Notre Dameâ€™s famed Golden Dome was put in place three years after the 1879 fire. BlueandGold.com has learned that Fresno (Calif.) San Joaquin Memorial punter Andrew Antognoli has committed to Notre Dame as a preferred walk-on.

The one-time Harvard pledge capped his prep career as a Semper Fidelis All-American, which is when his trainer, Chris Sailer of Chris Sailer Kicking (the premier kicking/punting camp in the country), said that things began to heat up for Antognoli.

"He's a five-star punter," Sailer said. "A top-10 nationally ranked guy. He has all the tools. Like any high school player he's unproven and will have to work on his trade. He'll work hard and has a great leg and has all the tools to be a D-1 punter.

"He's mature, a hard worker and all those things points towards a guy that's going to develop," Sailer said. "Andrew told Notre Dame that he wants to be part of the program a couple days ago, but he wanted to have everything clear with Harvard first before making it public.

"Notre Dame is getting a good one. He has all the tools you're looking for in a college punter."

Other recent preferred walk-ons on the Irish roster include Joe Schmidt and Eric Lee.