Category: Notre Dame Recruiting

Huge Notre Dame target de-commits from Alabama

Major Notre Dame target opens things back up…

The Nick Saban fallout at Alabama continues as Sunday evening saw one of the Crimson Tide’s top-ranked recruits in the 2025 cycle withdraw his commitment.

Jamie Ffrench, Jr., a five-star rated receiver from Florida withdrew his commitment.  Ffrench named Notre Dame as one of his finalists when he announced his commitment to Alabama back in July.  Florida State, Ohio State, and Penn State were the other three finalists.

Ffrench is one of the nation’s highest rated recruits in the cycle as 247Sports gives him a five-star grade and ranks him as the 13th overall player in the cycle.

Time will tell where he ends up but it’d be safe to assume Marcus Freeman and Mike Evans will be in hot pursuit of his talents.

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Former Notre Dame Commit Leaves Coach Prime, Finds New Home

Former Notre Dame commitment officially finds a new home…

Notre Dame fans might be familiar with the name [autotag]Dylan Edwards[/autotag].

Edwards was a Notre Dame commitment in the 2023 recruiting class as late as early-December of 2022, but after an offer from Deion Sanders, he flipped his commitment and eventually enrolled at Colorado.

This came after Edwards had originally committed to Kansas State, only to flip to Notre Dame.

Despite scoring four touchdowns in Colorado’s shocking Week One victory at TCU last year, Edwards only scored one the remainder of the season.  He recently announced he was entering the transfer portal and we now officially know his new home.

Which is an old one of his, sort of.

It won’t be Notre Dame for the one-time commitment but with where Notre Dame’s backfield is currently at you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in South Bend too worried about missing out.

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See it: Notre Dame Recruiting Commitments Make You Feel Old

From Super Bowl fathers to Notre Dame?

It was two decades ago now that Jerome Bettis and Plaxico Burress were key cogs on the Pittsburgh Steelers offense.  Both would go on to win Super Bowls when they were no longer teammates and both had kids of their own now.

Or I should say, both have kids that are being recruited to play football at Notre Dame now.

Jerome Bettis, Jr., and Elijah Burress are both recruits in the 2025 cycle and are yet to announce commitments to any program.  Both were on Notre Dame’s campus last weekend and seemed to have enjoyed their time.  They even posed for a staged photo together, one Burress posted to social media with a nod to both of their fathers.

No word yet on when either plans to announce their college plans but Notre Dame is clearly a player for both.  The Irish currently have the top-ranked 2025 recruiting class by multiple outlets.

Former Notre Dame commitment to transfer from Michigan

Should Notre Dame circle back here?

Less than a week after being a part of Michigan‘s first national championship team since 1997, a former Notre Dame commitment is entering the transfer portal.

[autotag]Amorion Walker[/autotag] was a Notre Dame commitment in the 2022 recruiting class where he was set to play wide receiver.  He flipped his commitment to Michigan late in the process and ultimately switched to cornerback.

Walker battled an undisclosed injury this year and didn’t see the field much for the Wolverines, playing in just five games.

Walker starred at Ponchatoula High School in Louisiana before heading to the Midwest for college.

Will Notre Dame circle back here?  With the switch to defensive back I wouldn’t assume so but certainly worth at least keeping an eye on.

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Meet Notre Dame’s Top Ranked 2025 Recruiting Class

What must the Irish still add to make this class great?

It’s early in the 2025 recruiting cycle still but recruiting for Notre Dame tends to play out a lot like a quote from New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra:

“It’s getting late early out there.”

When it comes to football recruiting Notre Dame is a team that tends to start hot and then usually have to hold on to secure a high ranking.  They’re rarely if ever a program that soars up the rankings late in the process.

That’s why it’s so important that Notre Dame gets off to hot starts in recruiting and that is something they’ve certainly done to date with the 2025 recruiting class.

