Blue and Gold Illustrated

March 2013 - Signing Day Edition

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Devin Butler Helps Build The 'Irish Mob' By Jason Sapp Devin Butler only needed one look at Notre Dame before deciding that it was where he wanted to offer his pledge — before even leaving campus. After the 6-1, 183-pound four-star defensive back became one of the early members of the group, he quickly acted on helping others join him and brainstormed a plan with two other committed players. "[Early enrollees] James [Onwualu] and Malik [Zaire] and I were talking about coming up with a nickname for the class," Butler recalled. "We put it out there on Twitter to see what the fans thought and we came up with 'Kelly's Mob.' The feedback we got was how about 'IrishMob13' and we all approved." What started out to be a fun nickname for a class turned out to be much more, even referenced as Irish head Butler was rated as the No. 189 overall player nationally by 247Sports following a strong performance on the All-America circuit. photo by Jamie Oakes/Wahoos247 coach Brian Kelly introduced the 2013 signing class. "I didn't expect it to get as big as it did," Butler admitted, noting he's seen T-shirts created as a result of it. "We should've trademarked it. "It helped keep everybody in a close-knit

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