The world is slowly, ever so slowly and not cautiously enough, getting back to some vague representation of normal, and that includes college football. The recruiting dead period will end June 1, which means Notre Dame can once again visit recruits and have them visit campus and interact with the Irish coaches while there.
For a school recruiting nationally and relying on its campus as its crown jewel for recruiting, the last 15 months have been a unique challenge, one Notre Dame met by finishing the class of 2021 at No. 9, per rivals.com’s recruiting rankings. And while lessons from that will be applied moving forward — Irish head coach Brian Kelly very much prefers Zoom conversation to texts, feeling he can make an impression on and better understand an entire family through the video conferences — that is not a challenge Notre Dame would like to face for another entire cycle.