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February 2013

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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prep profiles Irish In Play For Five-Star Defensive Tackle Auburn (Calif.) Placer defensive them, and it wasn't like I started over tackle Eddie Vanderdoes had quietly de- new. I talked to them early in the process committed from USC, and three weeks a lot and lost contact after I committed later, in late December, he decided to to USC," he said. "Right before I decommake it public. While Notre Dame was mitted, Notre Dame was in the area and a program that he asked to see if they hadn't had much could do a home Eddie Vanderdoes communication visit and see where ✪✪✪✪✪ with until the conI'm at. I talked to Placer High School tact period earlier in them, liked what Auburn, Calif. December, it didn't I was hearing and Class: 2013 take much time for wanted to set up an Status: Offered the Irish to become official there." Position: Defensive Tackle a factor. Decommitting Ht.: 6-3 · Wt.: 302 "Something that wasn't an easy op247Sports Ranking: No.  2 intrigues me about tion for Vanderplayer in California, No. 2 defensive tackle in Notre Dame is the does, but he felt it nation and No. 12 overall prospect in the land academic prestige," was the best one. the 6-3, 302-pound "It's one of those five-star player said while in San An- things that if I'm not 100 percent then tonio for the U.S. Army All-American I don't want to be committed," he said. Besides Alabama, Notre Dame and Bowl Jan. 5. "They graduate 99 percent of their players. You go to Notre Dame USC, two other programs that are inand you'll graduate. You're set for life volved are UCLA and Washington, and because football is not forever. he has officially visited both. He plans "It's a great combination of football — on taking his remaining official visits a great program and tradition. They're to USC Jan. 18, Notre Dame Jan. 25 and back on the rise again, and that really Alabama Feb.  1 in an effort to make a final decision on National Signing Day sticks out to me." Vanderdoes, who was unblockable Feb. 6. Outside of the in-state Trojans, Aladuring pass rush drills for the West team, referred to visits from Irish as- bama could be the toughest competition sistants Mike Denbrock, Mike Elston following yet another national title. "I love Alabama," he said. "I've got and Kerry Cooks as reasons that kept the program firmly in the race for his a lot of love for them and want to sit down with the coaching staff." services. — Jason Sapp "It's cool building a relationship with

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