There has been a strong buzz surrounding the recruiting effort of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over the last nine months, with most of it being extraordinarily positive. Over the past week, however, the news of unofficial visits elsewhere for two of the top three Irish commits (Keon Keeley and Peyton Bowen) put a small cloud in front of our sunshine.
Just a month ago, the Irish were smoking hot after a run of six commitments in 20 days (4 for the 2023 class and 2 for the 2024 class) and entrenching themselves at the top of both class rankings.