There is Davis, Robertson, and Kelly left that are huge recruits and could really change our program for the next 3-4 years. Unfortunately when you look at our history of landing top 10 recruits, Davis and Robertson, we have had little success. Over the past 15 years we have had a total of 2 which were Clausen and Jaylon. Obviously Clausen didn't turn out to be a super star but he was good overall at ND and of course Jaylon was one of our best LB's ever. Kelly isn't in the top 10, I think he is ranked like 14, but he looks legit and I would be happy to land him regardless of his ranking.
Hopefully we can get 1 of these players because each is desperately needed. If we can land 2 I think it will be one of our top classes in 30 years, especially if no big recruits get hurt or transfer which has plagued ND these past 6 seasons. I know some on here are critical of coach Kelly but if you look at the big time players who have transferred, not to mention the injuries, he has done a great job. Also the people who dislike Kelly never look at his QB situation and act like he has had a Heisman candidate in the backfield each year. He may the next couple, let's all hope, but up until now he really did the best with what little he had.
Anyway I am definitely hopeful and trying think positive about NSD but sometimes I get caught up in the hype from the Blue and Gold articles and forget about reality. It has been a good recruiting year and if we don't land any of the above kids we will probably stay in the top 10. I think Bama, USC, UCLA, Florida, Clemson and maybe 1-2 other schools have a good chance of jumping us. Regardless this is going to be a big day for our program and coach Kelly's next cycle.
Hopefully we can get 1 of these players because each is desperately needed. If we can land 2 I think it will be one of our top classes in 30 years, especially if no big recruits get hurt or transfer which has plagued ND these past 6 seasons. I know some on here are critical of coach Kelly but if you look at the big time players who have transferred, not to mention the injuries, he has done a great job. Also the people who dislike Kelly never look at his QB situation and act like he has had a Heisman candidate in the backfield each year. He may the next couple, let's all hope, but up until now he really did the best with what little he had.
Anyway I am definitely hopeful and trying think positive about NSD but sometimes I get caught up in the hype from the Blue and Gold articles and forget about reality. It has been a good recruiting year and if we don't land any of the above kids we will probably stay in the top 10. I think Bama, USC, UCLA, Florida, Clemson and maybe 1-2 other schools have a good chance of jumping us. Regardless this is going to be a big day for our program and coach Kelly's next cycle.
