Notre Dame commit recap: QB Phil Jurkovec eclipses 1,000 yards in three games
Five different Notre Dame commits scored touchdowns in the last week. ND Insider recaps how each of the 14 Irish pledges in action fared in their latest round of games.
QB Phil Jurkovec | Gibsonia (Pa.) Pine-Richland 51, Seneca Valley 20: Jurkovec threw for five more touchdowns in a blowout win. He completed 17 of 25 attempts for 367 passing yards. He added eight carries for 33 yards. In three games for Pine-Richland (2-1) this season, Jurkovec has thrown for 1,004 yards and nine touchdowns with one interception.
WR Jordan Pouncey | Winter Park (Fla.) High 46, Freedom 13: Pouncey scored on a 76-yard touchdown run and a 95-yard kickoff return to power Winter Park (2-1) past Freedom. He turned nine carries into 129 rushing yards.
S Isaiah Robertson | Naperville (Ill.) Neuqua Valley 24, Waubonsie Valley 17: Robertson’s impacted all three facets of the game in Nequa Valley’s victory. He ripped off a 50-yard kick return to set up a 15-yard touchdown catch. Robertson later added an interception on defense for the Wildcats (3-0). As a receiver, Robertson caught five passes for 40 yards.
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OLB Ovie Oghoufo | Farmington Hills (Mich.) Harrison 45, Seaholm 7: Oghoufo caught two passes for 57 yards including a 28-yard touchdown in the win. He added five tackles, four tackles for a loss and two sacks for Harrison (2-1).
DE Jonathon MacCollister | Orlando (Fla.) Bishop Moore 33, Orange City University 38: MacCollister caught an 11-yard touchdown pass, but his Bishop Moore team (2-1) lost for the first time this season.
LB Bo Bauer | Erie (Pa.) Cathedral Prep 31, McDowell 15: Bauer recorded three sacks and six tackles in a win over McDowell. He also carried the ball seven times for 52 yards in the Cathedral Prep (3-0) victory.
LB David Adams, DT Kurt Hinish and OT Josh Lugg | Pittsburgh (Pa.) Central Catholic 55, North Allegheny 14: North Allegheny, playing without its starting quarterback, couldn’t keep up with Central Catholic (2-1). Lugg and the North Allegheny offense eventually rushed for 212 yards, but the unit was one-dimensional with only four pass completions for 28 yards. Adams, Hinish and the Central Catholic defense held North Allegheny (1-2) scoreless as the Vikings built a 42-point lead in the second quarter. Hinish recorded three tackles for a loss including a pair of sacks.
OL Robert Hainsey | Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy 49, Tulsa (Okla.) Booker T. Washington 7: Hainsey provided protection for Texas A&M quarterback commit Kellen Mond, who threw three touchdown passes and ran for another in the IMG (3-0) rout.
LB Drew White | Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas 49, Plantation 0: Plantation couldn’t find any running room against White and the St. Thomas Aquinas defense. The Raiders (2-1) pushed the Colonels backward for negative 17 yards rushing in the shutout. White recorded five tackles, three of which came behind the line of scrimmage.
TE Brock Wright | Cypress (Texas) Cy-Fair 44, Cypress Lakes 13: Wright helped clear the way for 248 rushing yards in a Cy-Fair win. He also added one four-yard reception for the Bobcats (1-1).
LB Pete Werner | Indianapolis Cathedral 44, Bishop Chatard 10: Werner and the Cathedral defense kept Bishop Chatard’s offense out of the end zone until the third quarter while the Irish (4-0) built a 28-3 lead.
OL Dillan Gibbons | Clearwater (Fla.) Central Catholic 35, DeSoto County 3: Gibbons paved the way as Central Catholic (3-0) rolled up 435 yards of offense.
Sidelined: CB Paulson Adebo (knee), WR Michael Young (wrist), QB Avery Davis (ankle), TE Cole Kmet (mono), RB Markese Stepp (hamstring). Adebo sat out this week, according to Joseph Hoyt of the Dallas Morning News. In his previous game, Adebo was icing his knee in the second half and didn’t return to action.
Off week: RB CJ Holmes, DT Darnell Ewell, OLB Justin Ademilola, DT Jayson Ademilola
*Stats reported were provided by players, coaches or the following news organizations: MaxPreps, Dallas Morning News, Orlando Sentinel, Naperville Sun, Houston Chronicle, Sun Sentinel.
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