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Carter Karels

7:49

Wow, Jude. We couldn’t go five questions without a Whataburger reference? Kidding. For those who don’t know, and it’s not like I ever talk about it, I’m a Dallas native. So I would say there’s no recruit that would compare to my beloved Honey BBQ Chicken Strip Sandwich.

Landen Bartleson is one of four cornerbacks expected to sign today, joining Caleb Offord, Clarence Lewis and Ramon Henderson. I don’t see any of them as plug and play guys, but they all have interesting potential for different reasons.

For Bartleson, he's one heck of an athlete. I think his speed is closer to the 4.4 range. He played both ways for Danville (Ky.) Boyle County and received scholarship offers as a running back from Colorado, Louisville and others. Because of his athleticism, Bartleson has nice potential once he grows technique-wise. He still has a lot to learn at corner. He's 50-50 on enrolling early.

Jude from Watertown, N.Y.

7:47

What's something you can say about Whataburger's honey BBQ chicken strip sandwich but also about three-star cornerback Landen Bartleson?

Carter Karels

7:39

A couple more signees: New Canaan (Conn.) High quarterback Drew Pyne and Washington (D.C) St. John's High long snapper Alex Peitsch.

Pyne reminds me of Ian Book in a lot of ways. He will enroll early. Peitsch is in line to start next season since starter John Shannon won't return for his final year of eligibility.

7:35

As far as how recruits are pursued after committing, it depends on the recruit. Are they taking other visits? Are they a five-star recruit with offers from everyone? Typically, if a recruit is really good and/or has been either mysterious or open to communicating with other schools, they are more prone to continue to be pursued.

That doesn’t happen much with Notre Dame commits, though. They tend to be pretty firm on their decisions and commit to more than just football.

Negative recruiting happens the same way. The better players deal with it more. I know for a fact it was pretty bad with RB signee Chris Tyree… I’m not sure any of the main negative recruiting points against Notre Dame would surprise you. It’s cold, it’s in the middle of nowhere, academics are hard, they haven’t won since ‘88, etc.

Eric, Bristol

7:33

Hello Carter, thank you for offering this chat - I'm cuing the Soap theme as we speak. Are you able to peel back the curtain and relay just how hard high school players get recruited after their verbal commitment and what that entails? Also, if negative recruiting occurs against Notre Dame, do you have a sense for what the theme tend to involve?

Carter Karels

7:27

A few more signed with Notre Dame: Danville (Ky.) Boyle county cornerback Landen Bartleson, Park Hills (Ky.) Covington Catholic tight end Michael Mayer and Shrewsbury (Mass.) St. John's High wide receiver Jay Brunelle.

7:25

Good question. Our Eric Hansen reported over the weekend that Shaun Crawford has filed paperwork to the NCAA petitioning for a sixth year of eligibility. That gives the Irish two experienced field cornerbacks (Crawford and TaRiq Bracy) but still leaves them inexperienced at boundary corner.

We asked Brian Kelly last week what he thinks about adding more from the transfer portal. He said they are "at the salary cap" but will continue to examine it. We'll see if his tone on that changes today.

Notre Dame already added former Ohio State safety Isaiah Pryor, who has two seasons of eligibility left. He moved to South Bend on Monday after graduating from Ohio State on Sunday. The next best option would be adding a boundary-type cornerback that’s plug and play.

These are fluid situations, though. Players surface in the transfer portal that you don’t expect. Notre Dame might have an extra scholarship to hand out — or not. Things change quickly.

Michael from Chicago

7:22

If Henderson signs and Crawford returns for a 6th year will the Irish forgo a grad transfer CB? Any other potential positions they might consider a grad transfer or traditional transfer for 2021?

Carter Karels

7:12

The first batch of signees are in:

Mars (Pa.) Area OL Michael Carmody
Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic TE Kevin Bauman
Chester (Va.) Thomas Dale RB Chris Tyree

7:10

Notre Dame expects to sign all 17 commits and uncommitted cornerback Ramon Henderson out of Bakersfield (Calif.) Liberty High. He plans to make his decision public at 4:30 p.m. EST from his high school. I’ll keep you guys posted on if there’s a Periscope link or anything where y’all can watch.

I’m confident the Irish land Henderson but don’t expect any surprises. The ones to watch were Washington wide receiver commit Jalen McMillan and Ohio State safety commit Lathan Ransom. UW head coach Chris Petersen stepped down and Ransom’s position coach, Jeff Haley, took the Boston College head coaching job. Both McMillan and Ransom ended the speculation by reaffirming their commitments.

Any other developments would have to materialize following this early signing period. One development to watch: Notre Dame DB target Cameron Martinez, committed to Ohio State, has decided to delay his signing.

Here's the story I wrote previewing the today for Notre Dame: https://www.ndinsider.com/premium/recruiting/notre-dame-look

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7:03

Do you expect any surprises today? Dennis from Chicago

Carter Karels

7:03

Not expecting a ton of questions this early so I’ll be with you guys until at least Brian Kelly’s press conference. We are supposed to talk with him and special teams coordinator Brian Polian at 12:15 p.m. ET. In the meantime, I’ll be providing updates on who has signed and answering your questions. You can follow our signing day coverage here: https://www.ndinsider.com/recruiting/signingday/

7:00

Howdy and welcome to the ND Insider Live Chat for the first day of this year’s early signing period. Doing my first chat EVER with you guys bright and early. Started my morning with some Juice Wrld and McDonald’s (as always). Notre Dame started its morning by receiving Alexander Ehrensberger’s National Letter of Intent. He’s a 6-foot-7, 240-pound defensive end out of Düsseldorf (Germany) Theodor-Fliedner-Gymnasium that will enroll early.

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