![]() You saw earlier, I missed him on a route earlier in the end zone that we could have scored on as well. He’s been working his tail off to go make a play like that. “He runs really good routes, is a big target, has great hands. Merriweather needed to read the defense to decide if he should break his route inside or outside, the first rendition heading outside, the second inside, and he needed to run it such that the defensive back was then poorly positioned. It was not by coincidence that the play came from a similar area on the field (the plus-41 on the second, the plus-31 on the first), and it was not a surprise to see Merriweather line up in the same spot of the formation, the slot of the wide side of the field. On their next possession, Pyne connected with Merriweather. The Irish eventually scored on the drive courtesy of an Estimé 10-yard touchdown run. Halfway through the third quarter, Pyne missed a deep shot to Merriweather, overthrowing him by a few feet at the Stanford goal line. 2 in the country, per, behind only Alabama, though Ohio State, Georgia and Texas are all within range of passing the Irish and all have two or three fewer pledges to this point in the cycle.Īs for Notre Dame’s actual game on Saturday, that second deflating loss of the season, second home loss under Freeman, fourth display of a scuffling offense, there may have been only one Irish highlight.įreshman receiver Tobias Merriweather ran two routes as the primary focus for junior quarterback Drew Pyne. ![]() At 23 commits, Notre Dame’s class ranks No. He joins four-stars Dylan Edwards (Derby High School Kan.) and Jayden Limar (Lake Stevens H.S. ![]() Love is the third running back to commit to this Irish class, further underscoring the impression made by Chris Tyree, Logan Diggs and Audric Estimé sharing the workload this season. He will also presumably need to work on his pass blocking, simply because his high-school team focuses more on putting the ball into his hands than having him protect someone else with it, understandably so. Love has a habit of using side-to-side cuts to evade tacklers, something that works at the high-school level but may be too much time spent moving horizontally against college defenses. Part of that success comes from his ability to reach his top-end speed with just a few long strides, that acceleration often turning five- or six-yard runs into long touchdown jaunts. Love may not have the literal fastest top-end speed, but as a track star, he has timed 100-meter dashes of sub-11 seconds. “All of those things just to give me the ball.” But (wide) receiver, slot (receiver), all that type of stuff too. So, I’ll be playing receiver and running back, not just strictly running back. “They said they want to get the ball in my hands. “Notre Dame does a good job at rotating their running backs,” he said to Inside ND Sports ’ Kyle Kelly. ![]() 51 prospect overall, he has seen the Irish lean on three running backs this season, making it clear there will be opportunities for him in the future. 3 running back in the class, per, and the No. Love chose Notre Dame over Alabama, Texas A&M and his homestate Missouri, not to mention visits to Michigan, Georgia and Oregon. Louis, Mo.) committed to the Irish class of 2023, the kind of long-term development that does not erase Notre Dame’s loss to the Cardinal but does offer a reason for Irish fans to be optimistic about first-year head coach Marcus Freeman’s tenure, nonetheless. Notre Dame’s greatest highlight Saturday came long before the Irish (3-3) fell to Stanford, 16-14, in the biggest upset at Notre Dame Stadium since … last month against Marshall.Ī few hours earlier, consensus four-star running back Jeremiyah Love (Christian Brothers College High St.
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