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Notre Dame Offers Illinois Defender McHale Blade

Notre Dame extends an offer to 2026 defensive lineman McHale Blade

Ryan Roberts

Notre Dame Offers Illinois Defender McHale Blade
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Keeping the local talent at home is a priority for Notre Dame, securing more Chicago and Indiana talent over the last couple of years. On Sunday, the Irish staff extended an offer to 2026 Country Club Hills (Ill.) Hillcrest defensive end McHale Blade as a part of their 2024 Pot of Gold event.

Blade has seen his recruiting interest increase a ton recently. The Illinois native is now sporting an impressive and growing offer list. Some of his top offers currently include Florida, Miami, Nebraska, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Cincinnati and Indiana.

The 6-5, 230-pound pass rusher is coming off of a promising sophomore season for Hillcrest. Despite being limited to seven games, Blade was able to record 22 total tackles, five tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Blade also had another six quarterback hurries.

Blade is a player that Notre Dame has a high option of already, and you should expect them to push hard for the Illinois standout. He is fresh off of his first visit to campus on March 7th for spring practice. Blade left that visit very complimentary of the coaches and the Notre Dame program.

Look for things to heat up moving forward between Blade and the Irish.

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Ryan Roberts
RYAN ROBERTS

Ryan Roberts is the Director of Recruiting at Irish Breakdown, where he covers all aspects of the Notre Dame recruiting efforts. A former college football player and high school football coach, Roberts is also the owner of Rise N Draft, which covers the NFL Draft. Ryan was a key contributor to Irish Breakdown before taking over Fighting Irish recruiting and NFL Draft coverage. You can email Ryan at risendraft@gmail.com Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Follow Ryan on Twitter: @RiseNDraftLike and follow Irish Breakdown on FacebookSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channelSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter

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