2026 Master Thread

[KPENN]

Anyone want to share who we trying to flip according to Kyle Kelly?

Sieg

 

[SportsingHard]

Can’t believe you dropped a Marvin Robinson post. That guy was amazing. Seriously. Nicest ND guy I met

Was playing time the issue for him, or was he homesick? I remember he was from Florida.

 

[irishff1014]

 

[SDIrishFan]

Consider it respected young man.

 

[SportsingHard]

I'm not informed enough to have an opinion on the decision, but I'll respect you more, Jordan, when you replace your commands with requests.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Knock on wood, what is amazing is no one in this class that we have heard of has taking other visits while being committed to ND. Also, we have had zero decommitments. It will be interesting to see who the staff tries to flip going down the stretch this next month.

 

[rtrn2glory]

way to speak it into existence

 

[Dale]

Knock on wood, what is amazing is no one in this class that we have heard of has taking other visits while being committed to ND. Also, we have had zero decommitments. It will be interesting to see who the staff tries to flip going down the stretch this next month.

2008 thoughts at 6:30 AM on a Thursday

 

[NDFAN2008]

One guy I hope we look at for WR KJ Duff at Rutgers 6’6 230 lbs

 

[CanadalovesND]

Notre Dame leads all programs with six top-32 recruits in updated 2026 Rivals300

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football leads all programs in the updated Rivals300 with 18 commits and six top-32 prospects.

www.on3.com

 

[CanadalovesND]

McKeough (#9 NAT) & Dunham (#10 NAT) both retained their five-star status.

Players like Adams (#23 NAT), O'Brien (#24 NAT), Premer (#27 NAT) and Ewetade (#28 NAT) are all on pace for five-star status in the final update.

Pouncey #96 NAT
Smith #104 NAT
Finley #110 NAT
Walton #121 NAT
Osborne #134 NAT
Patrick #139 NAT
Fryzel #195 NAT
Thom #206 NAT
Golden #229 NAT
Frazier #239 NAT

Nichols kept his four-star status but is outside the Rivals300.

 

[greyhammer90]

Notre Dame leads all programs with six top-32 recruits in updated 2026 Rivals300

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football leads all programs in the updated Rivals300 with 18 commits and six top-32 prospects.

www.on3.com

So it appears we're going to sign more five stars than any other team? Crazy what happens when we can pay players too.

 

[IrishLax]

So it appears we're going to sign more five stars than any other team? Crazy what happens when we can pay players too.

Yeah this is nuts:


Also, reportedly this is a product of us not having much flexibility with some undergrad transfers and being able to allocate more funds to HS recruiting than some other teams might.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Yeah this is nuts:


Also, reportedly this is a product of us not having much flexibility with some undergrad transfers and being able to allocate more funds to HS recruiting than some other teams might.

Major in high school recruiting, Minor in the Portal.

 

[rtrn2glory]

So it appears we're going to sign more five stars than any other team? Crazy what happens when we can pay players too.

Don't say that to Saban. He might have an aneurysm

 

[allenm5333]

Yeah this is nuts:


Also, reportedly this is a product of us not having much flexibility with some undergrad transfers and being able to allocate more funds to HS recruiting than some other teams might.

We choose to use the draft and not focus on free agency. College fb is the NFL now

 

[allenm5333]

Major in high school recruiting, Minor in the Portal.

You beat me to it by less than 30 seconds

 

[CanadalovesND]

You beat me to it by less than 30 seconds

Yeah, but Chad Bowden will make you believe that he said it before me.

 

[NDMatt91]

Yeah this is nuts:


Also, reportedly this is a product of us not having much flexibility with some undergrad transfers and being able to allocate more funds to HS recruiting than some other teams might.

Would I be correct in assuming that the issue is still with undergrad transfers who aren't just 1 year out of HS or who didn't spend 3 years at an elite academic institution (Riley Leonard-Duke, Brandon Joseph-Northwestern)?

 

[ColinKSU]

So it appears we're going to sign more five stars than any other team? Crazy what happens when we can pay players too.

 

[jprue24]

This is a perfect example of why engaging with college football* fans on social media and message boards is a fast track towards cynical dislike of your fans/readers. He goes smart ass instead of "isn't this awesome!?" when player rankings go ND's way. I get where he's coming from, we are assholes to him, but I don't think it's reason to go negative trying to score a cheap point

 

[notredomer23]

Little bit of a perfect game scenario going on so Idk if talking about it could lead to a jinx, but pretty incredible that there hasn't been a single de-commit let alone even a commit visiting elsewhere. This is a testament to the staff, winning, and fully embracing NIL. Signing day is in 17 days. I hope this class is the trend and not the exception.

 

[KPENN]

Currently the #1 class on Rivals/On3

 

[greyhammer90]

Currently the #1 class on Rivals/On3

 

[NDPhilly]

What a world

 

[Huntr]

Not trying to crap on the kid or rain on a parade of awesome news, but this ain't gonna work:





will def need a transfer, if we follow Hebert with Grubbs.

 

[NDPhilly]

#1 class with the #40 QB is pretty insane

 

[Bane]

Currently the #1 class on Rivals/On3

Sources: Lincoln Riley is beside himself. Driving around downtown Los Angeles begging (thru texts) the AD to drop ND and schedule the College of Southern Nevada Coyotes.

 

[Irishdwarte]

No decommitments and not one recruit from Indiana and Illinois, but possibly 6 five stars. Pretty unbelievable how this class has played out. With some great momentum for the 27 class, it feels like top five recruiting classes are going to be the norm moving forward.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Is everybody signing in December?