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Incoming freshmen are more pre- pared physically than ever before, but the mental aspect of adjusting to col- lege life and football will largely de- termine a prospect's ability to see the field. "I thought standing here last year if you had asked me, I would have pulled out some of the skill guys to play immediately — and then [de- fensive end] Isaac Rochell plays for us," Kelly said. "You really can't tell that until they get into camp and you see how they pick up the grind of go- ing through double sessions and the grind of school and balancing all those things. "Physically if you look at a num- ber of these guys, you could say they could play right now. I don't know how they're going to handle it men- tally. "That's going to be the tougher question. I could say why couldn't [four-star defensive end] Grant Blan- kenship play right now? He's 6-6, 260 pounds. I just saw him last week. He looks great. He looks like he could play right now. But I don't know if he can handle all the other factors. So that's really hard for me to answer now." ✦ 2014 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) Alex Bars OL 6-6 290 Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy) Grant Blankenship DL 6-6 264 The Colony, Texas (The Colony) Jonathan Bonner LB 6-3 245 Chesterfield, Mo. (Parkway Central) Justin Brent* WR 6-1 204 Speedway, Ind. (Speedway) Jimmy Byrne OL 6-4 285 Cleveland (St. Ignatius) Daniel Cage DL 6-2 305 Cincinnati (Winton Woods) Jay Hayes DL 6-4 275 Brooklyn, N.Y. (Poly Prep Country Day) Kolin Hill LB 6-2 220 Schertz, Texas (Samuel Clemens) Corey Holmes WR 6-2 176 Pembroke Pines, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) DeShone Kizer QB 6-5 212 Toledo, Ohio (Central Catholic) Tyler Luatua TE 6-3 241 Paramount, Calif. (La Mirada) Greer Martini LB 6-3 225 Cary, N.C. (Woodberry Forest) Peter Mokwuah DL 6-4 315 Staten Island, N.Y. (St. Joseph By-The-Sea) Nyles Morgan LB 6-2 223 Crete, Ill. (Crete-Monee) Sam Mustipher OL 6-3 294 Olney, Md. (Good Counsel) Quenton Nelson OL 6-5 302 Holmdel, N.J. (Red Bank Catholic) Tyler Newsome P/K 6-3 190 Carrollton, Ga. (Carrollton) Nile Sykes LB 6-2 220 Lombard, Ill. (Montini Catholic) Drue Tranquil DB 6-2 210 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Carroll) Andrew Trumbetti* DL 6-3 260 Demarest, N.J. (North Valley Region) Nick Watkins DB 6-1 190 DeSoto, Texas (Bishop Dunne) Nic Weishar TE 6-4 215 Midlothian, Ill. (Marist) Jhonny Williams DL 6-5 230 Benton Harbor, Mich. (Berrien Springs) * Enrolled early