Defensive Recruiting: 2 Year Snapshot from Scout.com
It's been a long time since ND was in this kind of company on the defensive side of the ball. Now, if we can actually get those players to PRODUCE at that level, we'll be onto something. (NOTE: I will be doing the same thing with the results from Rivals.com). The recruiting balance, at least, under Kelly has been significantly better.
I've said it before but recruiting success, on paper, hasn't been Notre Dame's problem, at least not for awhile.
DEFENSIVE LINE
TOP 50/5 star players
4 Florida St
4 Ohio St
3 NOTRE DAME
2 LSU
2 Georgia
2 Miami
2 Texas
2 Oklahoma
1 Oregon
1 California
1 Florida
0 Alabama
0 USC
0 Clemson
0 Auburn
0 Stanford
0 Michigan
0 Tennessee
0 Arkansas
0 Michigan State
TOP 300
8 Ohio St
7 Florida St
5 Alabama
5 Georgia
5 Texas
4 NOTRE DAME
4 LSU
4 USC
4 Oregon
4 Miami
4 California
3 Florida
3 Auburn
3 Michigan
2 Clemson
2 Oklahoma
2 Stanford
2 Tennessee
2 Arkansas
1 Michigan St
LINEBACKERS
TOP 50/5 stars
2 Alabama
1 NOTRE DAME
1 Georgia
1 Texas
1 Clemson
1 Ohio St
1 Michigan St
0 LSU
0 USC
0 FSU
0 Oregon
0 Miami
0 California
0 Florida
0 Oklahoma
0 Auburn
0 Stanford
0 Michigan
0 Tennessee
0 Arkansas
TOP 300
7 Alabama
6 Texas
5 LSU
5 Ohio St
5 Michigan
4 USC
3 NOTRE DAME
3 Clemson
3 Auburn
2 Georgia
2 Miami
2 California
2 Florida
2 Stanford
2 Tennessee
2 Michigan St
1 Florida St
1 Oregon
1 Oklahoma
0 Arkansas
DEFENSIVE BACKS
TOP 50/5 stars
2 Alabama
2 Florida St
1 NOTRE DAME
1 Miami
1 Florida
0 LSU
0 USC
0 Oregon
0 Georgia
0 Texas
0 Clemson
0 Oklahoma
0 Auburn
0 Ohio St
0 Stanford
0 Michigan
0 Tennessee
0 Arkansas
0 Michigan State
TOP 300
10 Texas (holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit)
6 Georgia
6 Florida
6 Ohio St
5 Auburn
4 NOTRE DAME
4 Alabama
4 Florida St
3 LSU
3 Oregon
3 Michigan
2 Miami
2 Clemson
2 California
2 Oklahoma
2 Stanford
2 Arkansas
1 USC
1 Tennessee
1 Michigan State
OVERALL DEFENSIVE TOTALS
TO 50/FIVE STARS
6 Florida State
5 NOTRE DAME
5 Ohio State
4 Alabama
3 Georgia
3 Miami
3 Texas
2 LSU
2 Florida
2 Oklahoma
1 Oregon
1 Clemson
1 Michigan St
0 USC
0 Auburn
0 Stanford
0 Michigan
0 TEnnessee
0 Arkansas
TOP 300
21 Texas
19 Ohio St
16 Alabama
13 Georgia
12 LSU
12 Florida St
11 NOTRE DAME
11 Florida
11 Auburn
11 Michigan
9 USC
8 Oregon
8 California
8Miami
7 Clemson
6 Stanford
5 Oklahoma
5 Tennessee
4 Arkansas
4 Michigan St
I'd be interested to see the distribution
of where these players are in the system (i.e., under vs upper-classmen, first-year vs fifth-year). A five-star freshmen is still a freshmen and not worth nearly as much as a five-star senior.
This is rising sophomores and incoming freshmen.
Off the top of my head, in the upper classes:
TOP 50
Teo
TOP 300
Nix
Schwenke
Calabrese
Motta
Slaughter
D. McCarthy (if he returns)
the LB is Williams?
by Spesh 
, Los Angeles, Saturday, February 04, 2012, 08:01 (5240 days ago) @ FunkDoctorSpock
Why Scout, though? They suck.
Yup
by Spesh , Los Angeles, Saturday, February 04, 2012, 07:54 (5240 days ago) @ Bill
Plus, a defense is only as good as its weakest link.
See Notre Dame, 2004. That front seven was good (Tuck, Abiamiri, Landri, Laws, Pauly, Budinscak, Hoyte, Goolsby), but man did that secondary suck. Burrell, Zibby (freshman version), Jackson, and Ellick. It also featured the Carlos Campbell as CB experiment, which failed miserably.
Hijacking my own reply to this thread, when did Freddie Parrish transfer? He was part of that team, but I feel like something happened. I don't remember him playing.