It was once said the highest pressure position in all of college football was playing quarterback at Notre Dame. Sure, when [autotag]Beano Cook[/autotag] puts the pressure on you to win multiple Heisman’s and national championships, it’s nearly impossible to dispute the claim.
Times have changed a bit in recent decades and although the pressure on Notre Dame quarterbacks might not be the same as it was during the peak of the [autotag]Lou Holtz[/autotag] era for [autotag]Ron Powlus[/autotag], but pressure comes with playing for the Irish still, no doubt.
Quarterback has also been perhaps the biggest difference between the elites and Notre Dame in recent years in the sense that the elites have an elite signal caller while the Irish put out good but far from elite players at the position recently.
If we look back since the year 2000 there have been some fantastic quarterbacks to wear blue and gold. Which of those came in with the biggest hype in terms of recruiting rankings? And which ones soared beyond the little hype the may have been surrounded by?
And which didn’t even play quarterback in college?
Here are the top 25 Notre Dame quarterback recruits since 2000 according to the 247Sports composite ranking system.