Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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prep profiles Louisiana Receiver Is A Top Target For Notre Dame New Orleans John Curtis wide re- and 9.0 rebounds per game. This spring ceiver Malachi Dupre is a potential he won individual 2A state titles in the game-changing wide receiver who has long jump, high jump and triple jump. Dupre hasn't made any campus vislanded at the top of the board for several college programs. its since he received his Notre Dame Dupre has recent offers from Ala- offer in February, but said he would bama, Michigan, like to get to FlorClemson, Miami, ida State, Arizona Malachi Dupre State and Notre Nebraska and Texas ✪✪✪✪ A&M. Notre Dame Dame. LSU, Ole John Curtis High School added its name to Miss and Alabama New Orleans that list after reare also among Status: Offered the programs that cruiting coordinaPosition: Wide Receiver have all made an tor and running Ht.: 6-2 · Wt.: 187 impression, but backs/slot receivers 40-Yard Dash: 4.58 he's far from claimcoach Tony Alford 247Sports Ranking: No. 5 visited Dupre during any favorites player in Louisiana, No. 2 wide receiver in the at this point. Notre ing the month of country and No. 37 overall recruit nationally Dame is hopeful of February. being in that pic"I started talking to them around the sixth or seventh ture when the time does come to cut game of my season," the 6-2, 190-pound it down. two-time state champion in football "I've talked to a ton of coaches at told BlueandGold.com. "Coach Alford Notre Dame, and they're all cool," he came by the school a few weeks ago, said. "They said I'm the No. 1 player on and I've been keeping in touch with their board and that they want me rehim since then. It's going to come down ally bad. They said I fit their profile not to a school having a good coaching staff only as a player, but as a person as well. and fan base. And I want to play for a "I've heard that I'm at the top of the winning team." board for a few programs, but Notre Dupre has grown used to playing Dame told me it's because of everything on winning teams during his time at about me and not just how I play." John Curtis. The boys' basketball team Dupre said he doesn't plan to make a won a state championship during Du- decision in the near future. He may wait pre's sophomore season and reached until National Signing Day on Feb. 5, the quarterfinals this year. He started at 2014, to choose a school. — Dan Murphy and Jason Sapp small forward and averaged 18.0 points