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Newsstand: Notre Dame lands second 2023 OL commit from North Carolina

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Four-star offensive tackle Sullivan Absher during his Notre Dame visit April 23. (Chad Weaver/Blue & Gold)

Is North Carolina’s new team Notre Dame? That’s a stretch, but the Irish are certainly making themselves known on the East Coast, notably pulling recruits from the backyard of Clemson.

On Friday, head coach Marcus Freeman and offensive line legend Harry Hiestand landed four-star 2023 OL commit Sullivan Absher out of Belmont (N.C.) South Point, a suburb of Charlotte.

The 6-6, 275-pound tackle is the No. 15 player at his position, No. 5 North Carolinian and No. 176 recruit nationally, per On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. On3’s own recruiting team has Absher as a top-100 recruit, sitting in the No. 99 spot in the country.

Interior offensive lineman Sam Pendleton joined the Irish class on April 25 and hails from Pfafftown (N.C.) Reagan. Like Absher, Clemson was in Pendleton’s recruitment until the end and appeared as a finalist on his list. He chose Notre Dame.

As of May 15, Notre Dame has the top class in the nation according to the 2023 Consensus Football Team Recruiting Rankings. You can meet the entire current 2023 class here.

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Quote of the weekend

“It’s a special group, and they made this work for me. In between (coaches), they had to grasp this and go do it. And they have. They’ll always hold a special place for me. It’s not that (I) recruited them. They were here, and they jumped into what we were doing.”

— Notre Dame head baseball coach Link Jarrett on the current senior class

Headlines of the weekend

Notre Dame’s 2023 class is No. 1 per 2023 On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Ranking (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)

Notre Dame post-spring position outlook: Defensive end (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)

Notre Dame post-spring position outlook: Interior offensive line (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)

Fourth former Notre Dame women’s basketball transfer chooses next school (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)

No. 8 Notre Dame baseball unable to complete Pittsburgh sweep, falls 5-2 on Sunday (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)

Irish vs. Irish: Five exciting former Notre Dame player matchups on the 2022 NFL schedule (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)

Austin Temple notches a career-high 10 strikeouts as Notre Dame downs Pittsburgh 8-1, takes series (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)

‘Hello, hello?! This is Kyren Williams!’: A behind-the-scenes look at draft day for the Notre Dame running back (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)

‘Tight End U’ reputation a major factor behind Notre Dame commitment for Holden Staes, Eli Raridon (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)

WATCH: On3 recruiting expert gives rankings predictions for Notre Dame’s 2023 class (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)

Inside Top-100 DL Jason Moore’s final five (Chad Simmons, On3)

On3+ recruiting intel out of Central Texas (Sam Spiegelman, On3)

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