Which Notre Dame 2023 signees are enrolling early?
Notre Dame was a late adapter to early enrollment, first permitting it in 2006 at then-head coach Charlie Weis’ behest. The Irish added three mid-year enrollees that season.
It was groundbreaking then. Now? Spring semester freshmen arrivals routinely reach double-digits and comprise at least half the class. Fourteen of the Irish’s 27 signees in the 2021 class arrived in January. One year later, 12 of 22 were mid-years. Twelve of the 24 players in the newly signed 2023 class will begin their Notre Dame careers next month.
Here’s when every player from the class will enroll.
Notre Dame early enrollees
• Hendersonville (Tenn.) Pope John Paul II four-star quarterback Kenny Minchey (Ranked No. 184 overall and the No. 13 QB in the 2023 On3 Consensus)
• Round Rock (Texas) Stony Point four-star wide receiver Braylon James (No. 121 overall, No. 20 WR)
• Austin Westlake four-star wide receiver Jaden Greathouse (No. 158 overall, No. 24 WR)
• Folsom (Calif.) four-star wide receiver Rico Flores Jr. (No. 219 overall, No. 30 WR)
• Reagan (N.C.) Pfafftown three-star interior offensive lineman Sam Pendleton (No. 405 overall, No. 31 iOL)
• Hagerstown (Md.) St. James School four-star defensive lineman Devan Houstan (No. 236 overall, No. 31 DL)
• Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean four-star linebacker Drayk Bowen (No. 88 overall, No. 7 LB)
• Lawrence (Mass.) Central Catholic three-star linebacker Preston Zinter (No. 417 overall, No. 42 LB)
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• Baton Rouge (La.) University Lab four-star linebacker Jaiden Ausberry (No. 153 overall, No. 13 LB)
• St. Louis De Smet four-star cornerback Christian Gray (No. 111 overall, No. 12 CB)
• Irvington (N.J.) four-star safety Adon Shuler (No. 314 overall, No. 27 S)
• Cincinnati Lakota West four-star safety Ben Minich (No. 297 overall, No. 23 S)
June enrollees
• St. Louis Christian Brothers four-star running back Jeremiyah Love (No. 67 overall, No. 5 RB)
• Frisco (Texas) Reedy three-star receiver Kaleb Smith (No. 513 overall, No. 75 WR)
• Concord (Calif.) De La Salle four-star tight end Cooper Flanagan (No. 240 overall, No. 14 TE)
• Belmont (N.C.) South Point four-star offensive tackle Sullivan Absher (No. 179 overall, No. 13 OT)
• Rock Island (Ill.) four-star offensive tackle Charles Jagusah (No. 42 overall, No. 5 OT)
• Topeka (Kan.) Hayden four-star interior lineman Joe Otting (No. 371 overall, No. 24 iOL)
• Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard West three-star interior lineman Chris Terek (No. 500 overall, No. 43 iOL)
• Mentor (Ohio) four-star defensive lineman Brenan Vernon (No. 141 overall, No. 15 DL)
• Woodberry Forest (Va.) three-star defensive lineman Armel Mukam (No. 694 overall, No. 73 DL)
• West Roxbury (Mass.) Catholic Memorial four-star defensive lineman Boubacar Traore (No. 176 overall, No. 20 DL
• Houston Kinkaid School four-star cornerback Micah Bell (No. 166 overall, No. 22 CB)
• Portsmouth (Va.) Churchland four-star athlete Brandyn Hillman (No. 279 overall, No. 9 ATH)
