Notre Dame Football Recruiting Offers of the Week

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame football directed last week’s attention toward Saturday’s spring-ending Blue-Gold Game, and the Fighting Irish had another opportunity to continue their recruiting efforts.

Each week, we’ll be keeping tabs on the new scholarship offers sent out by the Notre Dame coaches, tracking the recruiting process as the Irish focus their attention toward the classes of 2016, 2017 and maybe even 2018. The staff was quiet in dishing out offers this week with all the other activity.

Though the Notre Dame staff welcomed a double-digit combination of recruits and signees to campus for the weekend, Notre Dame’s biggest recruiting victory of the weekend came from the state of Ohio.

Isaiah Pryor

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Class of 2017 safety Isaiah Pryor visited campus for the spring game and left with an offer.

The No. 2 safety and No. 28 overall player in the country, Pryor is a 6’2” 190-pounder from Lawrenceville, Georgia. The elite prospect’s offer list includes South Carolina, Stanford, Clemson, Florida State and Michigan.

“Coach Kelly offered me,” Pryor told Irish247’s Tom Loy. “They had a written scholarship offer for me and everything. It was crazy. Obviously, they couldn’t give it to me yet, since I’m only a sophomore. But it was amazing nonetheless.”

Pryor received the offer from Kelly before the game, per Loy.

“It’s very special,” Pryor said. “This place has everything. The academics are really the big selling point. You won’t find better than here. Then, with football, I liked what they did defensively, and the guys played hard. I could see myself playing in this scheme.”

News and Notes

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Maybe more important than Notre Dame’s two-hour tussle Saturday was the news that followed roughly 24 hours later.

Class of 2016 offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg announced his commitment to Notre Dame on Sunday afternoon.

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I have officially decided to commit to THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME#GoIrish #F16GHTINGIRISH @NDFootball @NoChillCLE pic.twitter.com/rNCP7FSKAl

— Liam Eichenberg (@Iggyike17) April 19, 2015"

The No. 11 offensive tackle and No. 83 overall player in the nation, Eichenberg visited South Bend on April 10 and was deciding between the Irish and Ohio State, where the Cleveland native visited at the beginning of the weekend. Eichenberg spoke to Loy about his decision:

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My parents had sent me to a college prep school for high school and it seemed like I didn’t really have a choice of where I was going to school at the time. If I went where I wanted to go for high school, I would've never become the player or person I am today. The immature thing to do is focus your college years only on the game of football and not care about academics. I'm not saying that I can't play beyond college football, but there is always a chance that I won't.

You simply cannot pass up a Notre Dame education. I chose Notre Dame because of the academics. Football played a factor, but the majority of my decision came down to academic reasons.

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Eichenberg joins fellow class of 2016 offensive tackle Tommy Kraemer in Notre Dame’s class. Kraemer, the No. 3 tackle and No. 25 prospect in the class, became the first member of Notre Dame's 2016 class when he pledged to the Irish in October. The Cincinnati native also chose Notre Dame over Ohio State, among others.

Earlier in the week, the Irish received a commitment from class of 2016 defensive end Julian Okwara, the brother of current Notre Dame defensive end Romeo Okwara.

In other recruiting news, Notre Dame cracked the top 10 for two targets from the class of 2016. Offensive lineman Parker Boudreaux slotted the Irish among his top 10 teams Wednesday night.

Boudreaux is the No. 8 guard and No. 233 overall player.

The Irish also landed among safety Craig Watts’ top teams Thursday.

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My Top 10 so far no order pic.twitter.com/PirSKrVBdk

— Craig Watts Jr. (@NoFlyZone_2016) April 16, 2015"

Unless otherwise noted, all recruiting stats and information courtesy of 247Sports.com 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.