Notre Dame Continues Signing Day Surge

Notre Dame Continues Signing Day Surge

Notre Dame continues to climb up the 2018 class rankings after inking three four-star prospects during the first half of National Signing Day.

Feb 7, 2018 by Kolby Paxton
Notre Dame Continues Signing Day Surge

Entering National Signing Day, Notre Dame still needed to bolster its secondary, and after the first half of Wednesday, it seems the Fighting Irish can now check that box.

A pair of D.C.-area cornerbacks, Noah Boykin (H.D. Woodson High School) and DJ Brown (St. John's College High School) are headed for South Bend, IN, helping Notre Dame to a late surge up the recruiting rankings, where the Irish now check in at No. 7 on Rivals and No. 9 on 247Sports.


Notre Dame's courtship of Boykin was a bit of a soap opera. Boykin wavered in his initial decommitment from Maryland and then flirted with Florida, before ultimately choosing the Irish after all. 

Brian Kelly now has five cornerbacks in a 2018 class that figures to be a consensus top 10 group.


Here’s a look at some other notable signees from the early morning hours:

ACC:

4-star ATH Mario Goodrich — Clemson

4-star ATH Marquez Ezzard — Miami

4-star DT Nesta Silvera — Miami

4-star DE Malcolm Lamar — Florida State

4-star ATH Tre'Shaun Harrison — Florida State

4-star S Marlon Character — Louisville

4-star OT William Barnes — North Carolina

4-star RB Mychale Salahuddin — Pittsburgh

4-star LB Dax Hollifield — Virginia Tech

3-star RB Anthony Grant — Florida State

Big 12:

4-star DE Joseph Ossai — Texas

Independent:

4-star OL Jarrett Patterson — Notre Dame

4-star CB Noah Boykin — Notre Dame

4-star WR Lawrence Keys III — Notre Dame

3-star CB DJ Brown — Notre Dame

SEC:

5-star CB Patrick Surtain Jr. — Alabama

5-star CB Tyson Campbell — Georgia

4-star DL Bobby Brown — Texas A&M

4-star DE Christopher Oats — Kentucky

4-star WR Matthew Hill — Auburn

4-star DE Andrew Chatfield — Florida

4-star WR Tommy Bush — Georgia

4-star LB Otis Reese — Georgia

4-star LB Quay Walker — Georgia

4-star QB James Foster — Texas A&M

4-star OG Tank Jenkins — Texas A&M

3-star CB Eddie Smith — Alabama

Big Ten:

5-star OT Nick Petit-Frere — Ohio State

4-star LB Javontae Jean-Baptiste — Ohio State

4-star DE Caleb Tannor — Nebraska

4-star DL Tyler Friday — Ohio State

4-star CB Ken Montgomery — Maryland

Pac-12:

4-star QB Tanner McKee — Stanford

4-star DT Tuli Letuligasenoa — Washington