With Notre Dame’s 2025 college football season coming to an abrupt end, we can start looking at roster management and the possibility of NFL Draft entries and transfer portal trades. Notre Dame’s 2026 recruiting class has been signed and finalized, and aside from the increased possibility of 2027 QB Teddy Jarrard reclassifying to the 2026 class, these are the only 27 players guaranteed to be on the 2026 roster.
Below is the 2026 scholarship chart. Each name listed in the chart is a player currently eligible for 2026 and has not yet publicly declared for the NFL Draft or the transfer portal. No doubt it will change a lot in the coming months – but this is what we have now.
We can speculate on which positions the Irish would pursue in the portal, and if you guessed it would be wide receiver and defensive tackle – you’d probably be right. Names like Michigan State WR Nick Marsh and Wake Forest DT Mateen Ibirogba will be discussed a lot, but no matter what discussion we have, it’s going to be very hot when the transfer portal opens from January 2 to when it closes on January 16.
| Player/Professor | newborn | Sophomore year | primary | advanced | graduate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quarterback | Noah Grubbs | Blake Herbert | CJ Carr | – | ` |
| run back | Javion Osbourne, Jonas Walton | Nolan James | Anias Williams, Kedron Young | – | Jadarian Price, Gibran Payne |
| tight end | Preston Frazier, Ian Premer | James Flanigan | Jack Larson | Cooper Flanagan | – |
| wide receiver | Dylan Faison, Bubba Frazier, Caiden Finley, Devin Fitzgerald, Brayden Robinson | Elijah Burroughs, Jerome Bettis Jr., Antavius Richardson | Cam Williams, Micah Gilbert, Logan Soldat | Jaden Greathouse, KK Smith, Jordan Faison | – |
| center | – | – | – | – | Ashton Craig |
| guard | Sullivan Gavin, Tyler Merrill, Gregory Patrick | Cameron Herron | – | Joe Otting, Chris Track | billy schloss |
| deal with | Ben Nichols, Grayson Macchio, Charlie Tom | Will Black, Owen Strebig, Marty Augustine | Peter Jones/Anthony Knapp/Styles Prescod/Gelby Lambert | Sullivan Absher, Charles Jagusa | Amir Wagner |
| defensive tackle | Tiki Hora, Elijah Golden | Joseph Reiff, Davion Dixon | Sean Sevillano | Brennan Vernon, Dewan Huystein, Ameer Muqam | Donovan Hinish, Elijah Hughes |
| defensive end | Ebenezer Evitard, Rodney Dunham | Christopher Burgess, Gordie Sulstead | Cole Mullins, Bryce Young, Logan Thomas | Boubacar Traore | Joshua Burnham, Junior Tuiharamaka |
| defender | Thomas Davis Jr., Kobe Clapper | Dominic Hurac, Ko’o Kia, Anthony Sacca, Madden Faraimo | Teddy Rezak, Bodie Calhoun, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | Derek Bowen, Preston Zinter, Jaden Ausbury | Jalen Sneed |
| Safety | Aiden Pouncey, Joey O’Brien, Nick Reddish | Ethan Long, Jayden Blair, Brandon Logan | Ty Brown Benny-Powell, Bronta Johnson | Aton Schuller, Ben Minich, Luke Tallich | – |
| cornerback | Chasten Smith, Cary Adams | Kerry Thomas, Dallas Golden, Mark Zachery | Carson Hobbs, Leonard Moore | Christian Gray | – |
| expert | – | Eric Schmidt | – | – | – |
| total | 27/105 (27) | 52/105 (25) | 74/105 (22) | 93/105 (19) | 103/105 (10) |
