Part 2 - Football
Top Recruits also choose ND because:
- To optimize their football development and chances of getting drafted and drafted higher
- Notre Dame will soon be challenging for a National Championship every year and has played in BCS bowls 2 out of the 3 years Weis has been here
- Pro coaching and pro-style offenses and defenses
- To play with and against top competition and have the advantage of playing very visibly on TV weekly
- A pro coaching assessment of their skills and where they need to develop
- Terrific training facilities
- Coaching connections with the NFL and their confidence in Charlie for an objective evaluation
Notre Dame graduates and the draft:
- in 2008 all but two eligible players were drafted or signed free agent contracts
- From 2002-07, the NFL has drafted 29 ND players, and 21 are still playing in the NFL (Tuck, Mahan, Faine, Gandy, Jones, Quinn, Battle, Weaver, etc)
NFL Draft History: Full Draft - by School
- Charlie and Company's coaching has improved recent players' performance resulting in higher draft placement