Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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DB Max Redfield 6-2 ✦ 195 ✦ Mission Viejo H.S. ✦ Mission Viejo, Calif. Notable: Born on Jan. 25, 1995 … Runs a 4.5 in the 40-yard dash and bench presses 290 pounds … Averaging 15 points and eight rebounds per game for his 23-3 basketball team as of mid-February … Runs the anchor in the 4x100 relay, and participates in the 100 meters (best time is 10.8 seconds), long jump (best jump is 22 feet, 10 inches) and high jump (best height is 6-4) … Plans to major in international relations with a minor in criminal justice … Has career aspirations of being in the FBI or CIA … Lived two miles away from the beach for seven years and is an active surfer. Rankings: Tabbed as a five-star prospect, the No. 2 player in California, the country's No. 3 safety and the No. 30 overall recruit nationally by Rivals.com … Ranked by 247Sports as a four-star recruit, the No. 3 player in California, the nation's No. 5 safety and the No. 41 overall prospect in the land … Listed as a four-star recruit, the No. 5 safety in the land and the No. 57 overall player nationally by Scout.com … Rated by ESPNU as a Redfield received second-team All-America accolades from both four-star prospect, the No. 3 player in California, the nation's No. 247Sports and USA Today. 2 athlete and the No. 23 overall recruit in the land. photo courtesy 247sports Statistics: Helped team climb to a No. 1 ranking in Orange County by recording 65 tackles, four interceptions, two forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries as a senior … Also had 45 catches for 757 yards and six touchdowns as a wide receiver, and blocked four punts. Honors: Selected as a second-team high school All-American by USA Today … Chosen as the secondteam safety on the 247Sports prep All-American squad … Voted as the area Defensive Player of the Year by the Orange County Register … Picked as the South Coast League MVP as a senior … Selected All-Orange County in 2011. All-Star Games And Camps: Played in the Under Armour All-America Game for Team Nitro Jan. 4 in St. Petersburg, Fla. … Attended a one-day camp at USC. Brian Kelly's Comments: "We think Max is an elite player. He's a young man that has a specific skill set that could see him play offense or defense. He's going to play in that safety position for us, and we think he's a young man that can come in and compete. He's got all the athletic ability, and he's a very smart young man." Mission Viejo Head Coach Bob Johnson's Comments: "Max has a ton of energy and absolutely loves the game of football. He works extremely hard and doesn't play anything less than full speed. He loves to compete and is going to do whatever it takes to be successful." Tom Lemming Of Prep Football Report: "He's a good field general with a lot of range. He's physical and a decent pass defender. He's a solid safety. He can see playing time as a freshman at Notre Dame." Recruitment: USC was the first to offer in mid-December 2011 and quickly became a favorite … It didn't take long for LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, UCLA, Washington and others to follow suit, but he decided to take himself off of the market with an in-state pledge to the Trojans in mid-July of last year … Notre Dame stayed in touch and eventually got him to take an official visit Oct. 13 for the Stanford