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Four-star LB, Notre Dame target Anthony Sacca announces commitment date
Philadelphia St. Joseph’s Prep School class of 2025 linebacker Anthony Sacca will announce his commit this Saturday at 2 p.m. ET, and he will choose between Alabama, Duke, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Wisconsin.
Sacca announced that group of five schools as his finalists back in early February.
“I went into the month of January this year wanting to figure things out,” Sacca previously told On3. “I didn’t really have a clear picture, but I had some of my favorites, some schools I liked and some schools that were on the cusp. I feel like right now, these schools are the ones going forward that I’m going to be taking into account.”
Notre Dame is considered the team to beat heading into his decision date, according to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine (RPM).
The 6-foot-2½, 225-pound Sacca is a four-star prospect. Sacca, who is the On3 Industry Ranking’s No. 27 linebacker and No. 225 overall prospect — plus the No. 4 prospect in Pennsylvania in the class — is a player the Irish have targeted for over two years.
He was the second 2025 recruit to report a Notre Dame offer after the university elevated Marcus Freeman to head coach on Dec. 3, 2021. Sacca announced his offer 13 days after the Irish promoted Freeman. He was just the third freshman recruit Notre Dame offered that year.
Sacca is the son of former Penn State quarterback Tony Sacca. The elder Sacca played with Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden with the Nittany Lions from 1988-91. Despite being a Penn State legacy, the younger Sacca did not include it in his top schools.
Sacca has reported two unofficial college recruiting visits to Notre Dame. He first attended last year’s Blue-Gold Game on April 22 before returning about five months later for the Sept. 23 Ohio State game.
“They made me feel right at home,” Sacca told Blue & Gold on Nov. 1. “I got to see Al Golden again, and I’m close with him. It was great seeing Coach Freeman.”
At this time, Notre Dame has two 2025 class linebacker commits in three-star prospects Dominik Hulak and Ko’o Kia.
Sacca posted 67 tackles and 2 interceptions during his junior season in which St. Joseph’s had a 13-1 record and captured the Pennsylvania 6A state title.
