2026 ND Portal Targets

[PolishDomer]

FWIW Brewu is the #5 DL in the portal on 247 and Gilliam is #4. Both have 2 years of eligibility, and Brewu has a bunch of big names after him. He'd be a good pick up.

2026 College Football Transfer Portal

2026 College football Transfer Portal

247sports.com

 

[notredomer23]

His Mukam updates was in the last 20 mins

 

[NDMatt91]

they think Mukam comes back

Is that because they think they'll strike out?

 

[notredomer23]

Mukam
Brewu
Onye waiver

How we feeling?

In this scenario- you feel fine with the hope that Burgess or aother underclassmen emerge as a star.

 

[NDPhilly]

I was thinking yesterday that i'm not sure the DTs outside of the top 10-20 in the portal aren't really an improvement over Mukam with another year of development. Glad they are circling back there.

 

[Rocketman84]

No what we pretend is that the dorks who are trying to put out content know it’s easy bait to throw out “Portal Rankings” like they’re gospel despite the fact they watch zero film. So if a 5-star is in the portal, he’s still given a high grade as if he’s still 5-star level quality. Evidently talent evaluation is a lost art

Not necessarily it's quite a few 5*/top 50 players with 3* grades such as Nelson and Rashada.

 

[PolishDomer]

They better get moving with visits, because you know what is coming...the weekend, and we know they dont like visits on the weekend...lol

 

[Rocketman84]

In this scenario- you feel fine with the hope that Burgess or aother underclassmen emerge as a star.

Need another contributor IF you want to talk about a title run.

 

[TorontoGold]

Pretending to know something you dont know is a fool’s errand. In high school recruiting all the kids are at least transparently available at the same time. For alk we know the top of their board could be Keeley, or a kid who hasnt even publicly entered yet. Could they get burned if that is their approach? Absolutely, but reality is people are stating as fact things they have no actually knowledge about and throwing tantrums over it, and its stupid and pointless.
Nothing will ever be perfect but MF has earned my trust at this point.

What? Me personally, I would trust the people who can't spell Rees or Keeley before I believe that Freeman or Day or Sark know what they're doing.

(OSU and Texas currently have underwhelming portal additions thus far too.)

 

[irishnd31]

Is that because they think they'll strike out?

If anyone knew, the post count in this thread would be decreased by 95%

 

[Dale]

Mukam
Brewu
Onye waiver

How we feeling?

Not mad. Not happy.

Basically banking on a Sevillano or Mukam breakout

 

[notredomer23]

NMSU DL

 

[slick7410]

Not mad. Not happy.

Basically banking on a Sevillano or Mukam breakout

And anxiously awaiting the spring roster weight for Cole Mullins - still think he has Mills-type frame and size potential

 

[NDMatt91]

Mukam
Brewu
Onye waiver

How we feeling?

Is Hughes still on the roster? Either way, that's not all that great. Could be worse, but not a rotation to get excited about and almost certainly not a rotation you could win a Natty with.

 

[Cpnd1]

I also don’t really want to bank on an onye waiver.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

NMSU DL

If he signs, I would have to think he would be the first Sierra Leone native to play for ND.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Time to go to work.

 

[NDMatt91]

I also don’t really want to bank on an onye waiver.

I just can't see any way he gets the waiver. He played in more than 4 regular season games.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

If he signs, I would have to think he would be the first Sierra Leone native to play for ND.

Well that's a relief, it was the one thing we needed this portal season.

WR - Luxury
K - Luxury
G5 DT from Sierra Leone - Priority

 

[arndtjc]

Per Wiltfong

Keeley is believed to be a ND lean. Miami and OSU showing interest as well.

Gilliam believed to be a Tennessee lean. ND increasing focus on Brewu. According to him we are still looking at the Utah DE Daley.

Just learned Grok can read through the paywalls. I am become insider.

Where do you think Bruce Almighty was getting his insider info from??

 

[PolishDomer]

Well that's a relief, it was the one thing we needed this portal season.

WR - Luxury
K - Luxury
G5 DT from Sierra Leone - Priority

Not sure about Sierra Leone...but ND has a track record with Nigeria...

 

[BeauBenken]

NMSU DL

Confused here as it looks like he's already played 5 years unless he's trying to get his JuCo years back.

 

[sixstar]

Well that's a relief, it was the one thing we needed this portal season.

WR - Luxury
K - Luxury
G5 DT from Sierra Leone - Priority

Christensen had 42 tackles, 11 TFLs, and 6 sacks this past season. 1st team all CUSA

 

[PolishDomer]

I just can't see any way he gets the waiver. He played in more than 4 regular season games.

I dont believe the NCAA has EVER been kind to us with waivers...always seem to be against us in these types of scenarios vs hearing how liberal they are as it applies to other schools. I still recall the Vanderdoes situation...

 

[RudyVerse]

Confused here as it looks like he's already played 5 years unless he's trying to get his JuCo years back.

He’s listed at 260 lbs on espn page. No thanks?

 

[2013Irish]

I dont believe the NCAA has EVER been kind to us with waivers...always seem to be against us in these types of scenarios vs hearing how liberal they are as it applies to other schools. I still recall the Vanderdoes situation...

How did they justify denying Coan? That didn't seem to be a huge reach.

 

[BeauBenken]

He’s listed at 260 lbs on espn page. No thanks?

Listed at 280+ on his NMSU page.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[FU BK]

When commit?

 

[sfk324]

Confused here as it looks like he's already played 5 years unless he's trying to get his JuCo years back.

Blanket waiver for JUCO kids in response to the Pavia lawsuit gives him an extra year.

NCAA grants waiver to athletes in Pavia's position

The NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved a blanket waiver granting an extra year of eligibility to former junior college transfers in similar positions to Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia, while also announcing it is appealing the ruling in Pavia's case.

www.espn.com