Notre Dame Football Recruiting Offers of the Week

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — With spring football in full swing, the Notre Dame football staff has had the opportunity to host visitors, including those with recent offers.

Each week, we'll be keeping tabs on the new scholarship offers sent out by the Notre Dame coaches and tracking the recruiting process as the Irish focus their attention toward the classes of 2016, 2017 and maybe even 2018.

This week, the Irish stayed busy in the trenches with the class of 2016.

McTelvin Agim

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Class of 2016 strong-side defensive end McTelvin Agim received an offer from Notre Dame on Tuesday.

The No. 7 player at his position and the No. 105 player overall, Agim has visited TCU, Arkansas and LSU over the past few months. The Hope, Arkansas, product camped at Arkansas last summer and returned for an unofficial visit in mid-October.

Other offers include Texas, LSU, Stanford, Auburn, Alabama, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Clemson.

Agim told Irish Sports Daily he doesn't have other visits planned right now.

Jordan Elliott

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Class of 2016 defensive tackle and Baylor commit Jordan Elliott landed a Notre Dame offer Monday.

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Blessed to have recieved an offer from Notre Dame #Goirish pic.twitter.com/Wq4z6q4jOe

— Jordan (@ThaReal95) March 23, 2015"

Elliott gave the Bears his verbal commitment at the end of January. Since then, the 6’3” 305-pounder has added offers from Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Oregon, Texas A&M, Michigan and Florida State. A Houston native, Elliott attended a Texas A&M junior day earlier this month and checked out Texas on Saturday.

Elliott is ranked as the No. 12 defensive tackle and the No. 92 overall player in the nation, and he piled up 78 tackles, 31 tackles for loss and 12 sacks as a junior in 2014.

Xavier Kelly

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Notre Dame stayed on the defensive line last week, offering Class of 2016 weak-side defensive end Xavier Kelly on Tuesday.

A 4-star prospect from Wichita, Kansas, Kelly is the No. 20 weak-side defensive end and the No. 322 prospect in the country. The 6’5” 230-pounder decommitted from Kansas State on March 21.

Kelly’s other offers include Alabama, Ole Miss, Clemson, Michigan and Nebraska, among others.

“I know a little bit about them,” Kelly told 247Sports’ Steve Wiltfong regarding Notre Dame. “I know they’re a Catholic school and they have a great football program and they have a historical program.”

Kelly told Wiltfong he’ll “probably” visit Notre Dame.

Taylor Rapp

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At the end of the week, Notre Dame extended an offer to Class of 2016 safety and Washington pledge Taylor Rapp.

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Man, never did I imagine... Just picked up an offer from the University of Notre Dame! Regardless, I am still a Dawg! pic.twitter.com/Q34cdgbW9i

— Taylor Rapp (@trapp07) March 27, 2015"

The Bellingham, Washington, native committed to Washington on March 13, two days after landing an offer from Stanford. Rapp’s growing offer list includes Nebraska and Boise State too. The 6’0” 195-pounder took unofficial visits to Oregon in November and January and visited Washington, at which time he pledged to the Huskies.

Rapp is pegged as the No. 23 safety in the country and the No. 427 prospect overall.

Nathan Smith

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Notre Dame’s emphasis on the trenches wasn’t limited to the current spring roster, as the Irish kept the offers rolling, touching base with Class of 2016 offensive tackle Nathan Smith on Monday.

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Excited to say I recieved an offer from the legendary Notre Dame!!! pic.twitter.com/YTjtG7vc4d

— Nathan L. Smith (@Nathan7099) March 24, 2015"

The No. 25 offensive tackle and the No. 244 player in the class, Smith has earned a slew of recent offers in the past month, including Kansas State, Utah, Boston College, Syracuse and Penn State.

The 6’7” 264-pounder from Murrieta, California, visited Nebraska on Saturday and took an unofficial visit to UCLA two weekends ago.

Unless otherwise noted, all recruiting stats and information courtesy of 247Sports and all quotes obtained firsthand. Star ratings reflect 247Sports' composite rankings. 

Mike Monaco is a lead Notre Dame writer for Bleacher Report. Follow @MikeMonaco_ on Twitter.