Since the year 2000 Notre Dame has had 11 players taken in the first round of the NFL Draft and they weren’t all recruited to Notre Dame by him but all but two of those players played under Brian Kelly.
It’s insane to see the talent-level improve as this list goes on. It makes you wonder yet again what the heck was actually happening during the Davie, Willingham and some of the Weis years.
Ronnie Stanley, Offensive Tackle – 6th overall to Baltimore Ravens, 2016
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Ronnie Stanley became the second product of Harry Heistand’s offensive line units get drafted in the first round and has become a huge part of the Baltimore Ravens success. Stanley was voted as an All-Pro in 2019 and elected to the Pro Bowl this past season. Pro Football Focus went as far as calling Stanley the best pass blocking tackle in the NFL this past season.
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