Notre Dame’s recruiting class of 2020 currently ranks No. 22 in the country, per rivals.com, but by the end of Wednesday’s National Signing Day, it will fall from there. Maybe not far, but a drop is somewhat inevitable as the Irish do not add any prospects to its class at the traditional end of a recruiting cycle.
Such a slip may become an annual occurrence for Notre Dame as it focuses its attention on December’s Early Signing Period, but an overall uptick is expected moving forward aside from that. Irish head coach Brian Kelly boldly staked out that ground in Orlando, Fla.