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Which Notre Dame 2023 signees are enrolling early?

On3 imageby:Patrick Engel•12/24/22•

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Four-star wide receiver Rico Flores Jr. (Chad Simmons/On3)

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.

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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)

• 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)

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