Brian Smith Breaks Down Notre Dame's Path to the No. 1 Recruiting Class, Best OL & DL Classes, and the Road Ahead

Notre Dame recruiting is surging toward another elite class, and today's show breaks down whether the Fighting Irish can finish with the No. 1 recruiting class in America, evaluate five-star commits Albert Simien and Segun Alexander, analyze the remaining 2027 recruiting targets, and look ahead to the future of Notre Dame football recruiting. Tyler Wojciak is joined by Locked On recruiting expert Brian Smith from the Portal to discuss what it would take for Notre Dame to overtake the nation's top-ranked classes, the biggest remaining priorities in the 2027 cycle, why Simien and Alexander could become cornerstone prospects, whether the Irish have the nation's best offensive and defensive line classes, how the new five-in-five eligibility rule could reshape roster construction, and what to expect from early 2028 commits Trey Tagliaferri and Andre Jones.