Dynamic Tight End Carter Nelson Locks In Official Visit To Notre Dame

Standout 2024 Ainsworth (Neb.) High School star tight end Carter Nelson made his first trip to Notre Dame last season for their game against Boston College, and he has locked in a return trip. Nelson informed Irish Breakdown that he will be making his return trip to South Bend on the June 10th weekend for an official visit.

There are questions on whether Notre Dame will take a second tight end in the 2024 class with them already having a commitment from North Carolina star Jack Larsen. The relationship with Nelson will be interesting to monitor moving forward, especially coming out of that official visit. Nelson is the kind of talent that is just too hard to turn down, which would explain why Notre Dame is still recruiting him as hard as they are.

At 6-5 and 210 pounds, Nelson is the type of athlete who can pretty much do anything he wants to on the football field. For the 9-1 Ainsworth squad, he was the team’s leading rusher with 761 yards and 14 touchdowns on 119 carries, averaging 6.4 yards per carry. Nelson is also the team’s leading receiver with 525 yards and 11 touchdowns on just 28 total receptions.

He has done all that while also playing a lot of reps as the team’s quarterback. On the season, he threw for 663 yards and 15 touchdowns on 83 attempts. The junior has also been careful with the football, only throwing three interceptions on the year.

It doesn’t end on the offensive side of the football for Nelson’s impact. Doubling as a dynamic safety for Ainsworth, he hauled in six interceptions and totaled 41 tackles.

Nelson is also the team’s top punter to boot, averaging 39.6 yards per punt. That is on top of him being a dynamic basketball and track and field athlete as well for Ainsworth.

Despite being an eight man football star, Nelson is being heavily pursued by several big time programs. Notable schools such as Notre Dame, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Penn State, Miami, Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Auburn, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Ole Miss, Colorado, Louisville, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Kansas State, Purdue, Minnesota, Virginia Tech, Baylor, Iowa State, Duke, Kansas and Illinois among others.

The Nebraska standout is considered a consensus four-star recruit by every major recruiting platform. Nelson ranks highest on the On3 ranking, which has him pegged as the No. 71 overall player and the No. 4 tight end in the 2025 recruiting class. ESPN, 247Sports and On3 all have him rated as the top player in Nebraska.

Nelson has also locked in an official to Georgia the weekend before he treks to Notre Dame. The Nelson family is still working to finalize hi s remaining official visits.

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