![Blue & Gold Illustrated: Notre Dame Football And Recruiting show](/assets/missing_small.png)
Summary: <p>Notre Dame put together an outstanding defensive haul for the 2018 recruiting class. The Irish loaded up on talented defensive backs and linebackers, and brought in a quality defensive line haul. </p><br> <p><em>Blue & Gold Illustrated</em> football analyst <strong>Bryan Driskell</strong> sat down with the members of the defensive staff, defensive line coach <strong>Mike Elston</strong>, safeties coach <strong>Terry Joseph</strong> and defensive coordinator <strong>Clark Lea</strong>, to talk about the class, and also to get a bit of a sneak preview at next year's defense. </p>