Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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DEPTH PERCEPTION The senior and junior classes will fea- ture most of the star power in 2015, while the last two recruiting hauls have fortified the roster with role-playing or complementary depth that should allow the Irish to comfortably insert numerous players without a drastic drop-off. "It's a different class," Kelly said of what Notre Dame reaped in 2015. "The first one [in 2010] you're learning about recruiting to Notre Dame, so there's that process. The second class you know a lot more about Notre Dame and now you're more specific about the positions. "In year three and year four, we were really trying to recruit across the board — and this year is for depth. We're starting to build depth within the program. We want to try to get long in positions." This is manifested most along both the lines. • With the addition of five defensive linemen, including former offensive tackle recruit Jerry Tillery, the Irish could have as many as 19 scholarship defensive linemen this season, maybe the most at the school since the early 1970s. ✦ 2015 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) Josh Adams RB 6-2 210 Warrington, Pa. (Central Bucks South) Josh Barajas LB 6-3 212 Valparaiso, Ind. (Andrean) Asmar Bilal LB 6-3 210 Indianapolis (Ben Davis) Miles Boykin WR 6-3 225 Tinley Park, Ill. (Providence Catholic) Nick Coleman DB 6-0 180 Dayton, Ohio (Archbishop Alter) Te'von Coney* LB 6-0 221 Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) Shaun Crawford DB 5-9 170 Lakewood, Ohio (St. Edward) Micah Dew-Treadway* DL 6-5 280 Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) Nicco Fertitta DB 5-9 175 Las Vegas (Bishop Gorman) Jalen Guyton WR 6-1 185 Allen, Texas (Allen) Tristen Hoge* OL 6-4 290 Pocatello, Idaho (Highland) Aliz'e Jones TE 6-5 220 Las Vegas (Bishop Gorman) Trevor Ruhland OL 6-4 285 Cary, Ill. (Cary Grove) CJ Sanders WR 5-10 185 Granada Hills, Calif. (Notre Dame) Equanimeous St. Brown WR 6-5 205 Anaheim, Calif. (Servite) Elijah Taylor DL 6-3 285 Cincinnati (Moeller) Brandon Tiassum DL 6-4 296 Indianapolis (Park Tudor) Jerry Tillery* DL 6-6 310 Shreveport, La. (Evangel Christian) Bo Wallace DL 6-4 215 New Orleans (John Curtis) Ashton White DB 5-11 182 Clinton, Md. (Bishop McNamara) Dexter Williams RB 6-0 200 Winter Garden, Fla. (West Orange) Mykelti Williams DB 6-0 200 Indianapolis (Warren Central) Brandon Wimbush QB 6-2 212 Hackensack, N.J. (St. Peters Prep) Justin Yoon K 5-11 185 Nashville, Tenn. (Milton Academy) * Enrolled early