Much to my surprise 4 star ILB Alex Anzalone announced on ESPN he will attend Notre Dame and plans to enroll this winter. This is a great pickup for ND–I was positive he was going to Penn State and stay close to home. While he cited academics and coaches, what really sold him were the other commits in this class–really tight group and the right kind of guys as they say. Looking like a monster class and Anzalone completes the LB’S AT 6’3″ 235 lbs, he will play inside with Michael Deeb while Smith and Mattingly will be the OLB’S. Looks like he will wear number 5 and continue the Manti tradition. Here is a good highlight reel:

Seem that 5 other will enroll early–QB–Zaire, WR’s–Onwualu and Robinson, TE–Heuerman and OT–Elmer. All will apply to last years recruiting class of 16 and too much math for me to figure how many they can take for 2013.

Now they need some defensive linemen which hopefully will include a big Nose Guard. They have the LB’s now get some help for them on the DL–believe we only have 2 now at DE–so some tackles would be nice. These kids follow recruiting and they too know the quality of this class and landing Anzalone might snowball the rest on wish board.