The highly anticipated day has finally arrived. National Letter of Intent Day or better known as National Signing Day for college Football. The day is actually an early signing period which occurs this year December 16-18, 2020. In years past this is the day were the verbal commits to a program put ink to paper. Verbally committing is one thing, signing and committing is another. This next generation of footballers are going to have big shoes to fill, but that’s what the journey is about. The Fightin’ Irish signed twenty three of twenty four verbal commits, and picked up and extra signee along the way on National Signing Day for a total of twenty four. There is also always a race to see who will commit first. Who will win the race an offensive guy or defensive guy? We we present to you the the signees of the #GoldRush21 class and their biography links below.
Gold Rush 21 Signees
Ryan Barnes (CB First To Sign)
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Blake Fisher
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Caleb Johnson
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Jayden Thomas
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Cane Berrong
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Deion Colzie
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Mitchell Evans
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Philip Riley
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Lorenzo Styles Jr
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Prince Kollie
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Jason Onye
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Rocco Spindler
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Joe Alt
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Justin Walters
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Gabe Rubio
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JoJo Johnson
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Pat Coogan
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Will Schweitzer
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Josh Bryan
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Devin Aupiu
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Chance Tucker
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Tyler Buchner
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Ron Powlus III
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Kahanu Kia
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The Wrap Up
Coach Kelly expects a few more signees for the Gold Rush 21 class. Not to fret, but there will be Running Backs coming in the next round of commits. There was a total of twenty four signees on National Signing Day, and one verbal commit that has not signed with a school and that is Logan Diggs. Diggs was approached late in the process by LSU and hasn’t committed to them either. So Logan stays in play for now, but let’s see what the future holds.
Overall, this was an excellent signing day for the Fightin’ Irish. They managed a a COVID driven, no recruitment visits, and yet the Irish managed to have a very strong day. The Offensive Line has some serious height and weight to fill in for the Seniors that are leaving. The Defensive Line has the talent to fill in the gaps on that side of the ball as well. In total, twelve offense, eleven defense and one specialist signed onto commit to the University of Notre Dame. Fifteen states were represented in the signing day today, five coming out of California. Considering that number, that’s a huge success for the program.
Cheers and Go Irish!☘🏈🌩