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Meet Notre Dame football's 2021 freshman class

ND Insider

Notre Dame finished the 2021 recruiting cycle with a class ranked just inside the top 10 nationally.

The 27-man class included 14 early enrollees, and the rest joined the Irish this summer.

The freshman class lost one member when early enrolled defensive end Devin Aupiu opted to enter the transfer portal in late June.

Rivals ranked the 27-man class No. 9 in the country. 247Sports slated it No. 10.

But at ND Insider, we like to get to know the recruits beyond the numbers associated with them. So we asked them to answer a series of questions including the moment they knew they wanted to be Irish, which word they would use to describe Brian Kelly, their most controversial opinion and how many times they've seen "Rudy."

Click the names below to learn about each Irish freshman.

OL Joe Alt

CB Ryan Barnes

TE Cane Berrong

K Josh Bryan

QB Tyler Buchner 

WR Deion Colzie 

OL Pat Coogan

RB Logan Diggs

TE Mitchell Evans

RB Audric Estime 

OL Blake Fisher

S Khari Gee

OL Caleb Johnson

CB JoJo Johnson

LB Kahanu Kia

LB Prince Kollie

DL Jason Onye

QB Ron Powlus III

CB Philip Riley

DT Gabriel Rubio

DE Will Schweitzer

OL Rocco Spindler

WR Lorenzo Styles Jr.

WR Jayden Thomas 

CB Chance Tucker

S Justin Walters