Now that the regular season is over for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, we can really start to take a much closer look at the Notre Dame roster and 2019 recruiting class.
Staying within the 85 scholarship limit was going to be a huge challenge for the Irish this recruiting cycle after signing 27 players in last year’s class. That aggressive move made it tight this past summer, but it also was the reason that Notre Dame entered the 2018 season with 85 scholarship players for the first time in at least 15 years.
Why is that so important?