When Notre Dame and Marshall meet this weekend the history between the two programs won’t be the deepest. The two have never met on the football field and aside from Cain Madden who transferred to Notre Dame from Marshall for the 2021 season, there isn’t exactly a large overlap there.
Except for perhaps the most talented wide receiver the game of football has ever seen.
Randy Moss was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018, two decades after his topsy-turvey college football career came to an end. It was a career that saw him sign a letter of intent to Notre Dame, but never saw him actually enter school as a student.
What is the story between Moss and Notre Dame, how it ended up not happening, and what could have been? Here’s a look back at perhaps the biggest recruit Notre Dame ever didn’t ultimately end up with.