Clarence Lewis Gives Notre Dame 1st DB Commit for 2020
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Plan B for 3 star DBs has begun. He is " raw ", runs a " blazing " 4.59 40, and broke the hearts of Rutgers, Duke, Kentucky, and Vandy by going to ND. Todd Lyght can really recruit the gems. We have 3-4 more DBs to go. The suspense is too much!
Agree that DB recruiting is a mess this year, but this kid is a good prospect.
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That's why we have strength and conditioning
Brian Kelly's been pretty good at identifying diamonds in the rough.
Some of these "slow" guys the likes of Julian Love and Will Fuller simply needed strength and conditioning in order to realize their potential. Some of these guys are still growing, after all.
Also, you can't discount the possibility that their S&C coaches in high school were all but non-existent, or perhaps they weren't taught the right way. Once you get to the college ranks, strength and conditioning becomes much more serious.
To put it this way, Will Fuller became quite a burner even under the suspect teachings of Paul Longo. Julian Love shaved a quarter of a second off his high school 40 yard dash time by the time he left as a junior, with only two years of S&C under Coach Balis. I do believe that with another year of solid S&C, he could have hit that coveted 4.40 mark.
It's pretty much a given that Clarence Lewis can become a better athlete under the teachings of Matt Balis. He's going to be a longer term project, but he reminds me of a 2 star WR we recruited in 2002 who turned out to be a solid, 2 year starting cornerback for ND (Mike Richardson).
And he has length, which is what the team needs when facing Clemson and USC.
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It's true, no HS player with a 4.5 40 and low offers turned out fast and good wait what's this?
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Link: https://247sports.com/Player/Will-Fuller-16054/high-school-26675/
Fuller didn't even get offers from UCONN, Maryland or Virginia?
That's rich.
Especially Virginia based on he did to them in 2015.
Here is a good comp: Julian Love
5-11, 175. 4.7 40. And check the offer list in the link.
Link: http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/197959/julian-love
I trust Kelly completely when it comes to recruiting. He has earned it. Kid is a catch.
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He's a 3 star at WR....will most likely be reevaluated as a DB. Has good size and length and is a
welcomed addition to the ND Family.
Please post elsewhere if you're going to criticize a high school kid who hasn't even enrolled yet
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Try not to be a complete douche - you're really dogging 18 year old kids? Classy.
Not to mention he committed to ND, so he is on our team. Moron.
Seriously?
From all reports this kid may well rise in the recruiting rankings. Once considered a WR, he is on a lot of team's radar as a CB now. He had one of the highest scores for DBs at Nike Camp. And, might I remind, Kyle Hamiliton was a 3* when he verballed to ND. Julian Love was a 3*. I think it is absurd for ND fans to write off a recruit in June. I also note that ND has been on a recruiting roll recently, so maybe some benefit of the doubt is in order. For ND and for Lyght -- he did bring in two 4* CBs in the most recent class. In any event, just calling a ND recruit "craptastic" should get your post deleted, at the very least.