JaDon Blair is without doubt one of the maximum highly-coveted safeties within the nation.
Upcoming authentic visits this spring and all through June, the four-star defender has locked his resolution in.
Blair dedicated to Notre Dame on Friday, selecting the Preventing Irish over the likes of Penn Condition, South Carolina and others. Virginia Tech, Michigan and Florida Condition have been additionally finalists for the 6-foot-4, 185-pounder from Winston-Salem (N.C.) Mount Tabor Top College in North Carolina.
Blair selected the trail that emphasised soccer up to month clear of the grassland. The are compatible and relationships with the public in South Bend have been too robust towards the top.
That comes with his bond with schoolteacher Marcus Freeman, amongst others.
“Coach Freeman is a great guy, a really great guy, and when you get to know him and get comfortable with him and he has normal conversations with you, it’s like we’ve been talking for a long time and we’ve known each other for an extremely long time. He picked up on that fast.
“Ever since Notre Dame introduced, there was a textual content or a decision from any person on that team of workers,” he continued. “Lecturer Freeman, Al Blonde, Mike Mickens, Chad Bowden — a type of 4 public texts me each unmarried life … even the DL schoolteacher and the LB schoolteacher textual content me. That stood out as it let me know I’m a concern for Notre Dame and what sort of they need to create me.”
The coaches at the defensive aspect of the ball beloved how the lengthy, rangy blue-chipper are compatible into their plans within the secondary.
The Kyle Hamilton comparisons had been thrown out through a number of coaches at Notre Dame, and the coaches consider Blair’s ceiling may also be similarly as prime.
“A lot of people don’t know that Coach Mickens was a part of Hamilton’s development,” he defined. “They would all be in the same meeting rooms, talking and coming up with plays, and they would piggyback off each other. The cornerbacks coach helped the safeties coach, and the safetis coach helped the cornerbacks. That right there showed me that Mickens has the expertise in developing guys my size and he has the full-on belief he can develop me to be even better because of my athletic ability.”
“Golden is a mastermind,” Blair asserted. “To be honest, the way he breaks things down and what you can do in football, he’s not just getting you pro-ready or NFL-ready. He’s getting you Hall of Fame status ready. It’s crazy how he teaches it to you.”
Blair beloved the visible at the grassland and likewise strike connections and are compatible clear of it.
In a choice that got here “down to the wire,” the four-star protection felt that Notre Dame supplied a special form of revel in over the later 3 or 4 years than alternative methods may just trade in.
“You can go get developed anywhere, and if the coaching is good it’s about how you get developed and how fast you pick up the playbook, learn those plays,” Blair began. “What I’m looking for is coaching, teaching, and a system I can get down. I want life after football, a great education, and I want to be set up for the rest of my life. When people look at me, they can network with me, build relationships with him … that all plays a part.”
“I fit in extremely well with the coaches,” he defined. “When I went down there, all of the DBs were at Coach Mickens’ house having fun. When I was there, it was I was already there, having regular conversations with people like-minded to me, with similar goals, focusing on football and grades and having a great life for themselves. What’s what it’s all about at this point — football can carry me to the NFL, but I have a whole life ahead of me. With a school like Notre Dame and the culture they have, I definitely believe I will be benefiting from that for the rest of my life.”