The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, like every other college football program out there, has the puzzle of roster management to deal with each and every year. The biggest and best way to deal with this puzzle is through the collective effort of recruiting. While transfers can help plug a hole here and there, recruiting is every bit what the experts say it is — the life blood of the program.
One of the best ways to examine the recruiting effort by a program is though a scholarship chart. Going through each recruiting class is somewhat fair, but the scholarship chart shows how the roster is built, and it also shows what holes need to be filled.