Analysis
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Notre Dame Football’s Last Two Recruiting Cycles By The Numbers
This week, we wrote about Notre Dame’s 2018-2019 recruiting classes, breaking down each position group, composite ratings and top 200 players. The key takeaways are the offensive line was met…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame Football’s Two Year Recruiting Haul: Defense
Recruiting classes are very often analyzed and gauged in two year increments. No class is targeted in a vacuum; the current seasons recruiting class is often influenced by the season…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame Football’s Two Year Recruiting Haul: Offense
Recruiting classes are very often analyzed and gauged in two year increments. No class is targeted in a vacuum; the current seasons recruiting class is often influenced by the season…
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Notre Dame Needs to Add Turner & Foskey to Close Class of 2019
It’s been pretty quiet on the recruiting front for Notre Dame since the start of the year in terms of the class of 2019. The Irish signed all 21 of…
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Notre Dame Needs Next RB Coach to Elevate Recruiting
Autry Denson was one of the best running backs coaches Notre Dame has had in terms of player development and pure coaching in many year. If there was an area…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: True Success Of The 2019 Class Will Be Felt In 2020
If I had to pick one word to describe the 2019 recruiting effort it would be: professional. It was known from the very beginning the class would be small. The…
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Petersen Takes Veiled Shot at Notre Dame When Washington Does it Too
The only drama on Signing Day for Notre Dame came in the form of a potential last minute flip of 4-star safety/linebacker Asa Turner. The Washington commit who Notre Dame…
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Hamilton And Ajavon Cap An Incredible Two Year Haul At Safety For Notre Dame
Once a liability in recruiting, the safety position has exploded for the Irish in the last two cycles, giving the Irish three players in the top 110, four in the…
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Don’t Sleep On Notre Dame’s 2019 Quarterback Brendon Clark
The Fighting Irish started the season with a four star, top 50 player at the quarterback position and are ending the season with a three star, top 600 player at…
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Notre Dame Reloads Along the Defensive Line with Monster Class
Notre Dame’s run towards the College Football playoffs this year has been fueled by a defensive line that generates pressure with just its front four. The Irish made a big…
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Quinn Delivers Massive Offensive Line Haul in First Try
For years under Harry Hiestand it became common place for Notre Dame land elite offensive line prospect after elite offensive line prospect. Over his last couple of recruiting hauls as…
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Kyren Williams Gives Notre Dame Elite RB in Class of 2019
Notre Dame has had trouble recruiting the running back over the last few recruiting cycles ever since they brought in Josh Adams and Dexter Williams in the same class in…
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Notre Dame Building Another Elite Defensive Recruiting Class
Defensive recruiting during the tenure of former defensive coordinator Brian Vangorder was generally pretty terrible. The only thing he was less effective at than stoping opposing offenses was luring elite…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Finish Mirrored Up & Down 2017 Season
If you stop and think about it, the 2018 recruiting cycle played out a lot like the 2017 football season. A very strong start with some definite highlights (Kevin Austin,…
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Notre Dame Football Signing Day 2018: The Sleepers
Every year I like to pick a handful of my favorite players who aren’t as highly touted, but I think have bright futures. This is my third signing day, and…
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Notre Dame Football Signing Day 2018: Instant Impact
Let’s face it, sleepers are fun, but everyone wants to know when we are going to see the new toys in action. New recruits are like draft picks; no one…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Final Signing Day Predictions
The Notre Dame recruiting class currently sits at 21 signed players, with room for 4-5 more, and Brian Kelly looks for a good close on Wednesday, the culmination of the…
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Notre Dame Recruiting ’18: Notre Dame’s Remaining Prospects
Notre Dame inked 20 early signings earlier this week in what can only be described as a near flawless attempt at the first Early Signing Period in college football. Notre…
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Position By Position Break Down Of The Notre Dame Early Signing Class
Notre Dame officially welcomed 20 players to the 2018 recruiting class today. They currently sit at #7 in the 247 class rankings with a couple players left to decide this…
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Notre Dame Recruiting ’18: Big Developments At Cornerback
The 2017 regular season has ended, which means 2018 recruiting moves to the forefront for the Notre Dame football program. On Wednesday night, the Irish coaches caught a nice jolt…
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Recruiting Picking Up For #3 Notre Dame
All of Notre Dame nation has loved what they’ve seen from the Irish so far this season. They are winning games, they run the ball, they stop the run, and…
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High Risk, High Reward for Notre Dame Recruiting Mega Weekends
Here we are again. Huge, prime time match for Notre Dame against a marquee opponent and Notre Dame has a group of elite recruits lined up for official and unofficial…
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Notre Dame Rover Depth: Shayne Simon Commit Analysis
Notre Dame has quickly built depth at the new ROVER position that Mike Elko brought with him from Wake Forest earlier this year. With plenty of internal candidates to man…
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Notre Dame Football Needs a Pass Rusher Like Jayson Oweh
It’s no secret that Notre Dame has struggled to recruit pass rushers for the better part of the last 20 years. On Thursday Notre Dame hosts elite pass rusher Jayson…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Can Brian Kelly Solve His Five Star Problem?
Last week Rivals ranked their top 50 schools in terms of recruiting from the last five years. The methodology was simple: they averaged all the final class rankings and ordered…
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