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This 2019 recruiting class for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish represents the 10th class for Brian Kelly during his tenure so far in South Bend. Kelly was hired by Notre Dame in December of 2009, and he immediately went to work to help finish the 2010 class with some solid players.
A decade is a long time in college football, and that length of time makes a strong impact on the program. Like a lot of college football programs, Notre Dame has signed some great players and they have signed good players that ended up being great during their careers. There have also been those that either had a short time in South Bend, flopped, or otherwise never made much of a mark on the program.
One of the most striking things to me about this list is the pure tragedy that it displays. It has nothing to do with what happened on the field, but has everything to do with the heartbreaking loss of life by a young man. Both Matt James and Greg Bryant passed away far too young, and it’s just a difficult thing to try and understand.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
These rankings are based purely off of the 247 Composite scores. If players had the same ranking, I ranked the player with the better career at ND higher. The players in BOLD are part of the 2019 recruiting class (even Foskey as this will be published before he announces).
- 226 players signed LOI’s
- 6) 5-Stars (Smith - Kraemer) during Kelly’s tenure.
- 124) 4-Stars
- 94) 3-Stars
- 2) 2-Stars
THE RANKINGS
- Jaylon Smith OLB
- Aaron Lynch DE
- Ishaq Williams DE
- Gunner Kiel QB
- Max Redfield S
- Tommy Kraemer OL
- Stephon Tuitt DL
- Brandon Wimbush QB
- Tee Shepard CB
- Greg Bryant RB
- Ben Koyack TE
- DaVonte’ Neal ATH
- Nyles Morgan LB
- Matt Hegarty OL
- Quenton Nelson OL
- Kyle Hamilton S
- Alize Mack TE
- Louis Nix DT
- Brock Wright TE
- Houston Griffith DB
- Liam Eichenberg OL
- Cole Kmet TE
- Robert Hainsey OL
- Elijah Shumate S
- Kevin Austin WR
- Phil Jurkovec QB
- Tristen Hoge OL
- T.J. Jones WR
- Zeke Correll OL
- Shayne Simon LB
- Dexter Williams RB
- Justin Brent WR
- Jack Lamb LB
- Hunter Biven OL
- DaVaris Daniels WR
- Sheldon Day DT
- Derrik Allen S
- Tarean Folston RB
- Alex Bars OL
- Shaun Crawford CB
- Isaac Rochell DL
- Ronnie Stanley OL
- Quinn Carroll OL
- Matt James OL
- Steve Elmer OL
- Javon McKinley WR
- Jayson Ademilola DT
- Josh Lugg OL
- KeiVarae Russell
- Jarron Jones DT
- Daelin Hayes DE
- Josh Barajas LB
- Andrew Trumbetti DE
- Darnell Ewell DT
- John Montelus OL
- Jerry Tillery DT
- Cole Luke CB
- Zack Martin OL
- Jacob Lacey DT
- Aaron Banks OL
- Malik Zaire QB
- Equanimeous St. Brown WR
- Chase Claypool WR
- Mike McGlinchey OL
- Nick Watckins CB
- Andrew Kristofic OL
- Corey Holmes WR
- John Olmstead OL
- Christian Lombard OL
- Khalid Kareem DT
- Colin McGovern OL
- Asmar Bilal LB
- Troy Niklas TE
- Miles Boykin WR
- Will Mahone RB
- Braden Lenzy WR
- Tori Hunter Jr. WR
- Isaiah Rutherford CB
- Isaiah Foskey DE
- Osita Ekwonu LB
- Eilar Hardy S
- Litchfield Ajavon S
- David Adams LB
- Alex Welch TE
- Sam Mustipher OL
- Ben Councell LB
- Troy Pride Jr. CB
- Doug Randolph DE
- C.J. Holmes RB
- Avery Davis QB
- DeShone Kizer QB
- Mike Heuerman TE
- Jay Hayes DL
- Nic Weishar TE
- Durham Smythe TE
- George Atkinson III RB
- George Takacs TE
- Lawrence Keys WR
- K.J. Wallace CB
- Bo Bauer LB
- NaNa Osafo-Mensah DE
- Will Fuller WR
- Andrew Hendrix QB
- C.J. Sanders WR
- Te’von Coney LB
- Isaiah Robertson ATH
- Grant Blankenship DE
- Donte Vaughn CB
- Robert Blanton CB
- Julian Okwara DE
- Josh Adams RB
- Cameron Roberson RB
- Tyler Luatua TE
- Hunter Spears DT
- Drue Tranquill S
- Howard Cross III DE
- James Onwualu WR
- Elijah Taylor DT
- Everett Golson QB
- C.J. Prosise ATH
- Devin Butler CB
- Justin Ferguson WR
- Tony Jones Jr. RB
- Jimmy Byrne OL
- Daniel Cage DT
- J.D. Bertrand LB
- Kyren Williams RB
- Noah Boykin CB
- Jarrett Patterson OL
- Micah Jones WR
- Prince Shembo LB
- Jarrett Grace LB
- Jack Kiser LB
- Danny Spond LB
- Greer Martini LB
- Dillan Gibbons OL
- Kendall Moore LB
- Kona Schwenke DL
- TaRiq Bracy CB
- Marist Liufau LB
- Jalen Guyton WR
- Rashad Kinlaw DB
- Romeo Okwara DE
- Kendall Abdur-Rahman WR
- Chris Brown WR
- Corey Robinson WR
- Parker Boudreaux OL
- D.J. Brown CB
- Jacob Matuska DL
- Tommy Tremble TE
- Brendon Clark QB
- Tommy Rees QB
- Spencer Boyd CB
- Chris Badger DB
- John Dirksen OL
- Luke Jones OL
- Ovie Oghoufo
- Mark Harrell OL
- Anthony Rabassa LB
- Trevor Ruhland Ol
- Mykelti Williams S
- Jalen Elliott S
- Jahmir Smith RB
- Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah LB
- Julian Love CB
- D.J. Morgan S
- Tony Springmann
- Jafer Armstrong WR
- Devin Studstill S
- Cam Hart WR
- Justin Ademilola DL
- Myron Tagovailola-Amosa
- Michael Young WR
- Nicky Baratti DB
- Ian Book QB
- Kurt Hinish DT
- Spencer Perry DB
- Cole Mabry OL
- Jordan Genmark Heath LB
- Joe Wilkins CB
- Brandon Tiassum DL
- John Turner DB
- Lo Wood CB
- Kevin Stepherson WR
- Ade Ogundeji DE
- Micah Dew-Treadway DL
- Ashton White DB
- Michael Deeb LB
- Bennett Jackson CB
- Jonathan Jones LB
- Ja’Mion Franklin DL
- Justin Utupo DL
- Daniel Smith WR
- Chase Hounshell DL
- Nick Martin OL
- Jonathan Bonner DT
- Kolin Hill DE
- Luke Massa QB
- Tate Nichols OL
- Nick Coleman DB
- Cam McDaniel RB
- Brad Carrico DL
- Jalen Brown CB
- Paul Moala S
- Deon McIntosh RB
- Jonathon MacCollister TE
- C’Bo Flemister
- Drew White LB
- Kofi Wardlow DE
- Jamir Jones LB
- Josh Atkinson CB
- Connor Hanratty OL
- Mathias Farley ATH
- Justin Yoon K
- Nicco Fertitta S
- Jhonathon Williams DE
- Derek Roback ATH
- Austin Collinsworth DB
- Jay Bramblett P
- Pete Mokwah DL
- Kyle Brindza K
- John Shannon LS
- Jonathan Doerer K
- Tyler Newsome K
- Scott Daly LS
- Bruce Heggie DL