Notre Dame has gotten both great and bad news on the recruiting trail in recent days as former wide receiver commit Deion Colzie gave the Irish his second verbal commitment on Monday.
This came just days after Notre Dame found out that star corner back commitment Philip Riley, Jr. was stepping away from his commitment. News then came on Monday that Riley had committed to Notre Dame’s biggest rival in USC.
So after one four-star recruit was lost but another was added for the second time, where does Notre Dame’s 2020 recruiting class rank nationally?
247Sports: 11th
Notre Dame is listed just behind Michigan as the Irish are just outside the top ten here. 247Sports ranks the Irish with nine four-star and three-star commitments each but no five-star rankings.
ESPN: 11th
ESPN doesn’t give players star rankings but it’s worth noting you can find Notre Dame currently pegged between USC (10) and Georgia (12) in that 11 spot. ESPN has recently moved the Irish up four spots in their latest update.
Rivals: 11th
The ranking might be the exact same but how they add up talent is different as Rivals currently has offensive tackle Blake Fisher as a five-star talent but grades just five Notre Dame commitments as four-star talents while a dozen get the three-star grade.
Brian Kelly spoke about making a climb in recruiting and pulling in a top five class last December.
Getting to the top five seems almost impossible at this point but one thing worth noting is how close the Irish are to Clemson, specifically in the Rivals rankings, where the Tigers check in just one spot above the Irish.
Clemson doesn’t recruit to star-ranking like some of the other major programs do but it would certainly be something to make you feel better about the state of recruiting if you’re a Notre Dame fan.
Stay tuned to see just how high Notre Dame ends up with their 2021 class in the coming weeks and months.