When news broke earlier this week that Clark Lea would be named the next head coach at Vanderbilt, the immediate fallout – even before the impact on this weekend’s ACC Championship Game – was recruiting. The news broke two days before the early period for National Signing Day. Linebacker Prince Kollie was the most significant risk given his relationship with Lea and with how pivotal Lea’s system is for Kollie’s skillset. Well, crisis averted. Kollie signed his LOI with Notre Dame this morning.
Notre Dame could not afford to lose Kollie in this year’s class. He was under-recruited earlier this year but blew up during his senior campaign resulting in his nomination for the prep Butkus Award as one of the nation’s best linebackers.