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Notre Dame football: Where top 10 recruits of the 2000s are now

Notre Dame football: Where top 10 recruits of the 2000s are now
November 28, 2009; Stanford, CA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen (7) scrambles during the first quarter against the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium. (Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (BVM) – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program snagged many of the most hyped high school prospects during the 2000s. Check out where the top 10 highest-rated Notre Dame recruiting commits from 2000-09 are now. 

The 10 highest-rated Notre Dame recruiting commits of the 2000s are determined by 247Sports’ Composite Rating – “a proprietary algorithm that compiles prospect ‘rankings’ and ‘ratings’ listed in the public domain by the major media recruiting services. It converts average industry ranks and ratings into a linear composite index capping at 1.0000.” 

It’s been roughly 15-20 years since these top 10 highest-rated Notre Dame recruits graduated high school. Some lived up to their hype, while others didn’t.  

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