Back for a special edition of Tracking the Trail, our recruiting podcast at Irish Illustrated.

I'm Kevin Sinclair, joined as always with by Eric Thomas.

You know, it's a special edition because Notre Dame's picked up another huge commitment

this time from 26 quarterback Noah Gr Grubbs ranked just outside of the

top 100 per composite rankings. It's been a really fruitful month, I guess maybe more like

month in one day or month and two days of dating back to the Dallas Golden commitments at the very

end of April, followed by defensive tackle Gordy

Solvsted, and then Mark Zachary last weekend, and then just one week later landing Noah Grubbs,

one of the very best quarterbacks in the 2026 class. You know, Eric, starting with just this

sort of string of commitments over the last month and then just

sort of segueing into what you make of his talent, as I know you wrote a bit of a breakdown on his

skill set, I think it was your first week on staff with us here. What do you make of it, this string of

commitments, and then what do you make of Noah Grub's talent in general?

Yeah, I mean, diving in with the string of commitments, we've talked about the importance of adding that top 100, top 150, even though the borderline guys, that level of talent and ensuring that you're supporting the ranks of your depth with, you know, really high-end talent

consistently. And I think with Dallas Golden and Mark Zachary, you see that in the defensive

backroom. Gordy Solstead's a three-star, but it does add a unique body and a good athlete

to the defensive line room. And then obviously, uh,

Noah Grubbs is kind of the, the crown jewel of the recent run, right? Anytime there's a

quarterback, there's going to be a little bit of extra excitement. Grubbs is a really interesting

player. Um, he, he doesn't have as much touch, uh, passability as maybe some of the other quarterbacks that we've

talked about in the 2026 class at this point but he made significant strides on that front

over the course of his i guess it would have been his sophomore season and then in the spring

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