Notre Dame running back recruit Robert Hughes will announce his college decision tomorrow night with the Irish being a finalist along with Illinois. A couple weeks ago I had written Hughes off, figuring he was a lock for Illinois, but the early departure of Darius Walker and the addition of Chicago native Corwin Brown to the Notre Dame staff may just have the Irish back in the race.
From Saturday’s Chicago Sun Times:
In Chicago, where recruiting football players is a year-round activity, Hubbard High School’s standout running back Robert Hughes never has met Corwin Brown, but he knows Notre Dame’s new defensive coordinator is a Chicago Julian grad.
That alone makes Hughes feel somewhat connected.
”I know he’s a former player in the Public League, in the National Football League, and a former NFL [assistant] who knows his stuff,” Hughes said. ”It’s always great to see someone out of Chicago, out of your area, do big things. Obviously, he’s very successful at what he does.”
Hughes would be a very nice pick up for the Irish and would really round out the offensive side of the ball in this class very well. Hughes would be the perfect compliment to Armando Allen in a Reggie Bush-Lendale White kind of way. Grabbing a Chicago area recruit after Ron Zook’s success in the area would also be reason for celebration.
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Robert Hughes would be a perfect fit for this ND offense that has been lacking a power back. From all that I’ve read, this young man would be a lot of what is missing in this offense, a threat between tackles and would force the opposing defenses to play a lot more honest and would free up the recievers in their pass routes. Also it would make the TE most difficult to cover. My fingers are crossed.