Landri impressive in win

“It was a total team effort,” Concord (Calif.) De La Salle two-way lineman Derek Landri said of his team’s 117th consecutive victory, a 29-15 win over nationally ranked Long Beach Poly.

“It was awesome. We just kept fighting and playing hard. Our tackle even got hurt and another guy stepped in. Like I said, it was a team effort all the way.”

Landri was a big part of that team effort, recording more than 10 tackles as the team’s nose guard and also starting at offensive tackle. The 6-foot-4, 282-pound blue chipper committed to Notre Dame in the summer.

It’s a decision he has not wavered on.

“I just grew up liking Notre Dame,” he said. “When I went there, I just felt like it was the place for me. I liked all the coaches and the players.”

Although Landri is one of 12 Notre Dame commitments, other schools refuse to give up. USC, Washington, Cal, Miami and Oklahoma continue to call. Landri also sought a little bit of advice from former De La Salle lineman Aaron Taylor. Taylor, of course, also played at Notre Dame and was a first round pick in the NFL draft.

“We just talked a little,” Landri said. “He said he was kind of like me, that Notre Dame was just a place he had wanted to go to all his life. He told me to follow what I felt inside, in my gut.”