Notre Dame Football Recruiting Reporter for @BGINews on the @On3 / @Rivals Network | @MedillSchool and @JohnCarrollU graduate
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Riley Leonard on Notre Dame vs. Ohio State:
"We're the two main teams to just publicly display our faith the most. ... I truly believe that Jesus was looking over both our shoulders throughout the season & put these two teams on a pedestal for a reason."
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Christmas came early for @KirkHerbstreit’s pup Peter.
Notre Dame gave him a box filled with gifts. Must’ve been a good boy this year.
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You think Marcus Freeman wanted this one?
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Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard after leading a game-winning drive to take down Texas A&M.
He’s talking about Thursday Bible Study — how it began with just five guys. Now, it’s at 40.
“This team is just so close. Everything we do, we do as a unit.”
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Franchise QB: Baker Mayfield
Franchise RB: Nick Chubb
Franchise WR: Jarvis Landry
Franchise TE: David Njoku
Franchise Pass rusher: Myles Garrett
Franchise interior DL: Larry Ogunjobi
Franchise LB: Joe Schobert
Franchise CB: Denzel Ward
Franchise FS: Damarious Randall
#Browns
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The first school Penn State five-star RB commit Kemon Spell will visit following James Franklin's firing:
Notre Dame.
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I didn’t think Marcus Freeman would have the energy to produce this reaction after that game.
But he did.
This is the man who took the Notre Dame football program to the next level.
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Marcus Freeman made sure to find his family after the game and before the alma mater. Plenty tears of joy.
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Urban Meyer on ND coach Marcus Freeman on @3xOptionShow:
“That's a different man right now than it was two, three years ago when he first took over the job. That was not fake. …
“I can’t say enough about Marcus Freeman. That’s a real team, very young team.”
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Full video of Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman following win No. 1 in Year No. 3.
None bigger than this one.
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Marcus Freeman concluded his Monday news conference with this statement:
“It’s a reminder of the gratitude I have for this opportunity, at this place, with the people I get to work with, the players I get to be involved with, man, I’m grateful.”
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#Browns QB Baker Mayfield when asked if he was giving an endorsement for the current coaching staff: “Stop trying to get me to say something, Tony (Grossi).”
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Marcus Freeman to @HannahStormESPN on Jan. 4 about being an NFL coaching candidate:
“I don’t know when they announced it, I can’t remember, but about a week or two ago, they announced another long contract here at Notre Dame. So, I don’t think we have anything to worry about.”
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#Chargers CB Casey Hayward said on @SiriusXMNFL that #Browns WR Josh Gordon has been his toughest matchup all year. Hayward has faced Odell Beckham Jr., Dez Bryant, Brandin Cooks, Demaryius Thomas, Michael Crabtree, Tyreek Hill, and Alshon Jeffery all his season.
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Five-star RB and key Notre Dame recruiting target Kemon Spell with the Jeremiyah Love TD celebration last night 🫶☘️
Spell told @BGInews that Love is his favorite RB in college football 👀
He finished with 6 carries, 143 yds and 3 TDs. @rivalshs
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Five-star RB Kemon Spell at Notre Dame.
Huge visit.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
The country's No. 1 running back in the 2027 cycle, five-star talent Kemon Spell, has decommitted from Penn State‼️
Spell is set to unofficially visit Notre Dame for the first time Saturday ☘️
Read: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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Former Irish LB Manti Te’o gave a speech at today’s The Victory March:
“It’s easy to jump on the bandwagon when everything is going right.
But who’s gonna jump off that wagon when it ain’t rolling right and start pushing with me?
“That’s why I’m here.” @insideNDsports
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Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock and defensive coordinator Al Golden share a moment postgame.
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Posted this earlier today on blueandgold.com … Notre Dame freshman QB CJ Carr said he’s 100% and estimated he threw a ball 65 yards pregame.
Carr will be ready to compete for the starting QB job in the spring.
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Freeman on his pregame emotion:
"It was intentional. ... I remember in that moment saying, 'We're right here. We showed this in the meeting. We've been here.'
