Blue & Gold Illustrated: Notre Dame Football And Recruiting

David McKinney and Bryan Driskell give a position-by-position breakdown of Notre Dame's 2018 signing class 

Notre Dame put together an outstanding defensive haul for the 2018 recruiting class. The Irish loaded up on talented defensive backs and linebackers, and brought in a quality defensive line haul. 

Blue & Gold Illustrated football analyst Bryan Driskell sat down with the members of the defensive staff, defensive line coach Mike Elston, safeties coach Terry Joseph and defensive coordinator Clark Lea, to talk about the class, and also to get a bit of a sneak preview at next year's defense. 

National Signing Day has arrived and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have signed one of the nation's top classes. Notre Dame's offensive staff brought in a strong haul that has top end talent, balance and depth. Blue & Gold Illustrated football analyst Bryan Driskell spoke with offensive coordinator Chip Long, quarterbacks coach Tommy Rees, running backs coach Autry Denson, wide receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander and offensive line coach Jeff Quinn about the class.

The BGI recruiting staff previews the Notre Dame storylines heading into National Signing Day.

Notre Dame had one of the nation's best offensive lines in 2018, and the end result was the unit winning the Joe Moore Award, which goes to the nation's top group. ESPN Football Analyst Cole Cubelic is one of the top evaluators of offensive line play in the country, and the Irish line was a hot topic for him all season. He joined Blue & Gold Illustrated football analyst Bryan Driskell to talk about the Irish line.

Cubelic broke down what made left guard Quenton Nelson so dominant and where he stacks up compared to other linemen Cubelic has evaluated over the years. He gets into the success of left tackle Mike McGlinchey and the potential of the players that return to South Bend next season, including center Sam Mustipher and right guard Alex Bars.

With less than a week to go until National Signing Day, the BGI recruiting staff discusses where Notre Dame stands with each of its remaining targets, and breaks down the list of prospects that attended the Irish's Junior Day

Notre Dame hired former Tennessee, Nebraska, Texas A&M and North Carolina defensive backs coach Terry Joseph to lead the Irish safeties. The final hire to the new ten man staff, Joseph brings a strong recruiting and coaching background to the Notre Dame staff. Blue & Gold Illustrated senior editor Lou Somogyi and football analyst Bryan Driskell discuss Joseph's background and why this was such an effective hire for Notre Dame, and what it means for the staff as a whole.

Following that discussion, Somogyi and Driskell begin the offseason breakdown of the different position groups as the team heads into winter conditioning and preps for spring practice. Up first is the position that will likely be the most watched, and has the biggest questions .... quarterback.

The BGI recruiting staff discusses the commitment of Georgia CB KJ Wallace and what it means for Notre Dame, plus dicusses the massive amount of talent on campus for Notre Dame's Junior Day 

The BGI recruiting staff goes through the extensive list of official and unofficial visitors sltaed to be in South Bend this weekend