Marcus Freeman's Irish snag a deep, talented 27-player recruiting class, hitting every need. This elite group could be his best yet at Notre Dame.
Notre Dame has completed its 2026 recruiting class and it's another elite group under head coach Marcus Freeman. The 27-man class has an argument to be the best recruiting class of the Freeman era. It's a big group, a deep group, a talented group and the Irish hit their needs across the board.
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
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
Notre Dame finished this class quite early, with the last commitment coming on August 9th. From that moment until Signing Day, the Notre Dame class did not see any defections and none of the commits visited other schools. 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, as Notre Dame did not suffer any decommitments during the 2026 cycle.
This class will be Notre Dame's highest ranked group since the 2008 class and it is a hit across the various recruiting services. Even 247Sports, who tends to be much lower on Notre Dame recruits than other sites, has the Irish class ranked 5th in the country as of this morning.
CLASS RANKING
On3/Rivals: No. 1
On3/Rivals Industry: No. 2
ESPN: No. 4
247Sports: No. 5
247Sports Composite: No. 3
COMMITS BY POSITION
16 Offense
11 Defense
1 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
COMMITS BY STATE
4 Florida
4 North Carolina
4 Texas
3 Michigan
3 Pennsylvania
2 Georgia
2 Ohio
1 Arizona
1 Connecticut
1 Kansas
1 Maryland
1 Tennessee
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