Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 64 Joe Otting, incoming freshman offensive lineman, four-star recruit

16.06.2023 - 23:49 nbcsports.com

Listed measurements: 6-foot-5, 271 pounds 2023-24 year, eligibility: An incoming freshman, Otting has all four seasons of eligibility remaining. Depth Chart: Otting will spend the 2023 season so far down the depth chart, any suggestion here would be the definition of non-pertinent.

He should be somewhere along the interior of the offensive line, whether at guard or perhaps center, depending on what the scout team needs most. Recruiting: When Otting committed to Notre Dame in June of 2022 , he was the 14th pledge in the Irish class but the first not considered a consensus four-star.

At that time, Otting was a consensus three-star, but the recruiting rankings industry bumped him up to consensus four-star status before the cycle concluded, considered the No.

22 offensive guard in the country by rivals.com. A Kansas native, he visited both homestate Big 12 schools, along with Missouri and Nebraska, plenty while being recruited before picking the Irish. WHAT WAS SAID WHEN OTTING SIGNED IN DECEMBER “(Former Irish offensive line coach Harry) Hiestand may say he recruits only tackles, but Otting is a clear guard.

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