2026 Notre Dame Recruiting Prospects

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2026 Notre Dame Commits, Offers, and Prospects

The target number is ~25 recruits for this year (1 Verbals, ? EEs [^]) :

 

Overall 247 Composite Rankings: Total Points - #? Overall and Player Avg. - #? Overall

247: Notre Dame 2026 Football Offers

247: 2026 Football Recruiting Composite Team Rankings

 

QB (1)

CA QB Brady Smigiel [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.97

FL QB Brady Hart [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.95

CA QB Troy Huhn [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.94

FL QB Noah Grubbs [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.95

CA QB Ryder Lyons [Offer]: 247 Composite 5* 1.00

 

RB (2)

 

 

WR (3)

FL WR Dylan Faison [ND Verbal]: 247 Composite 3* 0.86

 

TE (1)

UT TE Brock Harris [Offer]: 247 Composite 5* 0.99

IL TE JC Anderson [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.95

 

OL (4)

MO OL Jackson Cantwell [Offer]: 247 Composite 5* 1.00

MI OL Gregory Patrick [Offer]: 247 Composite NR

MI OL Ben Nichols [Offer]: 247 Composite NR

 

DL (5)

 

 

LB (3)

 

 

CB (3)

 

 

S (2)

FL S Zech Fort [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.96

PA S Joey O'Brien [Offer]: 247 Composite NR

ATH (?)

 

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Sample of the offers that went out yesterday on Pot of Gold Day (St. Patrick's Day)

 

 

 

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There will be a strong number of 2025 and 2026 recruits visiting ND this weekend

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Appears that I'm seeing increased ND focus on key states and schools.  Gotta hit CA, TX, OH, GA and FL hard.  I believe that focus will pay off.

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It will be very interesting to see what QB they end up getting in this cycle. I think they are in the top 2 for 3 of those elite QBs mentioned. Hart, Grubbs, and Lyons; if I had to pick now, it would be Hart.

I think Smigiel is universally seen as the best QB in the class, but it is honestly pretty close. I don't know if there is a generational QB in this class, but there are a ton of ELITE QB prospects in 2026; very loaded class.

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16 hours ago, NDhoosier said:

It will be very interesting to see what QB they end up getting in this cycle. I think they are in the top 2 for 3 of those elite QBs mentioned. Hart, Grubbs, and Lyons; if I had to pick now, it would be Hart.

I think Smigiel is universally seen as the best QB in the class, but it is honestly pretty close. I don't know if there is a generational QB in this class, but there are a ton of ELITE QB prospects in 2026; very loaded class.

I'm really interested to follow as well. It seems like ND is in great shape for those three, plus Brady Smigiel from CA (Oregon and ND are reportedly Top 2). The rankings are a little all over the place for these four guys. I think Smigiel and Hart would be my top two choices. Wilfong has a crystal ball for ND to land Hart. And Grubbs visited ND over the weekend. ND is in a great spot.

On3 Consensus: Lyons (#5 overall, #1 QB), Smigiel (#42 overall, #4 QB), Hart (#110 overall, #9 QB), Grubbs (#113 overall, #10 QB)

247: Smigiel (#42 overall, #4 QB) is the only one in the Top 100 (247 doesn't have a Top 247 for the 2026 class yet)

Rivals: Smigiel (#4 overall, #1 QB), Lyons (#6 overall, #2 QB), Grubbs (#44 overall, #5 QB), Hart (#49 overall, #6 QB)

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Troy Huhn is another interesting one. 

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21 hours ago, Big23Head said:

Troy Huhn is another interesting one. 

 

 

 

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Got to looking at OT Jackson Cantwell, kid is a mammoth.  Winning a state title in shot put as a freshman.  Of course his dad got a silver medal at the '08 Olympics, so the bloodlines are there.  He'll easily be one of the most sought after recruits in his class.

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