Carlo Kemp (55) is drawing a lot of recruiting attention nationally. (Pam Wagner/CHSAANow.com)
Fairview standout Carlo Kemp is shaping up to be the most sought-after prospect in Colorado’s Class of 2016 football players.
On Tuesday, the 6-foot-3, 250-pound Kemp added an offer from Notre Dame, according to Fairview coach Tom McCartney. It brings Kemp’s total to 13, with 10 of those from Power 5 conferences.
Kemp, a defensive end/outside linebacker, is a consensus four-star prospect among every recruiting service, and Rivals lists him as the No. 187 prospect nationally.
He had 61 tackles (19 for a loss) and a team-best eight sacks as a junior last season — along with causing five fumbles.
“I’ve had athletes go Division I, but none of them have been like this,” said McCartney, who has been at Fairview for 22 years. “Craig Ochs, when he did it, he had some really intriguing ones — he had Georgia, Arizona, CU. So he had some across the country a little bit. But his were kind of late, though. They started the summer of his senior year.
“For Carlo, sophomore year, he started getting (offers). And now, he’s got at least a dozen Power 5 type of schools interested.”
Among Kemp’s offers: Arizona State, Boise State, Michigan, Nebraska, UCLA, Washington and Wisconsin. Colorado and Colorado State have also offered.
Others remain interested, too. Ohio State, Oregon and Stanford have all been out to see him or been in contact “multiple times,” McCartney said, but have yet to offer.
“He’s been intrigued by those three to see if it comes to fruition,” McCartney said.
But Kemp isn’t only looking at out-of-state offers.
“The local ones are awesome,” McCartney said, “because he loves close to home, too.”
McCartney said Kemp is considering graduating a semester early to enroll in college in January 2016 so that he can participate in spring practice — wherever that may be.