Deuce Harmon

On a couple of cornerbacks: Checked in with a source and Deuce Harmon seems to be all but gone for the Irish at this point. Texas has been making a significant push at the four-star prospect, but Texas A&M remains the team to beat in this one. As it relates to Notre Dame, Harmon was supposed to be on campus for an unofficial visit in April, which would have likely led to an official visit later. That hurt as he's a kid who needed to visit campus and one Notre Dame needed to show how the program is different than those in Texas. Whether you believe Harmon not making it to campus is on the staff or the pandemic is up to you, but to pull a top kid out of Texas, you need to get him on campus and that doesn't look like it will happen here.Losing out here definitely hurts Notre Dame in terms of a quality player going somewhere else, but the addition of Philip Riley eases that pain, especially with Ryan Barnes trending to Notre Dame. If the Irish can lock down Barnes and say, Ceyair Wright, then I think that's a wash. I'd expect a decision in the next few weeks or potentially June/July for Harmon, but no date has been set as of now.--- When it comes to Dreyden Norwood, a source says it looks like he's focused on Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Been trying to find out just how hard Notre Dame is pushing, but can't seem to find a concrete answer. My guess is Riley, Barnes and Wright might be that top group the Irish are looking at right now. We'll see. ---I believe 2021 Ryan Barnes would be Notre Dame's lowest-ranked commit if he joined the class, but I'm not too sure people would be upset about it. I'm told Barnes has remained in good contact with Notre Dame and the Irish very well could be his leader at this point. Clemson is a school, who has recruited him hard and he's seen Clemson, so it's not as if Notre Dame randomly found a low-rated three-star kid and we're hyping him up. I do believe Barnes would be a kid Notre Dame would feel comfortable letting commit similar to Jason Oyne and Philip Riley despite not being on campus for a recruiting visit. Barnes has family in the area, so he's been to Notre Dame's campus before, but hasn't seen all the bells and whistles. That's something in Notre Dame's favor as he knows what he'd be getting into in terms of location and campus.

Notre Dame has two defensive back commitments in 2021 and will look to finish the cycle strong.

2021 Guyer (Texas) cornerback Deuce Harmon dropped his Top 10 on Monday afternoon and the Fighting Irish have made the cut. The four-star prospect is down to Baylor, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oregon, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and USC. Harmon was set to visit Notre Dame the first week of April, but had to cancel due to the coronavirus pandemic. We feel Texas A&M hold a lead right now and it will be telling if Harmon can get another visit set to Notre Dame. The sooner the better in this case. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/9394152/5dffe50364ea160a0c65ffaa