Notre Dame’s biggest football recruits since 2000

Who is Notre Dame’s biggest recruit (in your eyes) since 2000?

Tuesday was a great day for Brian Kelly, Marcus Freeman, and the rest of the Notre Dame coaching staff as they landed a commitment from ’23 five-star defensive end Brenan Vernon.

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Scout’s View of Vernon commitment

Just how big of a get is this for Notre Dame?  Time will tell as Vernon is only entering his junior year of high school but as it stands now, he’s one of the top-ten for Notre Dame overall in this entire century.

Let’s take a very quick look back at Notre Dame’s top-ranked recruits since 2001 (courtesy of 247Sports) and see just how highly thought of Vernon is.