Notre Dame is trying to put the finishing touches on its 2022 class, but that hasn’t stopped the Irish from starting the 2023 class with a bang. In back-to-back days, Notre Dame added perhaps a perfect combo of defensive ends to kick start the class. Monday it was Irish lean Keon Keeley pulling the trigger. Tuesday though, Notre Dame pulled off one of the biggest recruiting coups in recent years with 5-star defensive end Brenan Vernon.
After Keon Keeley’s commitment on Monday, I wrote about Marcus Freeman and Mike Elston targeting a specific profile at defensive end more so than they have in the past.