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prep profiles Top Illinois Linebacker Likes The Irish Crete (Ill.) Crete-Monee junior inside national championship game. There���s linebacker Nyles Morgan is quickly more to his interest in Notre Dame becoming regarded as not only one than just football, though. of the top players at his position in ���It does look nice, but that���s not the Midwest, but also nationally. Pro- me out there playing this season,��� he grams such as Florsaid. ���I can���t really ida, Iowa, Michigan predict how they���re Nyles Morgan State, Ole Miss and going to be when ������������ Vanderbilt all made I graduate, but it Crete-Monee High School stops at his high does look nice and Crete, Ill. school to show insets the standard for Class: 2014 terest. the players they���re Status: Offered Notre Dame oftrying to bring in. Position: Inside Linebacker fensive coordinator ���What stands Ht.: 6-2 �� Wt.: 215 Chuck Martin is one out to me about 247Sports Ranking: No. 6 of the many coaches Notre Dame is the player in Illinois, No. 5 inside linebacker in with whom he has academics, first and the country and No. 167 overall recruit kept a relationship. foremost. I like how ���Coach Martin is an honest guy,��� their campus feels. It���s more of a home said the 6-2, 215-pound four-star feel. Not too many go there that aren���t prospect, who was named one of the the people you know or people that are top players in the area at the Tom diehard about the team. Lemming Team Banquet Dec. 5. ���He ���Hospitality, academics and a winknows what I need in a school, and ning football program are what I���m he tells me that. He doesn���t really looking for. I like a program that is trywithhold any information because he ing to build itself up, and Notre Dame knows I���m going to find out if I just go is on the path of doing that.��� there or not. Morgan, who had 102 tackles, 10 ���He tells me everything I need to tackles for loss and four sacks this past know and not just what I want to season, has no intentions of making hear.��� an early commitment and will use his Notre Dame has Morgan���s attention official visits, but six programs are curafter he visited the campus twice, one rently standing out. for the Sept. 22 win against Michigan, ���Notre Dame, Michigan State, Vana program that recently offered him. derbilt, UCLA, Arizona State and FlorHe has continued to watch the Irish ida [in no particular order],��� he shared. play out the season and will take in the ��� Jason Sapp