The acquisition of talent has long been of extreme importance to fans of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It’s for good reason, obviously. In college football, it’s usually the team with the most talent that wins the most football games... usually.
One of the better ways to determine how much talent a team has, is to look at the NFL Draft. Usually the college football programs that are winning the most games and titles are the ones that are sending boatloads to the NFL via the draft.
That talent pipeline begins with recruiting.