intriguing as Acho's recruitment could be, so too will be where on the field the defender uses his skills. He said he could play as a traditional defensive end in a 4-3 alignment or double as an outside linebacker if he's working in a 3-4. Acho said some schools are even recruiting him as a tight end, but he believes his future is on defense.

 

"It all depends on what style of defense I'm playing in," Acho said.

 

As for what defense Acho chooses, the Irish are hoping for a delay in that decision.

 

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6'2" 250...sounds like a tweener. Has anyone seen his tape, any chance he could grow into a DT?? If we are going to offer another DE I would think Saunders would be next at 6'5" 270 because he seems more prepared to come in and play right away. Maybe Acho gets an offer if we don't land Donald?

Looking on the brightside it would seem unlikely that Texas use up 3 of its remaining scholarships on Barksdale , Jones and Acho.

Should leave a clearer path to Barksdale as Texas usually keep it's beef.

 

GO IRISH

So, we have a chance at landing an Acho(oo), and a Nwankwo. Now, all we need is some guy named Gablessew and we could write ourselves a little Airplane! the movie.

 

"Acho with the tackle, assisted by Gablessew and Nwankwo!"

Acho! Gablessew. Nwankwo. HAHAH

if ND lands ben martin and martez wilson i don't see the need for ND to offer Acho.

unless they think he could grow to be a fast athletic DT

 

which was the word early on, but thats alot of weight to put on so i dont know

maybe not, alton madien, bryant young, jim flanagan all came in as LBs but put on weight to become a DT.

congrats on your 1000th post russ. keep up the good work! now honestly, and realistically, you dont really think we'll land tez and martin? do you?

thanks jfschellcrna, i think we'll land wilson but im not sold on ben martin yet. i think we have a good shot but im not ready to call it a done deal.

I hope the rumors aren't true that he likes OSU much better but his parents are pushing him to ND. If that is true and he comes here, he'll be gone after one year. I can't stand overbearing parents like that. It's not like they are going to have to pay for his tuition and R&B.

nah those rumors arent true

 

he likes weis way better than tressel you can bank that

 

plus i think he likes both schools

 

i think he will be irish, despite the rumors, i dont trust osu rumors when i got different info, same as i dont trust michigan fan who thinks they will land everyone

 

my osu guys thinks he will be irish

NDFan3 >>Acho! Gablessew. Nwankwo. HAHAH

 

That does sound like a sentence of mine after a couple hours at the corner bar.

Vagas that is great - can you describe what it looks like - "well it is big and white with a red stripe - like a big tylenol"

Which corner Sir John?