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Inside Marcus Freeman's Notre Dame football recruiting overhaul

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Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman considered his roster following a recent fall practice ahead of a season that could see the Irish back in the College Football Playoff. Perhaps for the first time in the 38-year-old's tenure, Freeman is overseeing a team recruited by his design and built in his vision. With two full recruiting cycles under his belt, Freeman has overhauled Notre Dame's recruiting infrastructure, boosted its NIL offerings and embraced the transfer portal, all part of a push to take the singular qualities that have kept Notre Dame continually among college football's elite and bolster the Irish for deep runs in the expanded, 12-team CFP.