Notre Dame now has 16 commitments in the class which gives them the top ranking according to both 247Sports and Rivals.

Below are the currently committed 16 members of Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class and a little about each player.

Please note: Prospects are listed according to their public commitment dates

Notre Dame loses very key staff member to Big Ten program

A big loss for Notre Dame football

Notre Dame recruiting has taken a significant step forward in recent years.  Sure, that starts with the head coach and Marcus Freeman clearly has much to do with that, but the recruiting staff has done a phenomenal job as well.

Newly promoted director of recruiting Dre Brown is however leaving Notre Dame to return to Illinois, where he played college football.  He’ll take on the role of director of player personnel.

FootballScoop had the report on Wednesday night.  According to the report, Notre Dame will have hosted more than 1,000 athletes during its spring camp which clearly is largely Brown’s doing.

Notre Dame has hauled in top-12 recruiting classes each of the last three years with top-10 classes coming in the last two.

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Potential Huge Recruiting News for Notre Dame Regarding Ohio State Commitment

Flip city?

Notre Dame made an offer to wide receiver Jayvan Boggs at the end of last month despite the talented 2025 prospect already being committed to Ohio State.

Well, might good news be headed Notre Dame’s way in flipping the prospect?

Boggs announced he was no longer committed to Ohio State on Tuesday evening.  He had been a Buckeyes commitment since October.

Boggs is ranked as the 189th player nationally in the 2025 recruiting cycle according to the 247Sports composite ranking.  He’s listed at 6-0, 188-pounds and hauled in 93 receptions for 1,504 yards and 24 touchdowns as a junior.

This is certainly a name to keep a look out for if you’re a Notre Dame fan.

Notre Dame Football: Social Media Reacts as Irish Land Massive Offensive Lineman Commitment

Big time get — LITERALLY

Notre Dame football 2025 recruiting class is off to an incredible start, viewed by most as the best class in the nation to date.

That class got even better this week when Owen Strebig, a mountain of a young man at 6-8, 295-pounds announced his commitment to the Fighting Irish.

Notre Dame won the commitment of Strebig over the likes of Florida State, Miami (FL), Wisconsin, and USC among others.  Stregbig comes from Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

As you can probably imagine, Notre Dame fans were plenty excited to learn of Srebig’s commitment.  Below is some of the best social media reactions to Notre Dame landing the commitment from the offensive tackle.

Notre Dame Football: Wide Receiver Set To Announce Commitment on Saturday

Another son of an NFL star headed to Notre Dame?

A key Notre Dame target in the 2025 recruiting class is set to announce his college decision.

Elijah Burress, a wide receiver from Wayne, New Jersey will announce Saturday where he intends to play his college football.

The 6-1, 170-pounder seems headed to Notre Dame, but stranger things have certainly happened.  He currently lists having seven offers with Duke, Cincinnati, Liberty, East Carolina, UMass, and Temple also being in on him.

Burress is the son of former Michigan State and NFL star Plaxico Burress who caught what wound up being the game winning touchdown reception in the Giants upset win of the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.

Will Elijah be joining Notre Dame’s 2025 class on Saturday?

We are certainly expecting good news on this one.

Add Coach Prime and Colorado to Those Trying to Poach Notre Dame Quarterback

Hands off, Buffs!

The biggest name to date in Notre Dame’s star-studded 2025 recruiting class is quarterback [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag].  Knight committed to the Irish back in September and has been a vocal leader in helping recruit more talent to Notre Dame’s 2025 class.

Despite this, other programs are trying to swoop in and get Knight to flip his commitment.  The latest to do so is none other than the Colorado Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders.

Colorado doesn’t yet have a quarterback commitment in the class.  They were in on top quarterback prospect Bryce Underwood, but he ultimately committed to LSU.

This past Friday, Knight announced on social media that Colorado had extended him an offer:

Knight is rated as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports composite.  The same outlet ranks him as the 62nd overall player in the class and fifth overall quarterback.