We're getting closer, gang.

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Cross off Alabama as a program pushing to flip Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight.

The Crimson Tide just flipped SMU commit Keelon Russell.

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Story from Marshall Levenson:

The NFL's Chicago Bears announced that six coaches will join its coaching staff for minicamp and training camp as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship Program.

Notre Dame graduate assistant Michael Bearden, who works with the Irish wide receivers, is among them. He joined the staff starting this week for minicamp and training camp in July.

This has been percolating for a while.

Notre Dame has offered 97 recruits ranked inside the new Rivals250. It has already hosted 52 Rivals250 prospects on unofficial visits.


Notre Dame QB commit Noah Grubbs remained at No. 44 overall.

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Newly offered safety Bralan Womack is up 10 spots to No. 53.

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In the story above I covered the 10 Notre Dame targets in the Rivals250 who have visited multiple times and the targets who made the biggest moves up.

They aren't saying that ND is the best team, but because of the schedule has the best chance of going 12-0. ND's preseason FPI ranking is 7.

Opponent rankings:

Florida State 11
Texas A&M 14 (too high IMO)
Southern Cal 18
Louisville 21
Georgia Tech 54
Stanford 59
Purdue 60
Virginia 72
Miami 90
Northern Illinois 114
Army 121
Navy 124

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Have a pair of season tickets but can't make it to the Miami or Stanford games this year. I'll make them available here first before opening it up to a wider audience.

Seats are in Section 122, Row 13 right on the aisle. Parking is for the Bookstore Lot (access from Notre Dame Avenue via Angela Blvd).

Prices for each game are face value for the pair of tickets+parking.

Miami 9/21 3:30pm ET: $230

Stanford 10/12 3:30pm ET: $260

Payment would not be due until I receive the (digital) tickets, which is probably late July.

PARKING IS NOT AVAILABLE SEPARATELY.

DON'T EVEN ASK.

SERIOUSLY, DON'T ASK.

Notre Dame quarterback commitments Deuce Knight, a four-star recruit in the 2025 class, and Noah Grubbs, a four-star recruit in the 2026 class, competed at Sunday's Irish Invasion camp.

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Notre Dame wide receiver commit Elijah Burress, a three-star recruit in the 2025 class, competed at Sunday's Irish Invasion.

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The new Rivals 250

A Q&A with 2026 safety Bralan Womack after he received a Notre Dame offer following his Irish Invasion camp performance.

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I caught up with 2027 ATH Dakota Guerrant, who received a Notre Dame offer after being limited to only defensive reps during the Irish Invasion. He's an impressive receiver as well.

“That was big to me, honestly,” Guerrant told Inside ND Sports. “I didn’t even think I was going to get the offer that day. I was just going to get some work and make sure the coaches can see me.

“Then when I ended up balling out and getting the offer, that was big. Notre Dame’s a good school — one of my top schools for sure.”


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Three Notre Dame defensive end commitments in the 2025 class competed at Sunday's Irish Invasion. Watch Christopher Burgess Jr., Joseph Reiff and Dominik Hulak participate in the camp against some of the top offensive linemen in attendance.

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A Q&A with 2027 cornerback Larry Moon after he received a Notre Dame offer following his Irish Invasion camp performance.

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Join us Monday at 7 p.m. EDT on YouTube as @Greg Smith and I go live for the next weekly edition of "Football Never Sleeps."

Greg, a Rivals national recruiting analyst, will fill in for @Eric Hansen this week while he's taking some much deserved vacation.

We'll discuss Notre Dame commitment news with the addition of 2026 quarterback Noah Grubbs and loss of 2025 wide receiver Shaun Terry, observations from Sunday's Irish Invasion camp, a new wide receiver offer in the 2025 class and more Midwest recruiting topics while answering questions from viewers.

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and breaks it down here

Fishers (Ind.) three-sport athlete JonAnthony Hall, who was offered a football scholarship on Friday night by Notre Dame, helped Fishers win the boys state team track title at the Indiana high school state championships, Saturday in Bloomington, Ind. The 2025 3-star WR finished second in the long jump (23 feet, 1 inch), two inches behind the state titlist. And he ran a leg on the 4x100 relay team that took third place (42.37 seconds). Notre Dame incoming freshman safety Brauntae Johnson competed in the same two events for Fort Wayne North. Johnson was 10th in the long jump (21-7 1/4) and North was 20th in the 4x100 (43.79). Johnson is set to report on June 9. Hall takes his official visit to ND from June 11-13.

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Well the Saskatchewan Roughriders are ahead 21-6 against Winnipeg starting the fourth quarter with Jack Coan at quarterback. He just ran for the first down out of the zone read option.

and he details why with us here: