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Notre Dame National Signing Day 2017: 5 Takeaways from Fighting Irish's Class

Notre Dame is coming off its worst season in nearly a decade, a 4-8 record that kept the Fighting Irish from playing in a bowl game and damaged its national brand. But not so much that they didn't once again put together a notable recruiting class, which the school announced formally on Wednesday during National Signing Day.

All told, Notre Dame inked 21 players—including two top-100 players—for a class that Scout rated as No. 13 in the country. That's slightly ahead of the 14th-ranked class the Irish signed in 2016, one that included notables such as defensive lineman Daelin Hayes, offensive tackle Tommy Kraemer, cornerback Julian Love, receiver Kevin Stephenson and safety Devin Studstill.