Notre Dame’s quarterback board in the 2028 class has thinned out fast, and the Irish may not have the luxury of waiting much longer on their lone remaining target.
Lukas Prock is the only quarterback in the class who currently holds an offer from Notre Dame, and he’s already signaling that his timeline may need to change. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound prospect told 247Sports’ Brian Dohn that he would rather wait until after this season to make a decision, but he also acknowledged that may no longer be realistic as more of the top quarterbacks come off the board.
Prock said: “The last thing I want is all my top three (Notre Dame, Ohio State and Indiana), top four options being taken and then me sitting there saying ‘All right, what do I do know?’”
That concern makes sense given how quickly the 2028 quarterback dominoes have started to fall. Notre Dame’s pursuit hasn’t exactly gone smoothly, either.
Trey Tagliaferri committed to the Irish, then quickly backed off that pledge and joined Oklahoma’s class. With only four offers out to quarterbacks in the cycle, Notre Dame has already seen two targets commit elsewhere, while a third, Kingston Preyear, is set to announce on Friday and is most likely not headed to South Bend.
At the moment, none of Prock’s top choices - Notre Dame, Ohio State and Indiana - has landed a quarterback commitment, though that could change in the coming months. Notre Dame has not moved on to another quarterback in the class, which leaves the Irish in position to keep pushing for Prock and, potentially, get him sooner than he originally planned.
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