Notre Dame football will always recruit well. They are one of about 5 to 10 schools that have history and prestige on their side. Even with the academic hurdles, small Catholic school obstacles and lack of dominating success over the last two decades, Notre Dame will always attract supreme talent. That shows consistently when the recruiting rankings finalize every February.
However, recruiting seems to be in a different spot right now than it has the last several seasons. Notre Dame is landing their top targets, and when they don’t, they have secondary options already lined up they also very much love.