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The inevitable has happened, Deuce Knight has flipped from Notre Dame

Knight has finally officially moved on from the Irish

For months we have been waiting to see where Notre Dame football 2025 quarterback [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] would ultimately end up.

Unfortunately, the smoke to the Auburn Tigers was true, as the lefty flipped his verbal from the Irish on Wednesday evening. This is a big blow to Notre Dame’s efforts in the cycle, as they do not have another quarterback commitment as of right now.

The nation’s No. 29 overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings had just officially visited the Tigers this past weekend. He never made it back to South Bend following his official visit in mid-June.

Knight was at the head of multiple prospects in-class recruitment, but he will not join any of them playing for the Irish. With the news, Notre Dame’s 247Sports Composite class ranking took a hit, going from No. 10 to No. 13.

It won’t easy for the Irish to replace Knight, as the majority of top quarterback prospects have already made their decisions. We will see how head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and offensive coordinator [autotag]Mike Denbrock[/autotag] handle the situation.

Deuce Knight will once again not be visiting Notre Dame this weekend
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Notre Dame football flips former USF athlete commitment

Freeman got his spatula out

While it has been a bit slow for Notre Dame football on the recruiting end of the 2025 class, it came to an abrupt end on Tuesday afternoon.

The Irish flipped former USF athlete commit [autotag]Antavious Richardson[/autotag], who had been committed to the Bulls since June. The 6-foot and 175-pound Georgia native is ranked as the nation’s No. 438 overall prospect and 24th rated athlete according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Richardson was offered by Notre Dame about two weeks ago, as earlier in the month Alabama came forward with an offer as well. Many of his top offers came after his commitment, showing everyone that he was a flying under many schools radars.

It’s hard to get a read on where he will line up for Notre Dame, as he played quarterback, running back and safety for his high school team. Richardson is also a track star, as he was the state champion last year in the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

The commitment is No. 23 for the Irish, in a class that ranks as the No. 10 group according to the 247Sports Composite Team rankings.

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Micah Shrewsberry has a meme celebration to Notre Dame basketball’s hot recruiting

Coach was pretty happy after their latest commitment

The last week for Notre Dame men’s basketball has seen one of the most impressive recruiting runs in school history.

It started with in-state small forward Brady Koehler committing on the 23rd of September, followed by the highest ranked verbal ever by in-state combo-guard Jalen Haralson on the 25th.

The party was just getting started, as New Hampshire small forward Ryder Frost was the next to join on the 27th, and then Minnesota center Tommy Ahneman completing the run by committing on Monday. The four commits have jumped the Irish into the top spot in the 247Sports Composite Team Rankings for the 2025 class, a ranking that seemed like a pipe dream earlier last month.

A ton of credit has to go to head coach [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag], and following Ahneman’s verbal, he went to social media to celebrate. He shared one of the most viral meme’s from the Chicago Bulls documentary “The Last Dance,” which may or may not be a coincidence since the Irish’s doc “Beyond the Arc” is set to premier on YouTube this Thursday.

Congrats coach on the run, it’s been a fun one to be part of.

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Notre Dame lands four-star center, top 2025 Minnesota recruit

Micah Shrewsberry is doing something right.

For the fourth time in the span of a week, [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] has proven that Notre Dame now is an attractive program for big-time recruits. That’s the story after [autotag]Tommy Ahneman[/autotag], a four-star center and the top 2025 recruit in Minnesota, has committed to the Irish. only two days after making his official visit.

Ahneman joins a 2025 Irish class that has netted [autotag]Brady Koehler[/autotag], [autotag]Ryder Frost[/autotag] and [autotag]Jalen Haralson[/autotag], the program’s highest-rated commit since the internet started tracking rankings, over the past week. This should strengthen the Irish’s hold as the top-ranked 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports.

Ahneman especially attracted interest from Big Ten programs and was scheduled to make official visits to Minnesota and Iowa in October. Clearly, those won’t happen anymore unless he only wants to pay lip service to those programs.

When asked by On3 why he picked the Irish, Ahneman said this:

“I chose Notre Dame because of what they have – a great atmosphere, great people, and a great recruiting class that I now get to be a part of.”

And if that doesn’t excite you, try this quote on for size:

 

Get on the Irish bandwagon now, folks. The latter half of the 2020s is shaping up to be quite promising.

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Crystal ball prediction for Notre Dame 2026 offensive lineman recruit

Gotta love how this is going.

Notre Dame is ready to shore up its offensive line for its 2026 recruiting class. With quarterback [autotag]Noah Grubbs[/autotag] and receiver [autotag]Dylan Faison[/autotag] already having committed, the Irish are ready for someone in that recruiting class to protect those guys.

Enter Sullivan Garvin, a three-star offensive lineman recruit from Allegan, Michigan. The Irish presented him an offer during his visit to campus, which took place on the day of the win over Louisville.

Despite Garvin also having offers from Indiana, Minnesota and several Mid-American Conference programs, [autotag]Joe Rudolph[/autotag] clearly presented a convincing case to him because Tom Loy and Allen Trieu of 247Sports both have made crystal ball predictions for the Irish.

If you need further evidence of the Irish trending in the right direction here, Gavin’s mother posted a video of her son walking out of Notre Dame Stadium indicating that the offer was his. You don’t see these types of videos often, and it’s cool to see:

 

We’ll see how the rest of Garvin’s college visits work out, but this looks very promising.

