Next Wednesday will already be the seventh signing day for Brian Kelly at Notre Dame. There's been some chaos, surprising commitments, sick grandmothers, and more than one player that signed elsewhere but eventually transferred to South Bend. Using 247's composite recruiting rankings, let's look at the past six classes - signing day commitments and close calls, commits that transferred, and under-the-radar recruits that ended up exceeding expectations.
2010
Brian Kelly's first real test as Notre Dame head coach was to close out the recruiting class of 2010 that Charlie Weis had assembled - how would he fare at a top program and with the potential challenges of high admissions barriers combined with recruiting nationally?