Michael Young’s commitment represents more than the Notre Dame Fighting Irish identifying a three-star wide receiver with great upside. Young is from Louisiana, a state that the Irish have traditionally struggled to lure student-athletes away from.
Young got offers from some in-state colleges - Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and ULM Warhawks. But his list of college offers outside the Bayou suggests they all saw something LSU didn’t — Oregon Ducks, Arizona State Sun Devils, Texas A&M Aggies and Arkansas Razorbacks, to name a few.