"I wanted to take that pressure off of them. ... I didn't want them to have any fear."
Dos Leprechauns
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James Franklin: “This is no knock to Notre Dame, but everybody should be in a conference.”
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Notre Dame TE Mitchell Evans will play his final game with #GoIrish today.
His reemergence has been crucial to their #CFBPlayoff run.
“I gave everything to this university. I love this place.”
More from Evans: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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There might be an argument that Notre Dame has the best two running backs in the country.
Not just the best running back duo.
The best two running backs.
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The next time you see this guy on an NFL field, it will be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the national championship.
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Told the Notre Dame football beat this was happening weeks ago, and they didn't report it.
Took an unofficial visit to John Carroll University on Saturday and proposed to the love of my life.
Happy to announce: She said yes.
02.01.2025 ♥️
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I interviewed Notre Dame QB CJ Carr, who said he’s 100% healthy and “very, very ready” to compete for the starting QB job.
“I feel like a whole different person in football, life and school.”
Story: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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NEW: Ohio State five-star WR commit Jamier Brown will visit Notre Dame on Saturday for the USC game, he told Blue & Gold‼️
"I have a good relationship with Coach Freeman and the coaches. So, it’s always nice to be able to catch up with them." ☘️
Read: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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Notre Dame celebrates a win over Texas A&M in Aggieland.
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Notre Dame’s visitor list for the USC game is loaded‼️
☘️ 5-star EDGE David Jacobs Jr.
☘️ 5-star RB Kemon Spell
☘️ Elite EDGE Chris Whitehead Jr.
☘️ Top-100 TEs Seneca Driver & Jaxon Dollar
☘️ Elite SEC commit
Dozens more names to know here: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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Indianapolis Lawrence North five-star WR Monshun Sales visited Notre Dame for the second time in five weeks last Saturday‼️
“I just love Notre Dame. That’s that. I just really love Notre Dame.” ☘️
More on Sales' Irish recruitment here: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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#Browns are likely going to be featured on this year’s HBO Hard Knocks series, per source. An official announcement is expected on Thursday.
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Will be at Notre Dame next week.
NEW: Penn State 2027 5-star RB commit Kemon Spell on if he’s 100% with the Nittany Lions:
“No I’m not. I’m not 100% with Penn State anymore.”
(via @zach_seyko)
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Former Irish running back (and now Notre Dame alum) Jerome Bettis is in the building. @insideNDsports
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📣NEW PREDICTION📣
@adamgorney, @SWiltfong_ and I have logged expert predictions for Notre Dame to land elite 2028 DL Marcus Fakatou ☘️
The Orange (Calif.) Lutheran standout is the nation's No. 4 overall player and No. 1 DL in the 2027 class ‼️
Read: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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This is a huge deal.
O'Brien wasn't expected back at Notre Dame until the USC game.
But the five-star DB/WR will now visit Saturday, too.
O'Brien is not wavering in his Irish pledge despite their 0-2 start.
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Notre Dame strengthened its standing for five-star RB Kemon Spell during last weekend’s visit ‼️
“I’m leaning toward Notre Dame a lot. I like the program. I like being up there.” ☘️
More from the No. 1 RB in the 2027 class here: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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Notre Dame freshman LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa going through warmups.
He has not played since Nov. 23 vs. Army after injury his knee.
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2023 five-star DE Keon Keeley has entered Ohio Stadium.
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Xavier Watts is making himself a lot of money.
I'm telling you, NFL Draft evaluators will discuss him as a first-round pick after tonight.
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Marcus Freeman. Man of the people.
Here he is with 2023 QB commit Kenny Minchey’s younger sister.
Didn’t take long for the Mincheys to become a part of the Notre Dame family.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Cam Williams 🤝 Michael Floyd
Notre Dame just signed its first 5️⃣⭐️ WR since Floyd in the 2008 recruiting cycle ☘️
Williams is an elite talent arrives in South Bend from Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard South 🏈
More on Williams here: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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#GoIrish LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa almost missed the #CFBPlayoff
But with his perseverance, he made it back from injury vs. Georgia & was a difference-maker vs. Penn State.
