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The Notre Dame quarterback room has been landing in all kinds of top 10 lists this offseason, and that of Pro Football Focus is on par with the rest of them. PFF has the Fighting Irish’s contingent of four scholarship QBs ranked eighth nationally. “For the second straight season, Notre Dame will be starting an ACC transfer under center,” PFF’s Max Chadwick wrote. “Riley Leonard comes to South Bend from Duke and will take over for the departed Sam Hartman. He led the ACC with a 2% turnover-worthy play rate over the past two years, and his 17 rushing touchdowns in that span tied for the most. “R...
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In a weekly YouTube live show, Blue & Gold’s Tim Hyde and Mike Singer discuss and react to the latest news and notes in the world of Notre Dame football and recruiting. Hyde shares his interesting take on how Notre Dame could use Tyler Buchner for the 2024 season; it might not be how you think. They discuss that, talk various national college football headlines, talk Irish receiver and quarterback recruiting and more. The show aired live on the Blue & Gold YouTube page Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. Watch a replay of this week’s show in the video player above. Also, make sure to subscribe to the Blue...
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Notre Dame landed at No. 7 in The Athletic’s preseason Top 25, which senior college football columnist and editor-in-chief Stewart Mandel released Tuesday morning. The Irish trailed only Georgia, Ohio State, Texas, Alabama, Oregon and Ole Miss, respectively. If these were the final rankings, Notre Dame would be the No. 9 seed in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff and travel to Oxford, Miss. for its first-round game (as hypothetical conference champions, No. 8 Utah and No. 10 Florida State would receive first-round byes and be seeded No. 3 and No. 4). “Proven quarterback Riley Leonard (Duke) ...
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Notre Dame elite four-star offensive tackle commit Will Black was one of about 40 prominent high school football prospects who attended On3’s Elite Series event in Nashville at the end of May. The Wallingford (Conn.) Choate Rosemary Hall product was actually one of the top recruits there. According to On3, Black is a five-star who ranks as the No. 5 overall player and No. 1 offensive tackle in the 2025 class. The 6-foot-7½ , 283-pounder verbally committed to the Fighting Irish on Dec. 21 over Michigan, Penn State and several other notable power conference programs. During the On3 Elite Series,...
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For the first time ever, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Boise State Broncos will square off in football on Oct. 4, 2025. Notre Dame announced the news in a press release Tuesday afternoon. It’ll mark the second consecutive season Notre Dame goes against an opponent for the first time ever. The Irish are hosting Northern Illinois this fall. After the matchups against the Huskies and Broncos, the Irish will have faced 90 of 134 FBS teams. Boise State went 8-6 as a member of the Mountain West Conference last season. That included a 6-2 conference record for the Broncos with an appearance in th...
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One of Notre Dame’s greatest all-time players is on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. Manti Te’o is one of 77 players and nine coaches from the FBS up for consideration on the 2025 ballot. Te’o was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2012. He led Notre Dame to an appearance in the national championship game with 113 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and 7 interceptions. A Unanimous All-American, Te’o was the first player in college football history to sweep the Maxwell, Walter Camp, Bednarik, Butkus, Lombardi and Nagurski awards in the same season. Te’o was the...
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On Monday morning, ESPN released its Football Power Index (FPI) ratings and projections for the 2024 college football season. The algorithm, which rates each team on offense, defense and special teams relative to the average team, was very kind to Notre Dame. Before diving into the details, here is how FPI works, as described by ESPN’s Neil Paine: “The FPI is a power rating that tracks each team’s strength relative to an average FBS squad. Teams are rated on offense, defense and special teams, with the values representing points per game. (So that means Georgia is rated as nearly 27 points per...
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The Notre Dame football program is a finalist for one of the top linebacker recruits in the 2025 class. On Sunday, four-star Gavin Nix from Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy included the Fighting Irish in his Top 6. The 5-foot-11½, 225-pound Nix is also down to Florida State, Miami, Ohio State, Oregon and Stanford. He has June official visits scheduled to Florida State, Miami and Oregon. According to the On3 Industry Ranking — a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services — Nix is the No. 151 overall player, No. 17 linebacker nationally a...
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While at the On3 Elite Series event in Nashville earlier this week, Notre Dame 2025 four-star quarterback commit Deuce Knight had a candid conversation with On3’s JD Pickell. Knight, the On3 Industry Ranking’s No. 54 overall player and No. 7 quarterback in the class, spoke about his relationship with the Irish coaching staff and others in an about six-minute long interview. Here is what he told Pickell. ORDER NOW: Purchase the 2024 Blue & Gold Illustrated Football Preview at a discounted rate On his relationship with Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock: “Coach (Mike) Denbrock, that’...
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There will be a lot of talent at Notre Dame for the staff’s Irish Invasion event Sunday, which is the Marcus Freeman‘s marquee camp of June. But there won’t be a position with more intrigue than quarterback. The reason for that is Notre Dame will have both of its quarterback commits working out with position coach Gino Guidugli and Co. On Saturday afternoon, Lake Mary (Fla.) High’s Noah Grubbs, the No. 106 overall prospect and No. 9 quarterback in America per the 2026 On3 Industry Ranking, announced his pledge to the Fighting Irish, picking Notre Dame over Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michig...
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