put another way

by Pat, in the cloud, Friday, May 17, 2013, 12:44 (4770 days ago) @ Pat

ND has always been pretty good at landing highly rated OL recruits. The following are all the 4+ star guys on Rivals.

But notice that while ND did have a few banner classes (from a rankings perspective in '02 and '06), rarely were back to back strong classes put together. Weis did a pretty good job but then things got thin during Kelly's first few recruiting years.

Thankfully it looks like ND is putting together a second very strong class (again, rankings wise). That's a good thing given the relatively high miss rate on OL rankings, not to mention their injury attrition rate.

2002 - Bonelli, Ryan, Landri, Raridon, Morton
2003 - Sullivan
2004 - none
2005 - none
2006 - Carufel,Olsen,Stewart,Wenger,Young
2007 - Nuss, Romine
2008 - Cave, Clelland, Robinson
2009 - Bullard, Martin, Watt
2010 - James, Lombard
2011 - Hegarty
2012 - Stanley
2013 - Bivin, Elmer, McGlinchey, Montelus
2014 - Bars, Byrne, Mustipher, Nelson

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Alex Bars committed to play football for Notre Dame. - Slainte Joe, 2013-05-17, 11:43
- I may be new here, but where's Gene? - PAK, 2013-05-20, 08:05
- adding in the rankings - Pat, 2013-05-20, 05:30
  - has there been any explanation why - Spesh, 2013-05-20, 07:07
- Must've thought Hoke was too chicken - Brendan, 2013-05-17, 22:41
- I love anything having to do with bars - Jack, 2013-05-17, 13:10
- This class needs to find itself a Percy Harvin Type®. - Chris, 2013-05-17, 12:46
  - And a bad ass ILB or two - FunkDoctorSpock, 2013-05-17, 12:52
    - Seconded. I'm surprised we haven't seen a half dozen ILB - BillyGoat, 2013-05-17, 14:37
      - Two new ones went out this week - scriptcomesfirst, 2013-05-17, 15:12
        
        For 2014? What were the names? - BillyGoat, 2013-05-17, 21:29
        
        Kenny Young from LA... The other was a 2015 kid, I guess - scriptcomesfirst, 2013-05-18, 10:19
- The class is now ranked... - FunkDoctorSpock, 2013-05-17, 12:28
  - I wonder at what point the other services ignore ESPN. - PAK, 2013-05-18, 08:52
- Good genes, by the way. - Jim (fisherj08), 2013-05-17, 12:13
- #HeistandforND - Chris, 2013-05-17, 11:48
  - Well, I'm happy to say I was wrong about him - irishvol, 2013-05-17, 13:35
    - The poor schmoe had to coach under Lane Kiffin - Jack, 2013-05-17, 14:40
      - Derek Dooley. But your point still stands. - irishvol, 2013-05-17, 18:33
    - Seconded. - Savage, 2013-05-17, 13:37
  - #HiestandWeAllStand - Spesh, 2013-05-17, 13:05
  - I'm very happy that we got Hiestand! - oviedoirish, 2013-05-17, 12:49
    - We've been kicking OSU's butt for OL since that change... - BillyGoat, 2013-05-17, 13:24
      - tOSU will likely get Jamarco Jones though... - Jim (OFD), 2013-05-20, 06:13
        
        According to Wiltfong over on 24/7... - FunkDoctorSpock, 2013-05-20, 06:19
        
        True - Jim (OFD), 2013-05-20, 07:05
        
        It could be that he's just not that interested. - PAK, 2013-05-20, 08:15
      - Since Warinner helped steal Decker... - BPH, 2013-05-17, 18:32
      - At the risk of sounding like a dick about it... - KGB, 2013-05-17, 14:04
        
        Yeah, but Urbie is telling recruits - hobbs, 2013-05-17, 17:22
        
        4. He turned us down after Davie - JN, 2013-05-17, 20:26
- This is a good thing, right? - Greg, 2013-05-17, 11:48
  - another Top 100 recruit - Pat, 2013-05-17, 11:57
    - put another way - Pat, 2013-05-17, 12:44
      - Many things about the last 15 years of ND football bother me - PAK, 2013-05-18, 08:40
      - Ty did just a bang up job recruiting that O-line, boy - Jack, 2013-05-17, 14:43
        
        That, of course, goes for every position in 2004-05 - BPH, 2013-05-17, 15:02
        
        The only player who enrolled at ND in 2004 in the NFL? - FunkDoctorSpock, 2013-05-17, 16:33
      - Holy Crap, that 2002 class - IrishGuard, 2013-05-17, 13:33
        
        Bonelli was supposed to be the throw in with Lorenzo Booker - Jack, 2013-05-17, 14:46
        
        Barely. - Savage, 2013-05-17, 16:31
      - Really, you might have to go back to 99.. - Domer99, 2013-05-17, 12:55
        
        Faine: Great OL. Terrible at Halo. - ReginaldVelJohnson, 2013-05-18, 06:16
        
        Boracho Burrito Legend - HullieAndMikes, 2013-05-18, 06:39
        
        I think that's hindsight bias. - JRT, 2013-05-17, 19:41
        
        The famous "Baby Bulls" - BPH, 2013-05-17, 14:36
      - Well then... - Greg, 2013-05-17, 12:47
  - Offers from everywhere - Jim (fisherj08), 2013-05-17, 11:53
- That's a pretty darn good O-Line class. - Jim (fisherj08), 2013-05-17, 11:44
  - And as good as the last two classes have been... - BPH, 2013-05-17, 11:51
- hot dog - Jay, 2013-05-17, 11:44

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