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football recruiting All-American Flavor In Irish Class Notre Dame will be well represented in both the 2014 U.S. Army All-American Game and the 2014 Under Armour All-American Game. U.S. Army All-American Game Alamodome in San Antonio • Jan. 4 at 1 p.m. ET (NBC) Notre Dame Commitments • Quenton Nelson, OT, Red Bank (N.J.) Red Bank Catholic • Nic Weishar, TE, Chicago Marist • Richard Yeargin III, LB, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) University School Notre Dame Targets • Matt Elam, DT, Elizabethtown (Ky.) Hardin • Allen Lazard, WR, Urbandale (Iowa) • Solomon Thomas, DE, Coppell (Texas) Under Armour All-American Game Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. • Jan. 2 at 4 p.m. ET (ESPN) Notre Dame Commitments • Alex Bars, OT, Nashville (Tenn.) Montgomery Bell Academy • Corey Holmes, WR, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas • Sam Mustipher, OG, Olney (Md.) Good Counsel • Andrew Trumbetti, DE, Demarest (N.J.) North Valley Regional • Nick Watkins, CB, Dallas (Texas) Bishop Dunne Catholic Notre Dame Targets • John "JuJu" Smith, S, Long Beach (Calif.) Poly • Adoree' Jackson, ATH, Gardena (Calif.) Junipero Serra • Tyler Luatua, ATH, La Mirada (Calif.) • Isaiah McKenzie, WR, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) American Heritage For the latest notre dame recruiting news, visit BLueandgold.com available in South Bend at linebacker, and the allure of playing near his hometown has grabbed his attention. TE Tyler Luatua 6-4, 230, La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada) 247Sports Ranking: Four-star prospect, No. 10 prospect in California, No. 2 tight end in the country and No. 119 overall recruit in the nation. The Skinny: The four-star recruit has named Alabama and Notre Dame as his top two, but it would be a major shock if he didn't end up playing ball in South Bend. Although he said that he will announce during the Under Armour All-American Game Jan. 2, 2014, he may choose the Irish prior to that date. Athlete Charles Nelson 5-8, 170, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Seabreeze) 247Sports Ranking: Three-star prospect, No. 35 overall athlete in the nation and the No. 58 recruit in Florida. The Skinny: Notre Dame offered Nelson Nov. 14 and immediately entered his top three with West Virginia and USC. The Trojans have cooled on him, while the Mountaineers continue to pursue the Sunshine State recruit. He will take an official visit to South Bend Dec. 13 and then visit Morgantown, W.Va., Jan. 24. There is a good chance he ends up Irish before he visits WVU. ✦