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The Notre Dame football team was busy playing in the College Football Playoff during the first college football transfer portal window, but they were also preparing for the 2025 season. The transfer portal opened up for the first time on December 9th, so Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish had to balance their CFP prep […]

The Notre Dame football program needs to figure out who its next starting quarterback will be in 2025. Riley Leonard declared for the 2025 NFL Draft and his backup Steve Angeli is set to enter the transfer portal. The Fighting Irish may look to bring in a QB via the transfer portal as an insurance […]

As the spring college football transfer portal opened, Notre Dame added a potentially significant inclusion. After backing up Riley Leonard in 2024, Steve Angeli confirmed his decision to enter the portal on Thursday. Angeli said he intends to enter the portal soon, per CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. He will do so as a graduate transfer […]

Notre Dame football is losing the son of a Chicago Bears legend to the transfer portal. The Fighting Irish are coming off a phenomenal third season under Marcus Freeman. Last year’s team won three games in the College Football Playoff to make it to the National Championship game against Ohio State. Unfortunately, the Buckeyes were […]

The first high-profile holdout of the NIL era in college football didn’t last very long. After Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava ditched practice just before the Volunteers’ spring game due to ongoing contract negotiations, Josh Heupel and company essentially told him to kick rocks. Now that Tennessee has severed ties with Iamaleava and is moving in […]

The Notre Dame football team picked up a massive commitment to boost their 2026 recruiting class on Thursday as five-star EDGE Rodney Dunham announced his commitment to the Fighting Irish. Georgia and South Carolina were other top programs that were working hard to land a commitment from the coveted recruit, but Marcus Freeman and Notre […]

Since losing in the national championship game to Ohio State, Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard has fallen beneath the radar as an NFL draft prospect.  While his final season was a universal success, Leonard still hasn’t been able to crack into that sweet spot for quarterback prospects. At this point, he is projected by most […]

The Michigan football team has had some outstanding running backs in recent years. Hassan Haskins, Blake Corum, Donovan Edwards and Kalel Mullings have all had big impacts on the program. Now, the Wolverines are trying to find their guy in the 2026 recruiting class, and it might be four-star Javian Osborne. Osborne is down to […]

After an active free agency, the Chicago Bears still have moves to make at the 2025 NFL Draft. With their roster beginning to take shape, ESPN sees the Bears addressing defensive voids in the draft in the form of Michigan’s Kenneth Grant and Notre Dame’s Xavier Watts. While Grant is projected by some to be […]

Notre Dame football’s Mitchell Evans is looking to maintain an incredible streak for Fighting Irish tight ends at the upcoming NFL Draft. The Wadsworth, Ohio native has been the leading TE in receiving for the college football powerhouse over the past few years and was a key contributor on the team that made the National […]

Notre Dame football tailback Jadarian Price is revealing he has a very unique NIL deal. Price is working with jeweler to the stars Johnny Dang on a jewelry item that will help his NIL profits, per TMZ Sports. Their partnership in diamonds is a new, unique approach to the name, image and likeness craze. Price […]

Notre Dame football is making an NFL-style move, hiring Detroit Lions scouting exec Mike Martin as their new general manager. Martin brings nearly two decades of scouting experience, including stints with the Panthers, Texans, and Buccaneers. He played a key role in helping the Lions transform from a struggling franchise to a powerhouse. Now, he […]

Notre Dame is getting a really big name to join its football coaching staff. Former Penn State assistant Ja’Juan Seider is headed to South Bend, per 247 Sports. Seider is set to coach running backs for the Fighting Irish. Seider is a former college player who was a quarterback at West Virginia and Florida A&M. […]

Just under two weeks after coming up short to Ohio State in the College Football National Championship Game, Marcus Freeman made his triumphant return to television – okay, Peacock – at the 2025 Royal Rumble, sitting ringside for the show in Indianapolis, Indiana. A lifetime fan of professional wrestling who grew up watching shows before […]

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard is one of six QBs taking part in the Senior Bowl, joining Jalen Milroe (Alabama), Jaxson Dart (Ole Miss), Dillon Gabriel (Oregon), Seth Henigan (Memphis) and Tyler Shough (Louisville) as the seasoned signal-callers who are now preparing for the NFL Draft. Riley Leonard is considered a day three prospect, someone […]

The Notre Dame football team picked up a big win on the recruiting trail on Thursday as they landed a commitment from four-star offensive lineman Tyler Merrill. Merrill is a member of the 2026 recruiting class. Merrill is a top-100 recruit and he holds offers from numerous power four schools. He chose the Fighting Irish […]

The Notre Dame football team made a deep run in the College Football Playoff as they made it all the way to the national championship. Unfortunately for the Fighting Irish, they came up a little short as they lost to Ohio State on the biggest stage. Anytime a team has a run like Notre Dame’s, […]

The Notre Dame football team made a deep run in the postseason this year as they made it all the way to the national championship, but they fell short to Ohio State. Whenever a team has a run like that, it’s normal for there to be some coaching departures as these coordinators are obviously doing […]

Recently, Riley Leonard and the Notre Dame football program came up just short in the National Championship Game vs the Ohio State Buckeyes in Atlanta, Georgia. The Fighting Irish got behind the eight ball quickly, but Leonard led a valiant comeback attempt that made things much more interesting than anticipated down the stretch. Leonard has […]

