I understand that part of the reason why he delayed his announcement, is that ND came at him with more NIL $$$. While ND lost him (for now) this is encouraging to hear. I'd never thought I would see ND get so aggressive with investing the dollars needed to get and retain top tier coaches and NIL for recruits. They obviously love what Freeman is trying to do and his authenticity for his love of the entire school not just football. I could not imagine the admin doing this for Kelly.
With that said, it looks like on the field performance of the ND wideouts this year, will be their best recruiting tool for recruits to see what the possibilites are. May have to dip in the portal once again for the 2025 season until ND recruits WR better.