RECRUITING

WR Kevin Stepherson

Staff reports
ND Insider

Measurables: 5-11, 171.

School: Jacksonville (Fla.) First Coast.

Rivals ranking: Three stars, No. 66 WR.

247Sports ranking: Three stars, No. 127 WR.

Notable numbers: Stepherson caught 48 passes for 835 yards and 10 touchdowns in his senior season.

First scholarship offer: North Carolina

Best advice I received through the recruiting process: Choose what's best for your future.

One word to describe Brian Kelly: Genius.

The one thing I won’t miss about the recruiting process: All the calls from uninterested schools.

Moment I knew I wanted to be Irish: Finishing up the Irish Invasion and feeling at home.

My secret off-the-field talent: Fishing and hunting.

Song on my iPod I’m embarrassed to tell people about: None.

Sports idol: Randy Moss.

Preferred social media: Twitter

Favorite football accomplishment: Becoming a Super 11 (one of the top 11 senior football players in the Florida Times-Union) in my area.

Dream job (other than the NFL): Construction engineer.

Wide receivers coach Mike Denbrock on Stepherson: "Unfortunately for Kevin, he’s way undervalued in this recruiting class. From whatever perspective that people gave him a certain rating or talked about him a certain way.

"Kevin is a dynamic football player who has as good a set of hands and ball skills as we have on our football team right now. His ability to get in and out of breaks, quick feet, explosiveness at the wide receiver position is something that I think is going to add to our football team, and he’s going to be a dynamic player for us.

"Kevin being here right now is going to be tremendous for him just from a learning standpoint and giving him a leg up on what we’re doing as we move through spring."

Notre Dame WR signee Kevin Stepherson. (Photo courtesy of Rivals)