2026 ND Portal Targets

[HolyCross87]

Just realizedND is adding 6-7 (depending on Graham) five stars to the roster this offseason alone between recruiting and transfers. Currently, we have just two. And They all have 2+ years of eligibility.

Seems very likely we are top five in the team talent composite.

6-7?

 

[Henges24]

o/u 2.5 commits today?

I’ll go under with 2. Saving some for more remaining days this week, IMO.

 

[arrowryan]

o/u 2.5 commits today?

I thought it was 4 per day all week?

 

[NDpendent]

o/u 2.5 commits today?

Over with three. A kicker, WR and DT

 

[NDpendent]

My prediction is by 9am the OSU boards will say Graham is not a want/take and by 10am he will be ours

 

[allenm5333]

My prediction is by 9am the OSU boards will say Graham is not a want/take and by 10am he will be ours

Graham and Porter should host the 27 Wr recruit Brown on a visit

 

[FU BK]

Graham and Porter should host the 27 Wr recruit Brown on a visit

Fuck it....lets tamper with Jeremiah smith.

 

[FWIrish4]

No inside info, but gut feel:

Graham and Brewu today.

Kicker and additional DT later this week

 

[lcaps20]

Graham and Brewu today.

Kicker and additional DT later this week

This is probably the answer. Sheets will remain dry for multiple days until we move onto the next crisis.

 

[allenm5333]

No inside info, but gut feel:

Graham and Brewu today.

Kicker and additional DT later this week

If the big boy dt from Oregon is a legit option, i can see this

 

[stpeteirish]

If the big boy dt from Oregon is a legit option, i can see this

Hoping he didn’t take five different basket weaving classes last semester

 

[allenm5333]

Hoping he didn’t take five different basket weaving classes last semester

Don’t care if he did. If nd admissions is okay with it, i love it

 

[arrowryan]

It wasn’t that long ago when Notre Dame was pretty much limited to transfers who are graduates and coming from a pretty good academic school. Now they’re taking undergrads from football factories. Look how far we’ve come!

Yesterday was worth the wait. Hopefully the party continues today.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Someone mentioned it yesterday that BK has to be fuming seeing all the hoops we seem to be now willing to jump through for MFMF. Honestly, it proves the point in life that you get much farther with sugar then vinegar.

 

[RudyVerse]

Someone mentioned it yesterday that BK has to be fuming seeing all the hoops we seem to be now willing to jump through for MFMF. Honestly, it proves the point in life that you get much farther with sugar then vinegar.

I think it’s just as much relentlessness and the focused pursuit of excellence as anything. Kelly walked in with his excuses lined up, Marcus Freeman pretends they don’t exist. Built different.

 

[Domina Nostra]

I am not a BK fan, and MF’s way of doing things is far superior, but all the changes are not reducible to MF’s winning personality.

College football and ND are both completely different environments in 2024. For example, Indiana is #1, having straight up bought a team. ND isn’t trying to decide if even likes football.

I doubt a guy like Freeman would have taken the job between 2005 and 2015, if anythinbelse was available.

Good riddance to BK, but he was operating in a different environment.

 

[arrowryan]

I am not a BK fan, and MF’s way of doing things is far superior, but all the changes are not reducible to MF’s winning personality.

College football and ND are both completely different environments in 2024. For example, Indiana is 24-2 or something (whooping Alabama and handling aOSU this year) in the last two years, having straight up bought a team. ND isn’t trying to decide if football is compatible with its USNews and World Reports ambitions.

I doubt a guy like Freeman would have even taken the job between 2005 and 2015, if something else was available.

Notre Dame having an AD that is a genuine fan of the team is just as important as anything. We still don’t know if Pete is a good decision maker, but it’s obvious he is willing to do things Swarbrick would scoff at.

 

[Irish#1]

Green the other DT from Oregon just entered the portal. He's as big as Grey and has two years left.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Green the other DT from Oregon just entered the portal. He's as big as Grey and has two years left.

Take both and sort it out later.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Take both and sort it out later.

Cross train for WR. How’s that 08?

 

[FU BK]

Cross train for WR. How’s that 08?

Or a fullback....could help the short yardage issues

 

[arrowryan]

Maybe one of them can kick?

 

[NewBrunswickIrish]

Green the other DT from Oregon just entered the portal. He's as big as Grey and has two years left.

Seems like Oregon has 4 DTs in the portal now. Oregon fans seem to think it has to do with playing time since they’re bringing back their whole DL.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Cross train for WR. How’s that 08?

I heard one will try kicker and the other will be the holder

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Only need a kicker for kickoffs. Score a TD? Line up a DT as FB and bully it in for 2.

 

[rtrn2glory]

If we teach someone to drop kick, that'll eliminate the need for a holder and we can add another personal protector. Might fit the roster better.

 

[PolishDomer]

Over with three. A kicker, WR and DT

That is ONE super athlete...dang...hope we budgeted 5 million for him...the ultimate 3 way player...

 

[PolishDomer]

Hoping he didn’t take five different basket weaving classes last semester

Basket Weaving 101: How to manufacture
Advanced Basket Weaving: Introducing multiple materials
Social Media: It's about You
Pharmacology: Consumer Consumption
Manufacturing: Snacks

 

[jerseyborn1971]

If ND could have survived without paying NIL or taking transfers, they would have. Leadership recognized very quickly they had to jump in with both feet of ND football was dead.

 

[SoIll]

Notre Dame having an AD that is a genuine fan of the team is just as important as anything. We still don’t know if Pete is a good decision maker, but it’s obvious he is willing to do things Swarbrick would scoff at.

sounds like Dowd is more on board as well, right?