Despite the pandemic robbing Notre Dame of its greatest recruiting strength, the Irish put together a complete recruiting class. Even after losing its defensive coordinator to the Vanderbilt head coaching gig just 48 hours before the primary (early) signing period began, Notre Dame kept its class intact.
With a heralded dual-threat quarterback and a trio of four-star receivers, with a five-star offensive tackle and a four-star defensive tackle wide as a “Volkswagen,” to use Irish recruiting coordinator Brian Polian’s description, and with a bevy of raw defensive prospects, Notre Dame hauled in the No. 10 recruiting class in the country, per rivals.