Chicagoland QB Jack Lausch commits to Northwestern

Oak Lawn (Ill.) Brother Rice quarterback Jack Lausch has committed to Northwestern, flipping from a PWO offer to play football and baseball at Notre Dame in the process.

Lausch finished his senior season with 2,447 passing yards, 20 passing touchdowns, 1,084 rushing yards and 21 rushing touchdowns.

He won the 2021 Chicago Sun-Times High School Football Player of the Year award for his performance throughout the season.

Northwestern has the No. 44 recruiting class in the On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Ranking. It’s top two recruits are Naperville (Ill.) Naperville Central four-star wide receiver Reggie Fleurima and Towson (Md.) Loyola Blakefield four-star EDGE Anto Saka.

The Wildcats previously had a commitment from Birmingham (Ala.) Hoover three-star quarterback Bennett Meredith. Meredith is the No. 1593 overall recruit in the country, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.