The Notre Dame football team made it all the way to the national championship this season, but they fell just short as Ohio State ended up claiming the college football crown. Since the season ended, the Fighting Irish have had a few surprising transfer portal departures, and one of them is offensive lineman Rocco Spindler. […]

The Notre Dame football team fell in the national championship game against Ohio State last week, and the offseason is now here for all of college football. Because of the late end to the season for the Fighting Irish, they are now seeing the majority of their transfer portal departures. One player that entered the […]

Notre Dame football has wasted little time attempting to fill its defensive coordinator vacancy after losing Al Golden to the NFL. The Irish are eyeing former Rutgers Scarlet Knights head coach Chris Ash to join head coach Marcus Freeman’s staff as the program attempts to build off its College Football Playoff runner-up finish this season, […]

Notre Dame football has a few intriguing prospects it is considering heading into National Signing Day. The Fighting Irish are coming off a terrific third season under head coach Marcus Freeman. Notre Dame made the College Football Playoff, winning both the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl en route to a trip to the National Championship […]

USC football ended 2024 on the right note, earning a hard-fought 35-31 victory versus Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl. Fantastic efforts by Ja’Kobi Lane and Makai Lemon spared the program its first losing season under head coach Lincoln Riley. There is a long way to go, though. The Trojans still lack a firm […]

Despite making the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoffs, Tennessee has a lot of remodeling to do over the offseason. Josh Heupel has taken an aggressive approach in the college football transfer portal and landed another commitment from former Notre Dame offensive tackle Sam Pendleton. Pendleton committed to the Volunteers with three years of eligibility remaining, […]

There are many reasons why Notre Dame’s run through the College Football Playoff to the National Championship Game was so impressive, but near the top of the list it has to be mentioned that the Irish did so without arguably their most talented player on either side of the ball. Star cornerback Benjamin Morrison, who […]

It took Marcus Freeman only three seasons to build the Notre Dame football program into a National Championship contender, but now just days after coming up one win short of their first title in nearly four decades, the Fighting Irish find themselves in a position where Freeman and his staff will need to build this […]

Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman was given a significant award a few days after the college football season ended. The third-year head coach led the Fighting Irish to the National Championship game this season, where they lost a close one against No. 6 Ohio State. This team accomplished a lot, winning the Sugar […]

Notre Dame football is getting hit in the transfer portal a few days after losing to Ohio State in the National Championship game. Marcus Freeman’s team is finishing up an exceptional season in South Bend that included wins in the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl. The Fighting Irish will now head into an offseason where […]

Notre Dame football lost defensive coordinator Al Golden in less than 48 hours after the National Championship loss. Golden leaves behind one of the nation’s top defenses as he heads to the Cincinnati Bengals for the same position. But Notre Dame could have someone immediately lined up. The Fighting Irish has one defensive assistant as […]

Less than 48 hours after Notre Dame lost the College Football Playoff National Championship, Al Golden is going to the NFL and joining the Cincinnati Bengals as their next defensive coordinator. He’s accepted the role, according to Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports. At the end of the regular season, the Bengals fired previous defensive coordinator, […]

The Notre Dame football program came up just short on Monday night in the College Football Playoff national title game against Ohio State. Still, it was a fantastic season, especially after an early upset loss to Northern Illinois in South Bend. Unfortunately, the transfer portal departures are coming quickly for Notre Dame after the loss. […]

The Notre Dame football team came oh so close to winning it all this year as they fell just short in the national championship game on Monday night. The Fighting Irish ended up putting up a good fight, but Ohio State was the best team in the playoff, and it showed. The Buckeyes got out […]

The Notre Dame football team came oh so close to winning it all this year as they fell just short in the national championship game on Monday night. The Fighting Irish ended up putting up a good fight, but Ohio State was the best team in the playoff, and it showed. The Buckeyes got out […]

The Notre Dame football team came oh so close to winning it all this year as they fell just short in the national championship game on Monday night. The Fighting Irish ended up putting up a good fight, but Ohio State was the best team in the playoff, and it showed. The Buckeyes got out […]

Marcus Freeman, the head football coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, has a net worth of about $24 million. Notre Dame might have lost in the national championship game in the first iteration of the 12-team College Football Playoff, but the head coach is still one of the biggest names in the sport right […]

Ryan Day and Ohio State football had the last laugh. That was clear as day after the Buckeyes took down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday in Atlanta, 34-23. With the Buckeyes beating Notre Dame, college football fans have been quick to make all sorts of […]

After the Notre Dame football team lost to Ohio State in the National Championship Game of the College Football Playoff (CFP), 34-23, everyone involved, including head coach Marcus Freeman, was undoubtedly disappointed. Despite the Notre Dame football team’s heartbreaking loss, Freeman spoke about the team’s future. With the appearance of the Fighting Irish in the […]

Class is all too common for Notre Dame football, and linebacker Jack Kiser. After losing the national championship on Monday, Notre Dame football gave a classy admission about Ohio State. That respect has resonated with Kiser throughout his six seasons with the Fighting Irish. Immediately after the game, with tears running down his face, he […]