Notre Dame’s Kareem Orr announces that he is signing with Arizona State.When Kareem Orr initially committed this past summer to Louisville, Arizona State and Ohio State were the only two schools that told the Notre Dame senior they’d still be around if things didn’t work out.
When Orr told Louisville coaches that he wanted to make sure he was making the right decision, those same two schools were still around and on Monday afternoon The 6-foot, 190-pounder chose between the two, finally picking up an Arizona State golf hat and slipping it on.
“It really came down to the coaches and the players I was around at Arizona State,” Orr said after the official announcement that was attended by a number of his teammates, family friends and Irish coaches. “I think I have an opportunity to go in and play right away.”
Initially recognized as a wide receiver, it became apparent that the majority of schools wanted him for his skills as a defensive back.
He had offers from 26 schools, a list of Division I powers that included a couple from the Southeastern Conference Georgia and Mississippi State.