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Comparing Ohio State & Notre Dame WR recruiting - past 5 yrs by MrE

Not recruiting elite TE and OL year in and year out at ND is problematic. Your post outlines the lack of elite talent currently at ND on the OL, at least in the four classes of Soph thru RS Senior.

Outside of Mayer, I'm not sure ND has a roster stocked with elite TE, either.

While some want ND to copycat the explosive offenses that Alabama, Ohio State, LSU, Clemson, and Oklahoma have, I think it would be faulty for ND to go down that path unless they can get the best WR's in the country AND a consistent flow of elite QBs. Not just 1 "maybe" elite QB every so often.

It is critical ND attracts the top TE and OL talent and builds an offense based on those natural strengths. Or hire a coaching staff that will bring in the elite WR/QB talent.

Here is a list of where WR recruits ranked nationally from 2017-2021 (247 Sports Composite):

#3 – Ohio State
#9 – Ohio State
#20 – Ohio State
#29 – Ohio State
#37 – Notre Dame
#41 – Ohio State
#66 – Ohio State
#73 – Ohio State
#82 – Notre Dame
#82 – Ohio State
#93 – Ohio State
#97 – Ohio State
#99 – Ohio State
#102 – Notre Dame
#115 – Notre Dame
#126 – Ohio State
#177 – Ohio State
#286 – Notre Dame
#305 – Notre Dame
#323 – Ohio State
#376 – Notre Dame
#389 – Notre Dame
#399 – Ohio State
#472 – Notre Dame
#476 – Notre Dame
#644 – Notre Dame
#780 – Notre Dame
#796 – Ohio State