While there is no shortage of talent in the upper-class wide receiver ranks for Notre Dame, there has been quite the shortage of productivity. Collectively, the 2017-2019 Notre Dame wide receiver recruiting classes has produced at a level that is dramatically low in the recent history of Notre Dame football. Individually, the production 2017-2019 recruits are as follows:
While these numbers are strikingly low, what is even more pronounced is how these three recruiting classes compare with the last ten sets of three-year wide receiver recruiting classes that preceded them:
As is seen above, the 2017-2019 recruiting classes’ production in terms of receptions, yards, and touchdowns is a small fraction of every single one of the ten previous three-year wide-receiver recruiting classes.