Notre Dame landed one other main dedication on Friday with cornerback Ivan Taylor, the son of retired Pittsburgh Steelers defensive again Ike Taylor, saying his intent to play in South Bend.
“They’re undoubtedly totally different when it comes right down to speaking soccer and simply being good folks total,” Taylor instructed ESPN. “I really feel like that was [something] undoubtedly [that stood out]. If you happen to take the stadium out of it, cash out of it, NIL out of it, it’s the coaches, the coaches fingers down are simply [different]. In the event that they actually need you, they’ll let you know. They’ll present you.”
ESPN ranked the 5-foot-11, 170-pound Taylor because the nation’s No. 30 total participant and the No. 5 cornerback. Additionally they have him ranked as one of many 5 finest gamers from the state of Florida.
For the Combating Irish, Taylor is their tenth total commit of the category and their highest-ranked so far. They beat out Alabama, USC, Penn State, Michigan and a number of others for Taylor’s providers.
Taylor had been a high goal of Notre Dame relationship again to his exercise at Irish Invasion Camp over the summer time. He made a number of different visits to South Bend following that exercise and even attended the Pittsburgh and Wake Forest video games.
The four-star recruit was a standout at Winter Backyard (Fla.) West Orange and if he indicators, could be Notre Dame’s highest-ranked cornerback since ESPN started compiling ranked gamers in 2006.