With IMG Academy’s disruptive five-star DT David Stone off the board and dedicated to Oklahoma, school packages will probably be shifting their consideration to different highly-ranked defensive linemen within the recruiting class of 2024.
One such prospect to regulate is Simeon (Sick.) four-star edge Chris Burgess Jr., who has gives from 31 totally different colleges. In accordance with Adam Gorney at Rivals, Notre Dame is “undoubtedly” a serious contender.
“All of Burgess’ video games are on Saturdays this yr which makes placing collectively a go to schedule problematic however the 2025 four-star defensive finish from Chicago (Sick.) Simeon has two big matchups already on the calendar. Notre Dame is certainly a serious contender for Burgess and he will probably be in South Bend when the Irish host Ohio State as he’ll double-dip with the Buckeyes since he’s seeing them once more once they go to Michigan to shut out the common season.”
Relying on which of the 4 main recruiting providers you have a look at, Burgess (6-foot-4, 241 kilos) ranks as excessive as No. 2 in total in Illinois, No. 9 at edge and No. 114 nationally.
Whereas his rankings are fairly constant, Burgess’ recruitment appears to be broad open. On3’s prediction mannequin at present has Notre Dame as a weak favourite at 29.1%, adopted by Illinois (20.5%), Michigan (17.6%) and Ohio State (7.5%).
The Combating Irish might definitely use a shot within the arm for his or her class of 2024. After rating within the high 5 earlier within the cycle, they’ve stagnated and sunk to No. 12 within the nation.
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