00:00What a start to a 4th of July. Notre Dame receives a huge commitment from a 2026 wide receiver Caden Finley.
00:05Let's talk about the recruitment and how the fighting Irish were able to land the top target remaining on their board.
00:14Ryan Roberts from A to Z Sports breaking down everything Notre Dame football.
00:18Folks, Notre Dame just landed a huge commitment from 2026 Aledo, Texas high school wide receiver Caden Finley,
00:25the son of former Texas Longhorn and Green Bay Packers star tight end Jermichael Finley.
00:32Not only did they beat out the Texas Longhorns for Caden Finley, they also beat out Texas A&M Aggies.
00:38So it was either stay in the Lone Star State or head up to South Bend, Indiana.
00:43And the fighting Irish were able to get this one done, which is a monumental recruitment,
00:49not only for Mike Brown, but for the entire staff for Notre Dame.
00:53Wide receiver recruiting has been a struggle over the last year and a half under Coach Brown,
00:57but he is starting a nice little string of good recruitments here.
01:03And we hope to have some more news, obviously, over the next couple of days as well to continue to add to the 2026 wide receiver crop.
01:09This one's huge, not only for the fact of what I already said of getting a top talent out of the state of Texas to beat out the Longhorns for a Texas legacy,
01:18but also Caden Finley is the type of wide receiver that Notre Dame has been missing on too much in the sense of Notre Dame's gotten some high ceiling type of wide receivers the last couple of classes,
01:28but they haven't got enough of the combination wide receivers of combination of high floor and high ceiling.
01:35I think that's what Caden Finley brings to the table, a lot like Jaden Greathouse.
01:39I can expect, as long as the need is there, for Caden Finley to come in in year one potentially and compete for the fighting Irish and play in the two deep and garner reps and garner opportunities and garner targets.
01:51I think he's that talented of a football player.
01:53Over six foot, 200 pounds.
01:55He's coming off a 1,400 yard, 21 touchdown season for Alito.
02:00So when you talk about not only Monumental getting him from where he's from, beat out who they beat out, he's also a very productive wide receiver.
02:08You combine that now with a Bubba Frazier, who's a little bit of a developmental guy, but high upside and a space weapon on top of Dylan Faison.
02:17You also have a couple wide receivers that are going to be making their decision over the last couple of days.
02:21So you could be looking after this weekend at a five-man wide receiver class, but that five-man class is led by the player that Notre Dame got today in Finley.
02:31So can't understate it, can't underrate it.
02:34This is a huge get to now pair with quarterback Noah Grubbs, the running back duo of JV on Osborne and Jonas Walton, the sixth man offensive line class, elite tight end, Ian Primer, as well as Preston Friesel as a developmental tight end as well.
02:50This offensive class is now really stringing some good news together.
02:55Folks, before we get out of here, please put into the chat right now, how excited are you on the addition of Caden Finley?
03:01How big is he for the class and put in for some other recruits that you hope Notre Dame is able to land down the stretch of the 2026 recruiting class?
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