Now, the championship.
“This game means everything to me and this team.”
Story: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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Pro Football Focus has 8 #GoIrish players on their updated 2025 NFL Draft Big Board:
• No. 16 CB Benjamin Morrison
• 45 S Xavier Watts
• 103 QB Riley Leonard
• 115 LB Jack Kiser
• 154 DL Rylie Mills
• 188 TE Mitchell Evans
• 234 DL Howard Cross III
• 260 Beaux Collins
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How many Notre Dame fans would go to the ends for the earth to get a package like this one 🤯
Look at what box just came through the doors of the FFCA... it might be the box of all boxes.
THE NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH, MAN!
My dad used to coach running backs at Notre Dame, and I went to high school in South Bend!
Thank you Coach Freeman and @NDFootball for this box!!
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Tuihalamaka was once verbally committed to USC during his recruitment, and experts predicted Faraimo to the Trojans during his proccess.
Both SoCal products ended up signing with the Irish and have played key roles for Notre Dame this season.
𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠
𝙅𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙝 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙮
🆚 USC
📍 South Bend, Indiana
📅 Saturday, Oct. 18
🕢 7:30 PM ET
📺 NBC | Peacock
#GoIrish☘️ | @TireRack
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Freeman told reporters he received a call from his college head coach, Jim Tressel, about 10 minutes ago.
Tressel told him: "The greatest illusion was that when all looks well, all isn’t well."
Expect a refocused Irish team in Week 2 after a big win.
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Quicken Loans Arena showed the Francisco Lindor grand slam home run. LeBron stood up off of the bench and pumped his fist!
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Led by five-star commit Rodney Dunham, six official visitors arrived at Notre Dame this morning.
In order: Dunham, WR Bubba Frazier, EDGE Ebenezer Ewetade, LB Kobe Clapper, OT Charlie Thom and DL Elijah Golden.
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Notre Dame left guard Jarrett Patterson is in uniform. @insideNDsports
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Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and defensive line coach Al Washington made it out to Akron, Ohio, on Friday night to see 2024 top 180 four-star EDGE commit Loghan Thomas.
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🚨BREAKING: Notre Dame has its quarterback.
2023 QB Kenny Minchey has committed to the Irish.
“Everything will be shut down. (I’m) excited to know that I have a place to call home and that I’m gonna be going to Notre Dame.”
More from Minchey here.
☘️: notredame.rivals.com/news/no…
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Notre Dame QB commit Blake Hebert repping the ND towel for tonight’s game.
He tossed a dime 33-yard TD on his first pass.
ND’s newest signal-caller is all about the Irish. He plays like it, too.
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McKeesport (Pa.) High 2027 five-star RB Kemon Spell with his most ridiculous TD yet 🤯
This one, a 54-yard score, his fifth of the day.
Spell is up to 293 rushing yards on 13 rushes. With the KOR TD, 390 all-purpose yards‼️
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Marcus Freeman wears green. Players wear blue. #TheVictoryMarch
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.@WindhorstESPN just said on ESPN that LeBron James has been playing with a “serious/severe right hand injury” after punching a blackboard in Golden State after Game 1. James had to receive multiple MRI’s & there was so much swelling that they couldn’t tell if there was a break.
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The buzz is already building in South Bend about five-star RB Kemon Spell's impending Notre Dame visit for the USC game...
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Headlined by four-stars Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng, Jalen Wiggins, Andrew Olesh, Derek Meadows and Madden Faraimo, Notre Dame football’s key recruiting targets and commits enter the stadium for tonight’s game against Florida State.
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Reporters just finished speaking with Notre Dame LB Jack Kiser.
He said starters had first-class plane seats on the way to and from Ireland.
Marcus Freeman flew economy on the way back.
Kiser said Sam Hartman gave up his first-class seat to Holden States.
