Ryan Roberts discusses the impact of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish picking up a commitment from 2026 Edge Rodney Dunham.
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00:00five-star 2026 defensive end rodney dunham selected notre dame over finalists georgia
00:06tennessee south carolina and duke let's talk about dunham and why this is potentially the
00:11biggest get for notre dame in the last 15 years
00:14ryan roberts from a to c sports bring down everything notre dame football folks on thursday
00:21myers park which is in the city of charlotte state of north carolina five-star defensive end
00:27rodney dunham opted for the fighting irish over the georgia bulldogs over the tennessee volunteers
00:34over the south carolina gamecocks and the duke blue devils the six foot four 230 pounds
00:39pass rusher is listed as number 19 overall player and a five-star on the on three industry ranking
00:47he also comes in as number 14 overall on the 247 overall prospect ranking as well for the 2026
00:53class this one's huge folks and we can talk about it for several different reasons
00:57obviously he is now the highest rated player for notre dame in the 2026 recruiting class
01:03he is a dynamic pass rusher and defensive lineman more of notre dame notre dame needs to hit on these
01:08types of guys he's from the state of north carolina you have a lot of the sec powers that were after
01:13rodney dunham but also notre dame has had a big impact in the state of north carolina recently you
01:18talk about bryce young jack larson micah gilberts notre dame also has a commitment in the 2026 class
01:24from ebenezer ewutade another talented pass rusher out of the state and they are also going after
01:28offensive lineman kenny agboko so notre dame is attacking the story of north carolina in a big
01:35way the last couple recruiting classes including in 2026 all those things matter so much and also
01:41and this is huge here if the rankings end where they are right now the number 19 overall player on the
01:49industry ranking five star the number 14 overall player for 2247 sports dunham would be the highest
01:56ranked defensive lineman to sign with notre dame assuming he signs since the 2011 recruiting class
02:04and that was aaron lynch in the 2011 recruit class obviously that defensive line class was bananas
02:08stefan tuit was a part of that group as well but when people will say immediately they'd be like well
02:13wait what about bryce young he was a five star he was considered a five star but he was in the
02:1720s in the final just kind of overall 247 composite ranking which is still a great football player
02:23obviously but let's be honest and this is no shot against bryce young's i think bryce young could be
02:27a future first round pick his father is bryant young who is a notre dame hall of famer nfl hall of
02:33famer bryce young it was going to take a really bad recruiting process to not get bryant young's son to
02:40come play notre dame ronnie dunham does not have any ties to notre dame he is a southeastern defensive
02:47end who a lot of sec programs and some of the top programs at all of college football were after in a
02:53big way and also notre dame had a great close to potentially to getting this commitment in the end
03:01because there was a little bit of time where although ronnie dunham always liked notre dame some
03:06schools like south carolina tennessee were threatening to detach him from the irish and to
03:11close on him ultimately so this is huge the industry rankings the pro just overall recruiting rankings
03:18overall that people like to hyper focus so much this would be the highest ranked defensive lineman
03:23that notre dame would potentially sign in 15 years so hats off to al washington they're not done yet
03:29ebenezer abutati like i said rodney dunham feel great about where they are with tiki hola out of texas
03:35feel good about where they are with mikhail blade and they're going to continue to trend with guys
03:38like carrie wilder out of california this is a chance to be a dynamic defensive line class coach
03:43washington is showing some of the naysayers that they maybe were a little bit too impulsive including
03:48myself i was very hard on coach washington i still think the interior defensive line recruiting just
03:51needs to get better as a whole but a huge statement victory to get someone like rodney dunham hats off
03:57to him hats off to the irish staff and what a massive commitment for notre dame folks before you get out
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