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Thoughts on Notre Dame landing more top-50 recruits, candidates to be the next Joe Alt or Leonard Moore from the freshmen class, and on the passing of Lou Holtz
By Jamie Uyeyama
March 5, 2026
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The final 2026 ISD Fab 50 was released earlier this week and for the first time since I’ve been ranking players in this format (2018) it featured five Notre Dame players.

Being ranked as a top-50 prospect out of high school does not guarantee success in college football, but plenty of those prospects end up hitting big. 11 from the 2021 Fab 50 became first round picks. 18 were drafted in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft.

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