2028 S Geordan McKnight Comfortable With Notre Dame After Latest Visit

There wasn’t one single moment for Geordan McKnight‍ that jumped out over the others during his latest trip to South Bend.

There didn’t need to be. The 2028 Ohio safety has been to Notre Dame for camp, for a September game and now for the biggest home game of the season, and the comfort level has become obvious.

"They played great defense, came out fast, finished strong," McKnight told Irish Sports Daily of the win over top-ranked Miami. 

"It was great."

He made the trip with his high school coaches from Pickerington North. The day started with food and the full group of recruits together before Marcus Freeman addressed the uncommitted recruits as a group first before the commits joined them. 

McKnight and the other recruits then made their way to the Stadium, where they watched pregame warmups on the field before heading to the stands to see the Irish take down the Hurricanes. He returned the next morning for breakfast and more meetings.

The 5-foot-11, 180-pounder earned his Notre Dame offer at camp back in June and has built his recruitment around the relationships since.

McKnight holds close to 40 offers, including Notre Dame, Ohio State, Alabama, Michigan, Penn State, Florida, Texas and USC among many others.

While in South Bend last weekend, McKnight talked with Jevaughn Codlin, Aaron Henry and Freeman. 

"Great coaches, great people for sure," he said.

Codlin and Henry kept it simple, asking whether he could see himself playing at Notre Dame and whether the Notre Dame-Miami showdown was the kind of game he wants to be a part of. His answers were yes.

Freeman's message was about the magnitude of the opportunity in front of them at Notre Dame, and what McKnight saw Saturday night backed it up, a defense that set the tone early against the #1 team in the country and finished the job late.

McKnight’s fall tour continues with a trip to Georgia this weekend and Alabama next before closing the season at the Ohio State-Michigan game. The next Notre Dame step is a return in the spring to keep building the relationships.

He does not plan to let the process run much longer than that. McKnight said he will be committing sometime soon after the season, and he has known for a while what it will come down to: where he fits, how his family feels about the place and how he feels about the coaches.

And asked directly whether Notre Dame is in a good position, McKnight kept it as simple as everything else this weekend.

"Yeah."

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