Newly signed Notre Dame cornerbacks Cree Thomas (decathlon) and Mark Zackery IV (basketball) are among those to distinguish themselves in other sports.

Head coach Marcus Freeman was asked this question when he joined 247Sports national signing day show. He told them that “I often tell people to choose hard when they come to Notre Dame. And he (Faraimo) answered me with ‘Coach, I’m gonna choose God.”

Freeman, once in danger of failing, is starting to look more like former Notre Dame head coaches who made moves in their third year.