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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 lands commitment from 2025 Illinois defender recruit

Like this get for the Irish?

Elmhurst, Illinois is starting to become a hotbed for 2025 Notre Dame defensive commits. Earlier this year, the Irish received a commitment from defense end recruit [autotag]Joseph Reiff[/autotag] from York. Now, IC Catholic Prep in the same town has a commit for the same recruiting class in edge rusher [autotag]Dom Hulak[/autotag], who announced his decision Friday.

Like Reiff, Hulak was recruited by [autotag]Al Golden[/autotag] and [autotag]Al Washington[/autotag]. They beat out offers from many other schools, all of which were either in or near the Midwest. They included Louisville, Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa.

According to 247Sports, Hulak is ranked eighth on the list of 2025 Illinois recruits. Reiff is right behind him at ninth.

Hulak is the eighth commit in Notre Dame’s 2025 class, which ranks third on 247Sports behind Georgia and Alabama. The Irish are the highest-ranked program on the list without a five-star recruit. Fortunately, it’s early enough that that still can change.

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Notre Dame football 2025 commit makes All-County team

The Irish got a very good one in Reiff

Notre Dame football is off to another hot start with it’s 2025 recruiting class, already having seven total commits.

One of those is Illinois defensive end [autotag]Joseph Reiff,[/autotag] who verbally commited to the Irish in mid-September. The 6-foot, 5-inch and 230-pound pass rusher had an extremely productive season.

Reiff was recognized as one of the best players in the state, being named to the Red Grange All-County team. He’s currently ranked as the No. 39 defensive end and 416th overall player nationally according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Earlier this season, I actually got a chance to see Reiff perform on the field, where he played exceptionally well.

Stay tuned to Fighting Irish Wire, as we will have an interview with Reiff in the near future.

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A three pack of commitments as 2025 Illinois defensive end commits to Notre Dame

The Irish did great on the recruiting trail this weekend

All was not lost for [autotag]Notre Dame football[/autotag] this weekend, even if it feels that way.

On the field, it didn’t turn out how any of us would have liked, but off the field, it was a massive success. The Irish grabbed three total commitments in the 2025 class, on Saturday it was running back Daniel Anderson then defensive end CJ May making their verbals to the Irish.

Sunday saw Notre Dame add another commit, Illinois defensive end [autotag]Joseph Reiff[/autotag]. The 6-foot, 3-inch and 230-pound lineman was offered a scholarship in late June and didn’t take long to think before making his decision.

Reiff was among a large contingent of recruits that were on campus this past weekend and it’s same to say, it was a massive success on that side for the Irish.

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Notre Dame offers Illinois 2025 defensive lineman after impressive camp

Another Irish camp success story

Once again [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] found another one of their campers that was worth of an Irish offer.

This time it was Illinois 2025 defensive end [autotag]Joseph Reiff[/autotag] who was given a scholarship. The 6-foot, 5-inch and 235 pound pass rusher does not yet have a ranking but after a spring that has seen him get the Irish offer along with Purdue and Iowa, multiple stars are on the way.

It is extremely early in the process for Reiff, but the early offer from Notre Dame has to stand out for him. It’s obviously his biggest one to date and hopefully leaves a lasting impression on the defensive prospect.

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Iowa Hawkeyes hand out first Division I offer to 2025 DL Joseph Reiff out of Illinois

The Iowa Hawkeyes represent the first Division I offer for 2025 defensive lineman Joseph Reiff out of Illinois.

Kelvin Bell and the Iowa Hawkeyes extended an offer to class of 2025 defensive lineman Joseph Reiff.

He is a 6-foot-5, 230 pound defensive lineman out of York High School in Elmhurst, Ill. The offer from the Hawkeyes is Reiff’s first reported collegiate offer.

Reiff is currently unranked across the major recruiting services, but with an Iowa offer now in his back pocket, it’s likely that his recruiting ranking and evaluations should begin to see an uptick.

Reiff joins the following list of Hawkeye EDGE and defensive line offers in the 2025 class per 247Sports: Amaree Williams, Jayden Woods, Chris Burgess, Gabe Kaminski, Damien Shanklin, Tyrone Burrus, Caden O’Rourke, Iose Epenesa, Nathaniel Marshall, Jaylen Williams, Juju Marks, Jason Dowell, Brandon Caesar, and Tyson Terry.

Iowa also recently sent out an offer to 2025 quarterback Stone Saunders out of Bishop McDevitt in Harrisburg, Pa. Saunders was the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year after passing for 54 touchdowns and 3,583 yards. He completed 68.7% of his passes (195-of-284) and was intercepted just five times.

While it’s certainly still early in the cycle, the Hawkeyes are still looking for their first commit in the 2025 class. Meanwhile, Iowa’s 2024 class is ranked No. 16 nationally by 247Sports.

Here’s a look at Reiff’s Hudl tape. Plus, his full recruiting profile below.

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