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Notre Dame offers 2026 three-star Michigan offensive lineman recruit

Would you like him on the Irish?

Just because Notre Dame had a football game Saturday didn’t mean it wasn’t working to attract future talent. In this case, it was Sullivan Garvin, a three-star offensive lineman recruit from Allegan, Michigan, which is about a 90-minute drive from South Bend.

Garvin took in the Irish’s win over Louisville, then announced on social media that the Irish had extended him an offer. It was easily the most prominent offer Garvin has received thus far as the other ones he currently has on the table are from Indiana, Minnesota and six Mid-American Conference programs.

The Irish’s only two commits for 2026 so far are quarterback [autotag]Noah Grubbs[/autotag] and receiver [autotag]Dylan Faison[/autotag], so Garvin accepting this offer would be consistent with that class to this point. If he became a star for the Irish, he would be the latest in a line of Irish offensive linemen who have done so. He seems to hope that happens, too:

Best of luck to Garvin as he ponders his college decision.

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Four-star 2025 New Hampshire forward commits to Notre Dame

Guess who now has the top 2025 recruiting class?

Easily the best recruiting week for Notre Dame since [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] took over wrapped up appropriately. The Irish received three commits for their 2025 class every other day, and the future of the program seems set as a result.

[autotag]Ryder Frost[/autotag], a four-star forward recruit and the third-ranked 2025 recruit from New Hampshire according to 247Sports, has committed to the Irish, joining [autotag]Jalen Haralson[/autotag] and [autotag]Brady Koehler[/autotag] from earlier in the week. Just missing out on Frost were other finalists Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Syracuse and Virginia Tech.

The Irish now rank first overall in 247Sports 2025 recruiting class rankings with one five-star commit, who also happens to be the highest-rated recruit since the internet started tracking such ratings, and two four-star commits. Iowa State, which ranks second, is over two-and-a-half points behind. If that doesn’t give you cause for excitement, nothing will.

Chances are you missed Frost’s announcement on the 247Sports YouTube channel so here it is:

Shrewsberry has convinced some serious talent to commit to South Bend, and it won’t be long before that talent is around to try and return the Irish to glory that mostly has been elusive for some time.

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5-star 2026 Ohio cornerback names Notre Dame in his top group

Will another Ohioan be heading to South Bend?

While it is still extremely early in the 2026 recruiting cycle, Notre Dame football is off to a great start to its class.

Already in the fold are quarterback Noah Grubbs, who will be in South Bend this weekend, along with wide receiver Dylan Faison, brother of current starter Jordan. Head coach Marcus Freeman has identified his home state of Ohio as a state that the Irish need to recruit well.

So far so good with cornerback [autotag]Elbert Hill[/autotag], as on Friday he announced his top 10. Along with the Irish are the Tennessee Volunteers, Oregon Ducks, Michigan Wolverines, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans, Alabama Crimson Tide, Penn State Nittany Lions, UCLA Bruins and the Ohio State Buckeyes.

It’s quite an impressive list that the 5-foot, 10-inch and 170-pounder has, and considering he’s ranked by the 247Sports Composite as the nation’s No. 18 overall player, its certainly justified. This will not be an easy recruiting battle for Notre Dame to win, but they are squarely in the mix at this moment.

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One of Notre Dame’s quarterback commits will be in South Bend this weekend

One of the Irish’s QB verbals will be on campus this weekend

With Notre Dame hosting Louisville this weekend in one of the biggest games across college football, plenty of recruits will be flocking to South Bend to take in the action.

The hope was that 2025 quarterback commit [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] would be in town, but unfortunately he will once again head to Auburn. There is good news however, as 2026 commit [autotag]Noah Grubbs[/autotag] will be on campus this weekend.

The 6-foot, 4-inch and 188-pound Floridian committed to Notre Dame on June 1st of this year, giving the Irish one of the best quarterbacks in the country. The 247Sports Composite Rankings has Grubbs as the No. 128 overall prospect and 12th ranked player at his position in the nation.

While this isn’t the news that many were hoping to hear, it’s still a good sign for the Irish. They have recruited the position well since Marcus Freeman took over, and have dipped into the transfer portal to plug gaps as well.

Hopefully, that is the last that we hear of a transfer coming into the program, as developing quarterbacks is just as important as recruiting them. Hopefully, Grubbs sees this and is just as excited when he committed to the program as he is now.

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Micah Shrewsberry greets Jalen Haralson after Notre Dame commitment

What a recruiting win for the coach.

It’s unlikely that anyone was happier with [autotag]Jalen Haralson'[/autotag]s commitment to Notre Dame than [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag]. It showed that he can get the job done when it comes to recruiting, and there’s no greater evidence of that than Haralson being the highest-rated Irish commit since the internet began ranking recruits in 2000.

There was only one place for Shrewsberry and assistant coach [autotag]Ryan Owens[/autotag] to be Wednesday, and that was La Lumiere in La Porte, Haralson’s school where he made his announcement. Afterwards, Haralson came outside and embraced both of them.

This has to be Shrewsberry’s best moment since he took over the program 18 months ago. While his success during his final season at Penn State undoubtedly made believers out of him, many wondered if he could build back a program that had fallen on hard times. This recruiting win is clear evidence that when all is said and done, the answer to that question is on its way to being a big yes.

Here’s the moment that will warm your heart:

We don’t know who else Shrewsberry and his staff will be able to successfully recruit while with the Irish, but if this is any indication, the college basketball world better not sleep on this program.

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