It had been a decade since the Notre Dame football team had a quarterback as a captain. And when one really takes the time to reflect on the fact that no quarterback has been named a captain since Jimmy Clausen in 2009, it sheds a little light on the strangeness of the Notre Dame quarterback position since that time.
Since Clausen left for the NFL, the Irish haven’t had the best luck with the quarterback position, as injuries and suspensions have seemingly prevented the position from having continuity. The development of Notre Dame quarterbacks has been non-existent, mostly because there have always been questions about the position at the start of each season.