Notre Dame Football: Top National Signing Day targets

With National Signing Day approaching, here are the top remaining targets for Notre Dame football.

The 2016 season was not kind to Notre Dame football. The Fighting Irish were a top-10 team to start the year, but lost the opener to Texas and it was all downhill from there. In fact, Notre Dame finished the season with a 4-8 record, even losing a home game to Michigan State who finished one game worse at 3-9.

Brian Kelly was being blamed for the struggles and his inability to accept responsibility nearly cost him his job. It seemed like every week he was passing the blame to his players which rubbed some people the wrong way.

However, the head coach retained his job for at least one more season and will likely need an inverse record, 8-4, in 2017 in order to remain in South Bend. He had been considered one of the best coaches in the country before the 2016 season, but the way he handled himself has people doubting that he’s the answer for the program.

Notre Dame still has the 12th-best recruiting class in the country, according to 247Sports, and that’s impressive for a team that went just 4-8. That just goes to show how easy the Notre Dame brand will always sell and that Kelly still remains one of the better recruiters in the nation.

There are still some top targets left on the board for the Fighting Irish with National Signing Day coming up. They hosted some of those targets this past weekend in the final official visit opportunity of the 2017 cycle.

Let’s take a look at the top remaining Notre Dame football targets before National Signing Day.