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Notre Dame Football: Current ACC Commitment to Visit for Stanford Game

Notre Dame is trying to flip a wide receiver who is currently committed to SMU
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Sep 14, 2024; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman walks the line of warm ups before a game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Sep 14, 2024; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman walks the line of warm ups before a game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium. | Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images

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Notre Dame is coming off its first of two off weekends and is getting set to host current ACC team Stanford. When it does so, a current wide receiver commitment to a different new ACC program will be making an official visit to South Bend.

Notre Dame Football Recruiting Target: Jalen Cooper

Jalen Cooper is a 6-1.5, 165-pound wide receiver from Cibolo (Steele HS), Texas who is currently committed to SMU.

Cooper is listed as a three-star recruit on 247Sports, but as a four-star by the 247Sports composite rankings.



Cooper has 23 listed scholarship offers with Texas A&M, Arkansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State being a handful of those.

Cooper had a massive junior season at Steele, racking up 68 receptions for 1,661 yards and 23 touchdowns. Those numbers combine for a 24.4 yards per reception on average.

Notre Dame made an official scholarship offer to Cooper a bit later in the game, doing so in August, a month after he had already committed to SMU. Hopefully a strong showing by the Fighting Irish helps sway Cooper's thinking and they can end up flipping him from the Mustangs.

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Nick Shepkowski
NICK SHEPKOWSKI

Managing Editor for Notre Dame On SI. Started covering Chicago sports teams for WSCR the Score, and over the years worked with CBS Radio, Audacy, NBC Sports, and FOX Sports as a contributor before running the Notre Dame wire site for USA TODAY.

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