Notre Dame held their Pro Day on Thursday, an opportunity for their 2024 NFL Draft prospects to showcase their talents in front of every scout, general manager and coach in attendance.  In total, the Irish had over 11 former members of their 2023 team, including quarterback Sam Hartman, running back Audric Estime, offensive tackles Joe Alt and Blake Fisher, defensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste, linebackers JD Bertrand and Marist Liufau, nickelback Thomas Harper, cornerback Cam Hart, long snapper Michael Vinson and placekicker Spencer Shrader. One player who had one major question to answe ..read more

The 2024 Pot of Gold event was a massive success, continuing to grow each and every year. On Sunday, over 100 of the best recruits in the 2026 recruiting class were officially offered by Notre Dame. Among that very talented list of players, the Irish offered eight offensive lineman during the event. Here are the talented players to know up front. KEVIN BROWN - Harrisburg (Pa.) High School Standing at only 260 pounds right now, Brown will obviously need a lot of physical development looking forward. However, he has some outstanding tools to work with. Brown is a big time heavyweight wrestler f ..read more

Weight has been a hot topic for Notre Dame offensive lineman Aamil Wagner since his arrival on campus two years ago. The Ohio native has packed on roughly 20 pounds since he came to campus tipping the scales at a modest 265 pounds on his 6-6 frame, but he is still working to add more. Wagner’s official spring weight is 281 pounds, but he is working toward more bulk by the time fall training camp rolls around. "I would love to be 300 pounds plus by fall and the season,” Wagner said this week after Notre Dame’s second spring practice. "I don’t want to put a cap on what I can be. So, just being a ..read more

On Sunday, Notre Dame held their annual Pot of Gold offer event. The Irish staff offered over 100 of the top players in the 2026 recruiting class, including Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy safety Zech Fort. Things have been trending in a good direction between Fort and Notre Dame. They have impressed the Florida star so far. “My early impression of Notre Dame is how prestigious the program has been,” Fort told Irish Breakdown. “The tradition there is unmatched and they have always produced great defensive players. “My relationship has been developing a lot with the Notre Dame coaches,” Fort conti ..read more

When you talk about the tight end position, there aren’t many better developers of talent on the college level than Notre Dame. On Sunday during the Pot of Gold offer event, the Irish staff offered five extremely talented tight ends in the 2026 recruiting class. Here are each one of those talented pass catchers. That includes a small breakdown of each player, and the upside they bring to the table. BROCK HARRIS - Saint George (Utah) Pine View For a player his age, Harris is an outstanding route runner at the tight end position. He is very technically advanced, clearly understanding how to att ..read more

Notre Dame extended over 100 offers on Sunday to some of the top players in the 2026 recruiting class. Their annual Pot of Gold was an event, bringing notoriety to themselves and those recruits they are targeting. That includes Saint George (Utah) Pine View star tight end Brock Harris, who has a claim as one of the most dominant tight ends in the country. Notre Dame had been doing their homework on Harris for some time now even before the event. They were even out to see him during the most recent open period, with new offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock making a great early impression. Despit ..read more

The honors continue to roll in for Hannah Hidalgo. The Notre Dame women’s basketball player became one of just five freshmen to ever be named an Associated Press First Team All-American when the AP made the announcement on Wednesday. Hidalgo leads the nation with 4.6 steals per game. She also leads the ACC and is third in the nation at 23.3 points per game. Her 5.5 assists per game rank third in the conference. Hidalgo joins Iowa's Caitlin Clark, Stanford's Cameron Brink, UConn's Paige Bueckers, USC's JuJu Watkins, who is also a freshman, on the AP’s First Team for the 2023-2024 season. Buecke ..read more

When you’re discussing elite recruits in the 2026 recruiting class, you can’t have the conversation without Nixa (Mo.) High School offensive tackle Jackson Cantwell. The Missouri star was offered by Notre Dame on Sunday during the Pot of Gold offer event. Obviously, Notre Dame has a great reputation developing offensive lineman historically. That’s something that appeals to Cantwell, along with his good early relationship with the Irish staff. "They are a good offensive line school that had a lot of success in the past,” Cantwell told Irish Breakdown. "They are looking to build off that and be ..read more

We only got to see 5 periods today, and honestly they didn't do much during those periods. Will share some of the things I saw from the practice, but it wasn't much. The first period was all PAT-FG, and the defense spent much of the practice working on a tackling circuit. While that is very good to see from a coaching standpoint, it doesn't give us much juicy action for us to write about. OFFENSE *** The only team action we saw was a run period where the entire offense was working on run game. Won't get into specific schemes, but definitely some wrinkles that we didn't see on the LSU offense ..read more

A day after the Pot of Gold offer event, Notre Dame landed their first commitment in the 2026 class from Boca Raton (Fla.) Saint Andrew’s School wide receiver Dylan Faison. If that last name looks familiar, it’s because he is the younger brother of current football and lacrosse standout Jordan Faison. Most Irish fans know the story of Jordan, beginning his career as a walk-on for the football team, but excelling so much that he earned a scholarship halfway through his first season. For the younger Faison, there will be a clear attraction to Notre Dame, however, it is something he wanted long b ..read more