Commit tracker: Notre Dame football recruits in action
Fighting Irish verbal pledges from across the country are beginning their respective junior and senior seasons, and Blue & Gold is tracking their performances.
Here’s a breakdown of how the future Notre Dame verbals fared over the weekend.
More Notre Dame commits will be added to this article as their seasons begin.
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Belmont (N.C.) South Point (3-0) had a bye.
Next game: at Belmont (N.C.) Stuart W. Cramer (2-1) Sept. 16.
Baton Rouge (La.) University Lab (1-1) dropped a 17-14 contest against Metairie (La.) Archbishop Rummel (2-0).
Next game: at Baton Rouge (La.) Catholic-B.R. (1-1) Sept. 16.
CB Micah Bell
Houston The Kinkaid School (1-2) fell 21-12 to Marrero (La.) Archbishop Shaw (1-1).
Next game: vs. Orange (Texas) Little Cypress-Mauriceville (2-1) Sept. 16.
LB Drayk Bowen
Totaled 3 tackles (1 for loss) and forced a fumble in Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean’s (2-2) 55-0 destruction of East Chicago (Ill.) Central (1-3) … Ran 4 times for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Official season stats: 37 total stops, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 1 pass broken up, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery … 44 carries for 267 yards and 4 touchdowns, plus 3 receptions for 69 yards and 1 score.
Next game: vs. Highland (Ind.) High (1-3) Sept. 16.
Recorded 5 tackles in a 50-27 victory for Denton (Texas) Guyer (3-0) against Lancaster (Texas) High (2-1) … Guyer is ranked as the No. 17 team nationally by MaxPreps.
Official season stats: 18 tackles (1 for loss) and 1 interception returned for a touchdown.
Next game: vs. Prosper (Texas) High (3-0) Sept. 16.
Scored on a 57-yard rush to help Derby (Kan.) High (1-1) roll past Salina (Kan.) South (0-2) 69-20.
Next game: at Wichita (Kan.) Bishop Carroll (2-0) Sept. 16.
Hauled in a 47-yard touchdown pass in a bounceback 35-3 triumph for Concord (Calif.) De La Salle (2-1) over Mountain View (Calif.) Saint Francis (1-2).
Unofficial season stats: 5 receptions for 59 yards (missing one game).
Next game: at San Diego Cathedral Catholic (2-2) Sept. 16.
Folsom (Calif.) High (2-1) had a bye.
Official season stats: 19 receptions for 344 yards and 2 touchdowns … 5 tackles and 1 interception.
Next game: at Pittsburg (Calif.) High (3-0) Sept. 16.
Had 1 tackle as St. Louis De Smet (1-2) notched its first win of the season with a 40-0 beatdown of St. Louis Chaminade (0-3).
Next game: vs. Kirkwood (Mo.) Vianney (0-3) Sept. 16.
Hauled in 3 passes for 57 yards and returned a punt 53 yards for a touchdown to lead Austin (Texas) Westlake (3-0) to a 56-6 triumph against Akins (Texas) High (0-3) … Westlake is ranked as the No. 11 team nationally by MaxPreps.
Official season stats: 10 receptions for 251 yards and 2 touchdowns … 2 punt return scores.
Next game: at Austin (Texas) Lake Travis (1-2) Sept. 23.
Had 5 tackles in Hagerstown (Md.) St. James School’s (1-1) 20-14 setback against Potomac (Md.) Bullis (1-1).
Official season stats: 9 tackles (2 for loss).
Next game: at Williamsport (Md.) High (2-0) Sept. 16.
Rock Island (Ill.) Alleman (1-2) lost 47-6 versus Rock Island (Ill.) High (2-1).
Next game: vs. Sterling (Ill.) High (2-1) Sept. 16.
Received 4 passes for 114 yards in a 55-7 triumph for Round Rock (Texas) Stony Point (3-0) against Pflugerville (Texas) High (0-3).
Official season stats: 8 receptions for 197 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Next game: at Austin (Texas) Vandegrift (2-1) Sept. 16.
