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Notre Dame Football: What Sam Hartman’s commitment means for the Irish

I’m not sure the full impact of Sam Hartman’s commitment to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from the transfer portal can be fully measured one week into January, but for certain it’s the biggest roster addition since Manti Te’o... and it’s bigger than that.

Perhaps the most repeated complaint by Irish fans over the years is that Notre Dame can’t get over the hump because they haven’t signed an elite 5-Star quarterback like a Trevor Lawrence — a player that helped lead the Clemson Tigers to a national championship in his freshman year. While there is plenty of truth in that sentiment, that’s not really the norm throughout college football.