We're back out of here on Irish Illustrated Insider.

I'm Tim Priester with Tim O'Malley from Irish Illustrator.

We're joined by John Bryce of Football Scoop and Irish Illustrated and Pete Samson of the athletic.

Big Junior Day weekend last weekend.

No verbal commitments to come out of that yet but

i i think we all can admit that there's a whole bunch of momentum going with noradames recruiting

right now their 14 verbal commitments are more than double than just about any fbs team in the country

i know some may complain about who nor d Nordames taking at this stage of the process.

But recruiting is looking up before we get into that and talk about Tommy Reese and winter workouts.

It's really been kind of a slow news week.

But Gabe Rubio, Nordames's backup defensive tackle that was probably looking forward to entering the starting lineup.

If Riley Mills went to the NFL, but he did not, he has stepped away for personal reasons.

This impacts Nordames defensive tackle and nose tackle depth charts.

Let's kick that around a little bit, Tim O'Malley.

Yeah, he's a, I mean, it's a loss if Rubio's not back with Notre Dame.

He's a top 40 player and probably the number one just ahead of Jason Anni.

I'd not say he's ahead of Jason Anni when he's healthy.

Reserve interior defensive linemen.

You've got to stay healthy to stay ahead of Jason.

Of course, but Rubio missed three games than another last year,

and he of course missed all of 2021.

I like Gabriel Rubio, the player, and I think he's a fantastic reserve role,

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