Notre Dame's Silent Recruiting Weapon Starts to Make Noise

In the world of college football recruiting it takes efforts from endless folks to ultimately land commitments of the nation's top-ranked players. Notre Dame has been on a tear recently, adding three key players to its elite class last week.

It's easy to look and say Notre Dame's recruiting luck began to turn a bit following Brian Kelly's departure and Marcus Freeman's promotion, but it still takes more than the head coach to make things ultimately click. And right now, Notre Dame is benefiting from having what seems to be an exceptional director of recruiting, Carter Auman.

Auman, a 2022 Notre Dame graduate, may be young, but appears to have been instrumental in helping land elite safety Joey O'Brien late last week.

O'Brien's father told Kyle Kelly of On3, "Carter Auman is the best recruiter out there, man," he said. "He's a great kid. We think the world of him. It's just great people there at Notre Dame.