This 2019 recruiting class for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish represents the 10th class for Brian Kelly during his tenure so far in South Bend. Kelly was hired by Notre Dame in December of 2009, and he immediately went to work to help finish the 2010 class with some solid players.

A decade is a long time in college football, and that length of time makes a strong impact on the program. Like a lot of college football programs, Notre Dame has signed some great players and they have signed good players that ended up being great during their careers. There have also been those that either had a short time in South Bend, flopped, or otherwise never made much of a mark on the program.

One of the most striking things to me about this list is the pure tragedy that it displays. It has nothing to do with what happened on the field, but has everything to do with the heartbreaking loss of life by a young man. Both Matt James and Greg Bryant passed away far too young, and it’s just a difficult thing to try and understand.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

These rankings are based purely off of the 247 Composite scores. If players had the same ranking, I ranked the player with the better career at ND higher. The players in BOLD are part of the 2019 recruiting class (even Foskey as this will be published before he announces).

226 players signed LOI’s

6) 5-Stars (Smith - Kraemer) during Kelly’s tenure.

124) 4-Stars

94) 3-Stars

2) 2-Stars

THE RANKINGS