... with the chill of another decommitment but awoke to the warmth of a new, and intriguing, verbal guarantee.

Tony Hurd, Jr., a prize of the 2010 Charlie Weis class simply because he represented an in-road to Texas recruiting following the Washington State game in San Antonio on Halloween night, decided to bolt from the Irish on Friday.

That news was tempered by the announcement of Austin Collinsworth.

The son of former NFL wide receiver and current NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth spent his Friday afternoon telling anyone who would listen that he was pure Irish.

The tough Kentuckian brings an engaging resume as a running back, defensive back, potential receiver, and state champion as coach Brian Kelly's first official v...

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