Chase Claypool committed to Notre Dame from The Opening on Friday evening, a very big pickup for the Fighting Irish’s 2016 recruiting class. Very big might not actually cover it, because at 6-foot-6, Claypool will immediately become one of the largest skill players in the country when he steps foot onto campus next summer.
Claypool, who hails from British Columbia and was a mostly anonymous football player before offers came flooding in, picked Notre Dame over Rutgers, Michigan, Oregon and several other top programs. He was visited by Mike Elston, recruited hard by Mike Denbrock, and came to camp in South Bend in late June as part of a star-studded Irish Invasion group.