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Notre Dame sent out an offer to Ohio State 2025 wide receiver commit Jayvan Boggs on Tuesday.

Per Rivals, Boggs is a four-star recruit. He is the No. 26 wide receiver and No. 73 overall player in the Rivals250.

The Cocoa (Fla.) High recruit committed to Ohio State last October, and reports 23 total offers including Notre Dame, Florida, Georgia, Miami (Fla.), Oregon, Pittsburgh and Penn State.

Pittsburgh and Oregon offered Boggs earlier this month, and Boggs actually reported his Georgia offer earlier Tuesday afternoon just before 1 p.m. EST.

As a junior, Boggs totaled 93 receptions, 1,493 yards and 23 touchdowns. He had eight games with over 100 receiving yards, including a season-high 218 against Venice High, when he was matched up against Florida State 2024 four-star CB signee Charles Lester III.

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Notre Dame hosts Syracuse on Saturday (2 pm ET). The Orange is/are No. 3. Then comes, in succession, No. 5 Duke. No. 7 Cormell, unranked North Carolina and No. 2 Virginia ahead of the ACC Tournament.

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The former four-star recruit out of Charlotte Christian and early enrollee wide receiver was someone who stuck out earlier this month when ND granted the media full access for spring practice No. 1.

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I just got off the phone with Zech Fort, a four-star safety out of IMG Academy in the 2026 class.

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Fort, the No. 21 overall prospect in his class, followed up his Pot of Gold Day offer on St. Patrick's Day with a visit to Notre Dame on Saturday.

Why was visiting Notre Dame a priority?

Fort: “Getting up to Notre Dame was important to me, because people have been saying, like my trainer, how when you go to Notre Dame, you just have to go up there and see that. You’ll like it. I understand what he meant by that, so I went up there. Another reason I went up there is because Notre Dame offered me. They showed me interest. I have interest in whoever has interest in me. That’s why I wanted to get up there and see what Notre Dame was about.”

What did he learn about Notre Dame on the visit?

Fort: “I learned that at Notre Dame it’s bigger than football. The connections that you can make there, you can’t really find those types of connections at another college. I learned how they play, how they run their defense, their schemes. Then I also got to grow closer with coach Freeman, coach Golden, coach Mickens and coach Bowden.”

Does he think he’ll try to get back to Notre Dame?

“Yeah. I feel like sometime in the future I have to get back up there. I gotta find out when.”

Fort also visited Ohio State on Friday and plans to be at Alabama on Thursday.

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Notre Dame football sent out its first five offers to tight ends in the 2026 recruiting class on Pot of Gold Day, but the Irish are continuing to invite prospects to campus and evaluate them in person as potential offers down the road.

Sam Hamilton, a tight end prospect out of Cinncatni (Ohio) Moeller, visited campus on Monday. Hamilton camped at Notre Dame last summer and was invited back to check out spring practice and get a deeper look at Notre Dame’s campus and football program.

Per Rivals, the 6-foot-4, 230-pound Hamilton is a three-star recruit. He is ranked as the No. 16 player in Ohio for the 2026 class and was listed as a prospect now on the radar by Rivals national recruiting analyst @Greg Smith after performing well at January’s National Underclassmen Combine in San Antonio.

I spoke with Hamilton following his visit to get his latest thoughts on the Irish, offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Mike Denbrick, plus his conversations with a Moeller teammate who is signed with Notre Dame.

On why he returned to South Bend:

"The reason I wanted to come back to Notre Dame is because [head] coach [Marcus] Freeman really wanted me to come back and I'm interested in Notre Dame as a football program and school," Hamilton told Inside ND Sports. "Because I feel like if I get into Notre Dame, I will not only be ready to go to the next level for football but also for my life. It's just really prestigious and it's a very nice school and all around, [it's] what I want."

On coach Denbrock:

"Coach Denbrock really cares about his players and he wants the best for them but he'll also get on them. If they make a mistake, he will tell them what to do and cheer them back on. I got to see what it'd be like to be coached by him ... getting to see that really elevates Notre Dame on my radar. That's what I want in a coach. I want a coach that will drive me to be the best player and best person I can possibly be."

On conversations with Meoller teammate and 2024 CB signee Karson Hobbs:

"He told me you need to be tough in the classroom, in your faith and in football. Learning that from Karson and him teaching me some of the things that I need to know and some of the little extra things is helpful. Notre Dame is high on my list of schools right now and he's really sold it out on me ... and I got to see what it's really like being a Notre Dame football player today."

Hamilton has three early offers from Kentucky, Miami (Ohio) and Toledo, and is receiving additional interest from schools including Coastal Carolina, Wisconsin, Stanford and Tennessee. Hamilton is expected to be at Ohio State for an unofficial visit on Tuesday.

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Join us Monday at 8 p.m. EDT (an hour later due to women's basketball) on YouTube as @Eric Hansen and I go live for the next weekly edition of "Football Never Sleeps."

We'll discuss quarterback Riley Leonard's latest injury, the short-term and long-term impacts of it, more spring practice updates and the latest recruiting news while answering questions from viewers.

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Notre Dame football offered 2026 safety Dominick Kelly after hosting him on an unofficial visit earlier this month, and the four-star recruit proceeded to call the Irish his dream offer and seemed to project as one of the early top targets for the Irish. He announced his verbal commitment to USC on Sunday.