RB Jayden Limar
Compiled 295 total yards and 3 touchdowns in a key 37-28 win for Lake Stevens (Wash.) High (1-1) against defending 3A Washington state champs Bellevue (Wash.) High (0-2).
Next game: vs. Federal Way (Wash.) High (2-0) Sept. 16.
Notched 5 tackles in a 31-0 shutout for Cincinnati Lakota West (4-0) over Cincinnati Oak Hills (2-2).
Official season stats: 12 tackles, 1 sack and 1 interception (returned 36 yards for touchdown) … 1 reception for 2 yards and a score.
Next game: at Cincinnati Princeton (4-0) Sept. 16.
DL Armel Mukam
Woodberry Forest (Va.) High (1-0) lost 42-17 against Richmond (Va.) Benedictine (2-1).
Next game: at North Bethesda (Md.) Georgetown Prep (2-0) Sept. 17.
OL Elijah Paige
Phoenix Pinnacle (1-1) fell 49-7 against Peoria (Ariz.) Liberty (2-0).
Next game: vs. Queen Creek (Ariz.) High (1-1) Sept. 16.
Pfafftown (N.C.) Reagan (2-1) had a bye.
Next game: vs. Kernersville (N.C.) East Forsyth (3-0) Sept. 16.
OL Joe Otting
Topeka (Kan.) Hayden (2-0) suffered a 43-10 setback against Silver Lake (Kan.) High (1-0).
Next game: vs. Rossville (Kan.) High (1-1) Sept. 16.
Irvington (N.J.) High (3-0) beat East Orange (N.J.) Campus (0-2) 27-21 in double overtime.
Next game: at Maplewood (N.J.) Columbia (0-2) Sept. 17.
Mentor (Ohio) High (2-2) fell 48-28 in a matchup against Mississauga (Ontario) Clarkson North (1-1).
Next game: at Brunswick (Ohio) High (1-3) Sept. 23.
Lawrence (Mass.) Central Catholic (0-1) lost its season opener 38-0 to Springfield (Mass.) Central (1-0).
Next game: vs. Danvers (Mass.) St. John’s Prep (1-0) Sept. 16.
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QB CJ Carr
Completed 13 of 17 passes for 172 yards with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, plus had 3 rushes for 14 yards, to lead Saline (Mich.) High (3-0) to a 42-7 triumph over Ypsilanti (Mich.) Lincoln (1-2).
Official season stats: Completed 55 of 83 passes for 704 yards with 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions … 21 rushes for 77 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Next game: at Monroe (Mich.) High (2-1) Sept. 17.
West Bloomfield (Mich.) High (3-0) cruised past Rochester Hills (Mich.) Stoney Creek (2-1) 42-23.
Next game: vs. Clarkston (Mich.) High (2-1) Sept. 16.
OL Peter Jones
Malvern (Pa.) Prep (2-0) defeated Warminster (Pa.) Archbishop Wood (0-1) 21-3.
Next game: vs. Philadelphia Imhotep Charter (1-1) Sept. 16.
TE Jack Larsen
Charlotte (N.C.) Catholic (2-1) had a bye.
Unofficial season stats: 11 receptions for 153 yards and a touchdown.
Next game: vs. Charlotte (N.C.) Providence (2-1) Sept. 16.
DL Owen Wafle
Had 6 tackles (3 for loss) in Princeton (N.J.) Hun School’s (2-0) 49-6 romp over St. Catharines (Ontario) Royal Imperial Collegiate.
Official season stats: 10 tackles (6 for loss).
Next game: at Greenwich (Ct.) Brunswick School (0-0) Sept. 17.
WR Cam Williams
Caught 6 passes for 141 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard South (3-0) to a 56-21 triumph versus Elgin (Ill.) Larkin (1-2).
Unofficial season stats: 15 receptions for 377 yards and 5 touchdowns … 4 rushes for 38 yards and a score.
Next game: at Streamwood (Ill.) High (1-2) Sept. 16.
