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Shooting For The Stars FOOTBALL RECRUITING BY JASON SAPP ranked the No. 7 class in the nation by 247Sports. Despite a pair of linebacker com- N otre Dame has managed to as- semble a 21-man haul that is mits — Alex Anzalone of Reading, Pa., and Danny Mattingly of Spokane, Wash. — taking a look at other pro- grams as possible options, the other pledges are solid. While Notre Dame will continue to recruit the verbal commits as if they're uncommitted, the coaches have an opportunity to focus on their top remaining targets. Here's a rundown of the 247Sports top-100 players that are being actively pursued by the Irish. NO. 25 PRIEST WILLIS DB, 6-2, 200, Tempe, Ariz. (Marcos De Niza) visit on two separate occasions — for the Michigan game Sept. 22 and the Stanford game Oct. 13 — but had to cancel both trips due to schedule conflicts … He has taken unofficial visits to UCLA and USC, and has scheduled official visits to Nebraska Oct. 26 and LSU Nov. 2 … He has no set timeline for a decision. Irish Stock: Notre Dame trails in the race and Status: Offered The Skinny: Willis has tried to take an official doesn't have a chance of moving up at all unless he visits campus, but the Irish will continue to work to get the touted target to South Bend. NO. 27 MACKENSIE ALEXANDER DB, 5-10, 175, Immokalee, Fla. (Immokalee) Status: Offered The Skinny: Alexander labeled Notre Dame as his him more than any of the other coaching staffs pursuing him, but Clemson remains as the silent leader to beat. favorite coming out of a trip to South Bend in the summer, but he has since backpedaled from that statement … The Irish seemed ready to drop him from the list completely when he said he wouldn't come back to campus early in the season, but he later said he wanted to get back for an official visit … He took an official visit to Texas A&M Oct. 20. Irish Stock: Notre Dame has been in contact with NO. 44 MAX REDFIELD DB, 6-3, 195, Mission Viejo, Calif. (Mission Viejo) just two weeks prior to his trip to campus for the Stanford game Oct. 13, but the experience put the Irish squarely back in the race. Irish Stock: Notre Dame is in good shape if he opts to decommit from the Trojans. Status: Committed to USC The Skinny: Redfield didn't seem like an option NO. 47 LAQUON TREADWELL WR, 6-3, 195, Crete, Ill. (Crete-Monee) in terms of which program looks to be trending, and that is actually a good thing for Notre Dame consid- ering it went from being off the radar to back in the race after he attended the game against Miami at Soldier Field in Chicago … His top five are Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Michigan and Michigan State, but the Irish are still working to get involved, including a call from head coach Brian Kelly the week of the Oklahoma game. Irish Stock: Notre Dame isn't heavily in the Status: Offered The Skinny: Treadwell's arrow is always changing market for another wide receiver in the class, but Treadwell is the type of player you take regardless of the numbers game … There is, however, plenty of work to do to get to that point.