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 quarterback, and it was the latter that took the team to new heights and made the undefeated regular season truly possible.
Ian Book was the 517th rated player in his class by 247 composite, and was given the obligatory moniker of “game manager” who could come in and help the team win a game as a backup if need be while the true starter was hurt, or otherwise unavailable.