Since Notre Dame’s season ended in disappointing fashion with a loss to Florida State in the Champs Sports Bowl back in December, head coach Brian Kelly has been hard at work trying to assemble another highly rated recruiting class with his 2012 crop of talent.
Kelly has already reeled in commitments from some of the top-rated prospects at their respective positions, such as WR Deontay Greenberry, CB Tee Shepard, S Elijah Shumate and DT Sheldon Day.
But it’s the rumored recruiting coup that could land the nation’s No. 1 quarterback recruit Gunner Kiel—who played his high school ball at Indiana’s Columbus East high school—in South Bend instead of Baton Rouge, where he was expected to start classes at LSU this week.
Although neither the school nor the Kiel camp has made an official statement regarding the situation yet, if the rumors are true, the former Indiana commit’s second change of heart will certainly be one of the biggest stories in college football over the next few weeks.
Many have already poked fun at Kiel for potentially reneging on another commitment, but Notre Dame fans certainly will have nothing to complain about if he does end up in an Irish uniform in 2012.
The question is, though, if Kiel does end up enrolling at Notre Dame some time over these next few days after a long and strange recruiting saga, will he be able to snatch away the starting quarterback job from Tommy Rees?
Well, here’s a look at a few reasons that you probably won’t see Gunner Kiel leading the Notre Dame offense next season.