Marcus Freeman has made it a point to let Dakota Guerrant know that he is a priority for Notre Dame.
“Everything has been good,” the 2027 Michigan receiver told Irish Sports Daily. “I've been talking to Coach ever since they've been able to text us and stuff. I've been talking to Coach Freeman. He's been texting me almost every day; just kicking it, asking me about my grades a little bit, how life has been, am I ready for the season? Stuff like that.”
The Harper Woods star said it feels good to be in direct contact with the Irish head coach.
“I don't really hear from too many of the other coaches, but hearing it from Coach Freeman, if I'm going to hear from anybody, that's the best person to hear from for sure,” the 6-foot-1, 185-pounder told Irish Sports Daily.
“I like Coach Freeman, especially because he's a black head coach and he was also the first head coach's office that I went into. That's always great.”
Guerrant could play defensive back too, but said the Irish see him more as a receiver.
“But I have an offer at both,” he said. “I talk to Coach (Mike) Mickens sometimes too.”
Guerrant said he doesn’t have a preference for playing offense or defense.
“I feel like I would just go where I can get on the field and where I have the best opportunity to show my talents,” he said.
He visited South Bend for a camp last year and is hoping to return sometime soon.
“I'm probably going to come to a game this year,” he said. “See what it's like, the atmosphere there, see how that goes and then I'll probably know what I want to do after that.”
He has a few other schools in mind for visits as well this fall.
“Probably Clemson, probably Missouri, Texas A&M, that's probably it,” he said.
He may not officially trim his list down before committing sometime around this time this next year.
Notre Dame would appear to be checking many of his boxes early.
“Having a head coach that talks to his players and doesn't just let all the assistant coaches and stuff talk to them, has a relationship with the players,” Guerrant said. “A winning program, a culture that takes God-fearing guys and guys who want to win and have the same goals as me; making it to the NFL.
“A receiver coach or a DB coach that has a record of getting guys to the NFL or that can develop me to be the best player. Then from the offensive side, a scheme that schemes guys open, players aren't just put in the scheme, a scheme where they scheme around the players that they have.”
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