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Virginia Linebacker In The Mix For 2014 BY DAN MURPHY to break ground on the next group of pros- pects that would follow them. During the first week of July, Greer Martini, who will be a junior linebacker at the Woodberry A COMMITMENT PROFILE GREER MARTINI Forest School in Virginia this fall, was the first member of the 2014 class to state his intentions to join the Irish. Martini visited South Bend once this winter and attended the school's summer camp in late June. When he returned from camp he decided that he had seen all he needed to make an early decision. "I came back home and talked to my parents, and we couldn't think of a bet- ter place to be than Notre Dame," Martini told 247Sports' Steve Wiltfong. "With the combination of academics and athletics, I figured I should commit now. My heart is set on it." Woodberry Forest head coach Clinton Martini, a product of Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, had eight takeaways on defense and returned three of them for scores on his way to all-state honors as a sophomore. PHOTO COURTESY 247SPORTS Alexander said he wasn't surprised to hear that Martini pulled the trigger very early in the recruiting process. The straight-A stu- dent had offers on the table from Maryland and North Carolina State, but was looking for a school with a reputation for strong academics and football. It also didn't hurt that Martini spent the last two years look- ing up to former Woodberry Forest captain C.J. Prosise, who is starting his Notre Dame career at safety this year. cruiter Notre Dame has right now," Alex- ander said. "He was all over Greer about, 'Wait 'til you get up here, you'll love it and love the coaches.' When he went up there he was really trying to be open to it." Prosise is also chewing on the ears of "C.J. is probably the best unofficial re- s the upcoming recruiting class rapidly filled this summer, Notre Dame started current Stanford commit Doug Randolph, the nation's No. 18 outside linebacker ac- cording to 247Sports, and several other de- fensive prospects from his old high school. AUGUST 2012 80