Notre Dame secures elite talent across offense, defense, and special teams, capping their 2026 class with 30 impressive signees.
Notre Dame landed the nation's top recruiting class back in December during the early signing period, but Marcus Freeman and the Irish staff were able to add to that group this week as the 2026 class officially came to a close. Notre Dame signed 30 prospects in the 2026 class, including three this week during the final signing window. It's an incredibly deep and talented group, and the Irish staff hit all their needs on offense, defense and with the late signing period, on special teams.
Let's look at the newest group of Notre Dame recruits.
2026 NOTRE DAME SIGNEES
Noah Grubbs, QB, 6-4, 208, Lake Mary (Fla.) High School
Teddy Jarrard, QB, 6-3, 190, Kennesaw (Ga.) North Cobb
Javian Osborne, RB, 5-9, 200, Forney (Texas) High School
Jonaz Walton, RB, 5-10, 208, Carrollton (Georgia) High School
Dylan Faison, WR, 6-1, 180, Boca Raton (Fla.) Saint Andrews School
Kaydon Finley, WR, 6-0, 212, Aledo (Texas) High School
Devin Fitzgerald, WR, 6-2, 199, Phoenix (Ariz.) Brophy Prep
Bubba Frazier, WR, 5-8, 177, Savannah (Ga.) Benedictine Military
Brayden Robinson, WR, 5-8, 164, Red Oak (Texas) High School
Preston Fryzel, TE, 6-4, 220, Toledo (Ohio) Central Catholic
Ian Premer, TE, 6-6, 235, Great Bend (Kan.) High School
Sullivan Garvin, OL, 6-5, 314, Allegan (Mich.) High School
Grayson McKeough, OL, 6-8, 300, Wyndmoor (Pa.) LaSalle College
Tyler Merrill, OL, 6-5, 330, Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Cumberland Valley
Ben Nichols, OL, 6-5, 320, Davison (Mich.) High School
Gregory Patrick, OL, 6-5, 275, Portage (Mich.) Northern
Charlie Thom, OL, 6-7, 275, Avon (Conn.) Old Farms
Rodney Dunham, DE, 6-4, 225, Charlotte (N.C.) Myers Park
Ebenezer Ewetade, DE, 6-4, 211, Garner (N.C.) South Garner
Elijah Golden, DT, 6-4, 270, Sarasota (Fla.) Cardinal Mooney
Tiki Hola, DT, 6-3, 305, Bastrop (Texas) High School
Jakobe Clapper, LB, 6-2, 220, Cincinnati (Ohio) St. Xavier
Thomas Davis Jr., LB, 6-2, 218, Matthews (N.C.) Weddington
Joey O'Brien, S, 6-4, 190, Wyndmoor (Pa.) LaSalle College
Nick Reddish, S, 5-10, 185, Charlotte (N.C.) Independence
Khary Adams, CB, 6-1, 185, Baltimore (Md.) Loyola Blakefield
Ayden Pouncey, CB, 6-3, 179, Winter Park (Fla.) High School
Chaston Smith, CB, 6-0, 169, Chattanooga (Tenn.) The McCallie School
Micah Drescher, K, 6-3, 198, Hinsdale (Ill.) Central
Jasper Scaife, P, 6-5, 215, West Perth, Australia/Warwick Senior
An impressive aspect of this class is that Notre Dame did not suffer a single decommitment during the 2026 cycle. The Notre Dame coaching staff clearly did a tremendous job identifying and landing players that were bought into the vision Freeman has for the program.
This class will be Notre Dame's highest ranked group since the 2008 class and it is a hit across the various recruiting services. Only 247Sports, which has a strong recent history of being much lower on Notre Dame commits than other services, has the Irish outside the top five rankings.
CLASS RANKING
On3/Rivals: No. 1
On3/Rivals Industry: No. 2
ESPN: No. 4
247Sports: No. 6
247Sports Composite: No. 5
COMMITS BY POSITION
17 Offense
11 Defense
2 Special Teams
2 Quarterback
2 Running Backs
5 Wide Receivers
2 Tight Ends
6 Offensive Line
2 Defensive End
2 Defensive Tackle
2 Linebackeres
2 Safeties
3 Cornerbacks
1 Kicker
1 Punter
COMMITS BY STATE
4 Florida
4 North Carolina
4 Texas
3 Georgia
3 Michigan
3 Pennsylvania
2 Ohio
1 Arizona
1 Connecticut
1 Illinois
1 Kansas
1 Maryland
1 Tennessee
Notre Dame also signed one player from Australia.
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