Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
Issue link: https://comanpub.uberflip.com/i/89043
FOOTBALL RECRUITING ROUNDUP Recruiting Notes that group is inside linebacker Alex Anzalone of Reading, Pa., considering he was in Gainesville, Fla., just two weekends before for the Florida- LSU matchup, which the Gators won 14-6, but he canceled his visit plans Oct. 19. The reason- is normally a class reunion of sorts for the incoming recruiting haul, but a number of the Irish commits were slated to head back to South Bend, Ind., for the BYU game — cornerback Devin Butler of Washington, D.C.; cornerback Rashad Kinlaw of Absegami, N.J.; defensive end Jacob Matuska of Columbus, Ohio; offensive tackle Colin McGovern of New Lenox, Ill.; and outside linebacker Jaylon Smith of Fort Wayne, Ind. The key figure that was supposed to be in • The Notre Dame football banquet in December ing for changing his visit plans was because he had a game Friday night and his father, Sal, had to work on Sunday, so it would have been too much driving in a short period of time. Those around Gator Country felt the program made strides with Anzalone during that visit. Notre Dame still had a verbal commitment Valley (Ga.) Peach County, who committed to Clemson in late July, named Notre Dame his from Anzalone, who first committed to Ohio State, heading into the visit, and the coaching staff was going to re-pitch the characteristics of the program that had led him to pledge in the first place. He hopes to make it back to South Bend for the Wake Forest game Nov. 17. • Wide receiver Demarcus Robinson of Fort Irish commit Will Fuller, who is rated by 247Sports as the No. 71 wideout nationally, racked up 10 recep- tions for 232 yards and two scores in his game on Oct. 13. PHOTO COURTESY 247SPORTS