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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 trending to add 2025 North Carolina safety

The Irish look to continue to add to their No. 1 ranked 2025 class

If you didn’t know, Notre Dame 2025 safety target [autotag]JaDon Blair[/autotag] will make an official visit to South Bend in early June.

While that is great news, there is even better. 247Sports Irish insider Tom Loy logged a crystal ball pick for Notre Dame to eventually land the 6-foot, 4-inch and 190-pound safety. It’s the only current selection in his recruitment.

Blair fits the mold of prospects that the Irish go after at the position: long, and athletic. He also happens to be one of the best players in the country, ranking as the No. 13 safety and 147th overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Notre Dame currently has [autotag]Ivan Taylor[/autotag] and [autotag]Ethan Long[/autotag] committed at the position, but would welcome in Blair with open arms.

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Notre Dame gets a commitment from 2025 4-star Florida safety

Finally some good news for the Irish

Not to get lost in Notre Dame football’s transfer portal woes, the Irish got a commitment from 2025 safety [autotag]Ivan Taylor[/autotag] on Friday.

The 6-foot and 175-pound Floridian announced his intentions on Friday, giving the Irish their No. 10 commit of the class and no the highest ranked. Taylor is viewed as an elite prospect, the No. 5 safety and 35th overall recruit in the country according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

The Irish beat out Alabama, Michigan, Penn State, USC and a host of others for Taylor’s commitment.

Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class is off to a fantastic start, one that has them ranked as the No. 3 team in the country in 247Sports Team Composite Rankings.

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Notre Dame football is trending to add 4-star 2025 safety

This would be a huge recruiting win for the Irish

[autotag]Notre Dame football[/autotag] had quite the environment for recruits over the weekend and it looks like they are becoming a favorite to land a very good safety.

Florida’s [autotag]Ivan Taylor[/autotag] was among a large contingent of prospects to visit South Bend and the 6-foot, 175-pound 2025 safety left extremely impressed. It was enough for Notre Dame insider [autotag]Tom Loy[/autotag] to log a 247Sports Crystal Ball projection for him to land with the Irish.

Taylor is an extremely highly regarded prospect, ranking as the No. 7 safety and 71st overall player in the country according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. It’s the only crystal ball pick that is currently logged.

The Irish have five current commitments in the 2025 cycle, none of them at Taylor’s position.

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Notre Dame offers top 2025 safety after an impressive camp performance

Another son of a former NFL player is offered by the Irish

This past weekend [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] held their annual Irish Invasion camp and there are always a few offers that go out to prospects the coaching staff hasn’t seen up close.

Florida 2025 safety [autotag]Ivan Taylor[/autotag] was one of those prospects, and after an impressive camp, the Irish offered him a scholarship.

The 6-foot and 170 pound safety is one of the best players in his class, checking in as the 8th at his position and 86th overall according to the 247Sports composite.

For Notre Dame, offering the son of a former NFL player is extremely common and Taylor fits that bill. His father Ike, won two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Florida football ‘sits top five’ for top 2025 in-state cornerback

The Gators made the early cut for this top 2025 cornerback from central Florida.

Recruiting remains at the forefront of the Florida football hot stove as [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and Co. turn their attention from the 2023 cycle to the next one and beyond. One of the head coach’s strongest focuses has been on pressing hard for prep prospects within the Sunshine State, which has paid off pretty well early on.

Among those to have received an offer to play for the Orange and Blue is top 2025 cornerback prospect [autotag]Ivan Taylor[/autotag] out of Winter Garden (Florida) West Orange. With that offer in hand, the 5-foot-11-inch, 170-pound defensive back told Gators Online’s Corey Bender that, “Florida sits top five” among the schools that have extended scholarships so far.

“The first thing I would have to say I like about them is they’re welcoming as a whole. When they came to look at (2023 high school teammate) [autotag]Jordan Castell[/autotag], they were all just so welcoming to him. He looked comfortable and, like, he could be himself,” Taylor explained to Bender.

Speaking of his former Warriors teammate Castell, he has maintained a mentor-like relationship with the incoming college freshman.

“My relationship with JC is very good. He took me under his wing and has helped me with football and academics. Our football chemistry is very good. I could see myself playing with Jordan in future years.”

The high school sophomore currently has offers on the table from the Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida State Seminoles, Michigan Wolverines, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers and Penn State Nittany Lions, among others

Taylor is rated four stars and ranked No. 31 overall and No. 1 at his position nationally according to 247Sports; neither the 247Sports composite nor the On3 consensus has any data on him. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine has the Gamecocks out ahead early for his talents with a 30.8% chance of landing him, while the Ole Miss Rebels, Pitt Panthers and Wolverines follow at 26.9%, 23.1% and 19.2%, respectively.

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Alabama offers top-rated DB in 2025 class

Alabama’s coaching staff has hit the recruiting trail hard as of late. The Tide offered 2025 defensive back Ivan Taylor on Wednesday.

Alabama’s coaching staff has made it a priority to land elite talent from the Sunshine state over the years. On Wednesday, the Tide extended an offer to 2025 defensive back Ivan Taylor. The Florida native is the son of former Steelers defensive back, Ike Taylor.

His father was a two-time Super Bowl champion and is arguably one of the best cornerbacks to play in the NFL in the early 2000s. Ivan has a lot to live up to as his high school career progresses.

He is currently a sophomore at West Orange High School. As a freshman, he tallied 20 tackles, one tackle for loss, and one interception. His stats for his sophomore season have not been released at this time.

Roll Tide Wire breaks down Ivan Taylor’s recruiting profile.