It is never, under any circumstances, a good idea to have a recruiting class without a quarterback.
In 2016, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish weren’t the top pick for any of the first nine quarterbacks they pursued.
Mike Sanford, then the quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator, convinced the staff to take a closer look at a player he was recruiting while working for the Boise State Broncos.
That player was Ian Book, who decommitted from the Washington State Cougars, to join Notre Dame’s class. He was so unheralded that no reporter asked Brian Kelly about him during the coach’s near-hour Signing Day news conference.