Notre Dame football: Recruiting could be changing for the Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame Football program landed a monster commitment on Tuesday, a sign that the tide could be turning in terms of recruiting.

It’s no secret that Notre Dame football faces several unique challenges that a school like Clemson or Ohio State does not. After all, the benefits of being a student-athlete, at least as they pertain to what most eighteen-year old’s think about, is limited.

Meanwhile, academic expectations are higher. This has generally meant that Notre Dame can’t recruit at the same level as the elite teams in college football.

This has become an issue over the years. Notre Dame football still gets a lot of great players into the program, of course. They just don’t have elite talent at every position across the board. This means that when Julian Love misses a quarter, due to injury, no one can step up to replace him, and a great defense gets exposed by one of those elite programs.

It means that when Alabama walks in with multiple first-round talents on the outside, the Irish can’t keep up with them.

Correcting this talent gap has been a priority for Brian Kelly and Notre Dame football. After all, as it stands now, Notre Dame is a great team that should win ten games annually, and can often compete for the College Football Playoff.

They just haven’t stood a chance once they get to that point.