This top ten countdown is based on the players who were the most valuable and talented to come out of Notre Dame during the Brian Kelly era.
10. DeShone Kizer
What if Malik Zaire didn’t break his ankle at Virginia, would Kizer ever have gotten a chance? Kizer was a good recruit coming out of high school, but there were questions about his athleticism. He continued to prove skeptics wrong with his running game and in only 2 seasons at Notre Dame he accumulated 997 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns. Pretty good for a guy who can’t run, right?