Q. With the addition of so many guys later on in the process, was there any talk or much talk with the staff as far as weighing the benefits of holding on to some of those numbers for next year as opposed to bringing these guys in later on?

COACH KELLY: We didn't want to take anybody that we didn't believe could help us. That was first. But you also have to understand that you have to be at 85 scholarships if you want to have any mid year players come on board.
Right now we're going to be at 82 scholarships. So to have the five mid year enrollees that we have here at the University of Notre Dame, to make that happen, you have to be at 85. We're currently under that.
So you're fighting both. There are a number of players that we want to recruit that want to graduate early and come into Notre Dame early. So you have to fight both of those as you're putting your class together.
Now having said that, there are some guys in our program that we're going to give an opportunity to earn a scholarship for a one year opportunity and get us to 85, so we can combat that. But that is a balancing act that you have to do.

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