Mason Wilt got a good look at Notre Dame and the offensive linemen during his trip to South Bend last weekend.
“It was pretty good,” the 2027 Ohio offensive lineman said afterward. “I really enjoyed it. It was a pretty cool game.”
The 6-foot-5, 303-pounder was impressed with the Irish’s performance during their 36-7 win over NC State, especially in the second half.
“Personally, I think they started off slow in the first half, but after that, they started getting back on their thing and doing pretty good,” Wilt said.
He got to meet coaches and players both before and after the game.
“I went to the locker room afterward,” the St. Clairsville standout said. “ I met all the players, offensive linemen. I met all the recruiters. I talked to other recruits. I talked to most of the offensive line coaches.
“They seemed like pretty nice guys, really big guys.”
Wilt also enjoyed the time he spent with some of the other recruits in town.
“They were pretty nice,” said Wilt. “I talked to some of the commits. They're pretty cool.”
He had the chance to speak with offensive line coach Joe Rudolph, assistant offensive line coach Rob Delaney and some of the recruiting staffers for Notre Dame.
“Just telling me to keep doing my thing,” Wilt said of their message. “They really like my film and to keep my grades up.
“They're really great people, super nice. They showed my family a lot of love.”
Wilt has an impressive list of early scholarship offers that includes Ohio State, Florida State, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Cincinnati and Florida State among others.
His early impressions of Notre Dame are positive.
“I just really like the area,” he said. “I like the people, really nice. The campus is really cool and the tradition.
“I’ll probably just keep talking to them, see how things go, getting to know them better.”
He may return to South Bend in the future, but for now, the trips he has locked in will be to Michigan and Ohio State in the coming weeks.
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