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O’Brien’s father to me about Auman:
“Carter Auman is the best recruiter out there, man. He’s a great kid. We think the world of him. It’s just great people there at Notre Dame.”
A source reached out to me unprompted this morning about Notre Dame landing Joey O'Brien.
“No one in the country has talked to Joey more than Carter. They're beyond a recruiting relationship. They're more like brothers.” ☘️
Auman, ND's director of recruiting, is a Pa. native.
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Drayk Bowen helped put #GoIrish in a spot to have a legitimate shot at a championship comeback.
Now, ND will lean on their sophomore LB entering the offseason.
"Coming back next year, we’re going to be a force to be dealt with.”
More on Bowen: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and director of recruiting Chad Bowden visited Irish five-star WR commit Cam Williams at his home on Friday night.
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Notre Dame has Rivals’ No. 1 recruiting class in 2026 ‼️
They also have…
☘️ The most 5-star caliber players
☘️ The nation’s best edge rusher duo
☘️ An elite defensive back class
And more! Here’s a deep dive into the Irish 2026 class: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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🚨BREAKING: Notre Dame has landed a commitment from 2023 @Rivals 100 RB Jeremiyah Love.
The No. 3 RB in the 2023 class is Notre Dame’s top commit at that position in 10 years.
A massive victory on the recruiting trail for the Irish. More here.
☘️: notredame.rivals.com/news/20…
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Former Notre Dame QB — and Columbus, Ohio, native — Brady Quinn is here.
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#Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski is in attendance at tonight’s St. Ignatius vs. St. Ed’s basketball game.
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Pittsburgh Central Catholic four-star OL James Halter has announced his commitment to Notre Dame ☘️
“The culture there is just really special.”
More on this prized pickup for the Irish here: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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Freeman on Monday about the impact of the Notre Dame fans in College Station:
"Shoutout to the fans that did make it down to Texas A&M. We felt their energy."
Kyle Kelly
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Four-star WR Brayden Robinson from Red Oak (Texas) High has arrived at Notre Dame.
He had 79 catches, 1,119 yards and 15 touchdowns last season.
It’s his first time in South Bend.
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News: Wallingford (Conn.) Choate Rosemary Hall OT Will Black has signed with Notre Dame.
He's the first On3 Industry Ranking five-star recruit to join the Irish in the Marcus Freeman era. Black is also the No. 2 overall player in On3's rankings.
Story: on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig…
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The No. 1 RB in the 2028 class will be at Notre Dame on Saturday.
📲: on3.com/rivals/zaiden-jernig…
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Regardless of Saturday night’s outcome, it was pretty remarkable to see how locked in and excited Notre Dame 2025 QB commit Deuce Knight (white shirt) was during the game.
Knight is all in on the Irish.
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Elite Towson (Md.) Loyola Blakefield four-star DB Khary Adams is back at Notre Dame for his official visit ☘️
Friday marks trip No. 4 to South Bend for On3's No. 3 CB in the 2026 class 👀
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Notre Dame commits S Ethan Long, OT Matty Augustine and QB Blake Hebert from Greenwich (Conn.) Brunswick School are at Yankee Stadium for tonight’s Notre Dame game against Army.
Won’t be long before they’re in South Bend as teammates again.
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The scene inside the Notre Dame Stadium news conference room as coach Marcus Freeman speaks.
One of these three is the president of Notre Dame.
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Roswell (Ga.) Blessed Trinity Catholic five-star EDGE David Jacobs Jr. (@DaviddJacobss) is back at Notre Dame for the second time in five weeks 👀☘️
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Couldn’t figure out for the life of me why Jack Swarbrick and Fr. John Jenkins had footballs near them in the news conference room last night.
All adds up. Classy move by Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman.
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Notre Dame early enrollee freshman OL Sam Pendleton spoke to reporters for the first time today and gave a ringing endorsement of his first eight weeks on campus.
“Notre Dame is like no other I’ve heard of. They’re a class A education with the culture of a football school.”
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