Kevin Sinclair here back again for our recruiting trail, tracking the trail with Eric Thomas.

We're going to discuss what's obvious, a major recruiting event at Notre Dame this week.

Eric and I have been digging into that for the last couple of weeks.

You know, of course, at the beginning, we only know of a few names that are, you know, confirmed in that list grew quite a bit. And

Eric and I, we're just talking about it before the podcast. There's in particular about a half

dozen, like really notable names in the 25 and 2026 classes alone. Of course, there's some 2027 recruits that are starting

to feel a little bit more, you know, important and we're spending some time on, given, you know,

that 2025 cycle will be closed, not closed, but filled in mostly. Eric and I have talked about a number of recruits this morning on both sides of the ball

and both classes.

We also have just been watching everyone so closely on Friday nights.

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