back again for tracking the trail a special edition of our recruiting podcast at irish

illustrated i'm kevin sinclair and i'm here with eric thomas uh we are gathering to talk about

the jadon blair commitment um we're recording this this morning friday july the fifth

announcement today at three o'clock.

Blair, 6'4 safety out of North Carolina has visited Notre Dame many, many times.

I was looking back on my first sort of like full-length interview with them, which was July 11th, 2023.

So nearly like, I guess, six days short of one year ago.

He was just that sort of kid where it was obvious right away that Notre Dame was going to have

a really good shot.

You know, he was going to visit probably more than once.

He was a match for Notre Dame.

And now he's committed to Notre Dame over schools like Penn State, Michigan, Florida

State, South Carolina, had nearly 20, sorry, nearly two dozen offers ranked number 160 overall

via composite rankings, number 161, via 24-7 sports.

Took his official visit last month.

Eric, what do you say?

I remember when you first joined us here on Stafford, Irish Illustrated.

I don't think it was long before we were doing the Dallas Golden Commitment Podcast.

And then a little while later, we were doing the Mark Zachary commitment podcast.

And now we are here

with Jadon Blair, Notre Dame, killing it in the defensive backfield. Yeah, no, it's a big win for them.

When I joined the beat, there was obviously a lot of excitement about sort of the upcoming potential

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