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The women kicked off the National Championship meet in Columbus, OH, on Thursday, completing their portion of the competition Friday. Rebeca Candescu, a junior from New Jersey, earned a bronze medal in Foil, and two other fencers landed top ten finishes in Sabre.

In the team competition, the women finished third, eight points behind Columbia/Barnard and 14 points behind Harvard. The men take to the strips Saturday and Sunday with that deficit to overcome in order to score what would be the program's fourth consecutive national championship, sixth in seven years, and 14th overall.

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Notre Dame offered six total recruits out of North Carolina last Sunday during Pot of Gold Day, and one name to know from the Charlotte area is Myers Park defensive end and four-star target Rodney Dunham.

The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Dunham is ranked as the No. 10 weakside defensive end and No. 190 overall player in the 2026 recruiting class.

Dunham has set a visit for April 13 to check out Notre Dame for a spring practice, which will be his first trip to campus and first recruiting trip not to Duke or South Carolina. Dunham is also a right-handed pitcher and is open to playing both sports in college.

Inside ND Sports spoke with Dunham on Sunday evening to discuss his offer, which coaches he's connected with to this point, how he feels about the Irish prioritizing the Charlotte area and more.

On receiving his offer:

"I was really surprised and honored," Dunham said. "It really made me like reflect on who I am as an athlete and what I can achieve and who I can become in the future. It gave me a lot of confidence and I just felt really thankful."

On who he's spoken with and his relationship with coaches so far:

"I talked to coach Washington, Al Washington. I talked to coach Sebastian, Nick Sebastian, coach Brown, Dre Brown. The defensive coordinator and Freeman."

"It was good. They seem like we're good people and I know they wanted me off-rip but I was surprised that they asked to call. They offered me the second night after the first time we called. We've just been establishing a relationship ever since then."

On Charlotte area and recent recruits to sign with Notre Dame:

"I think it's really cool how they recognize the Carolinas and Charlotte as a main target. There's a lot of talent here. I think there's some good depth and I'm excited about it."

Dunham said Notre Dame's staff like his length, speed off the edge and willingness to never give up on plays.

North Carolina, South Carolina and Duke are standing out to Dunahm currently, and more programs like Clemson or SEC schools could garner interest if they offer this spring or summer. He visited South Carolina on Saturday.

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Well it’s far from ND, but Ryan and UNC going to the Sweet 16.

DT Jason Onye took a big step forward with his game in 2023. He may still be behind Rylie Mills this season, but he's finding ways to expand his game and his role.

"It's about me and coming into practice every single day, going into film sessions and proving my game and seeing me get closer to the gap and closing the gap between me and Rylie — that supposed gap," Onye said.

“That's my job and that's what I want to do. Just keep working, keep getting with Coach Wash and keep asking him those deep, hard questions about, ‘Where do you see Rylie? Where do you see me?’ Doing my job to close that gap."

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Notre Dame might have set the bar high for 2026 four-star TE JC Anderson during his recent visit.

Notre Dame women's basketball star Hannah Hidalgo discusses being named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press as a freshman, how a loss to NC State ignited ND's late season run, what she's learned from Olivia Miles, where her defensive tenacity comes from, the influence of her parents, how she withstands hitting the court so much, her mindset going into the NCAA Tournament, why she's able to succeed at her size and more.

Then @Eric Hansen and I answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (11:41).

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David Glancy homered twice and drove in six runs, but Notre Dame didn’t have enough pitching Sunday to make it stand up as visiting Miami salvaged the final game of a three-game ACC baseball series to avoid a sweep, 12-10 in 10 innings.

Miami leadoff hitter Daniel Cuvet singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly to give the Hurricanes (13-10, 5-4 ACC) some cushion heading into ND’s last at-bat.

Glancy, a grad transfer from St. John’s, struck out, with center fielder TJ Williams on first, to end the game. Earlier, the Irish DH helped Notre Dame (14-9, 2-7) to a 7-1 lead with a fourth-inning grand slam. Then, in the bottom of the eighth, after Miami had scored nine consecutive runs for a 10-7 lead, Glancy followed Williams’ RBI double with a two-run shot to tie the game.

Williams went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs. First baseman Connor Hincks had two hits and an RBI, while Tito Flores had a single, a double and a run scored for Notre Dame, which next plays Bowling Green in a non-conference game on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Bennett Flynn (1-1) took the loss in relief for the Irish, surrendering four hits, three walks and two earned runs over 2 ⅔ innings. He struck out three.

MIAMI 12, NOTRE DAME 10 (10 innings): Box Score

The last time Tosh Baker started consecutive games, Joe Alt had yet to start a game in his Notre Dame career.

After starting the Sun Bowl, Baker's fighting to own the right tackle job.

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2025 LB target Noah Mikhail continues to list Notre Dame football as one of his top contenders ahead of his scheduled unofficial visit on April 3.

Inside ND Sports has listed Mikhail with a Medium rating on The Heat Index.

Rivals national recruiting analyst Marshall Levinson has more below:

NOTRE DAME VS. KENT STATE IN THE NATIONAL STAT RANKINGS
(Out of 349 DI teams) Irish listed first