2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–0
Head coach	Marcus Freeman (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Denbrock (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Al Golden (3rd season)
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Notre Dame		–		11	–	1
UConn		–		8	–	4
UMass		–		2	–	10

As of December 4, 2024 Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team will represent the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Irish will be led by Marcus Freeman in his third year as Notre Dame's head coach. They will play their home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Offseason

Coaching changes

The following coaches left the program:

Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Gerad Parker left for the head coach position at Troy.
Wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey was not retained.

The following coaches were hired:

Mike Denbrock was hired from LSU to be the offensive coordinator.
Mike Brown was hired from Wisconsin to be the wide receivers coach.
Loren Landow was hired to be the director of football performance.

Departures

NFL

OL Joe Alt declared for the draft.
LB JD Bertrand declared for the draft.
S DJ Brown declared for the draft.
RB Audric Estimé declared for the draft.
OL Blake Fisher declared for the draft.
S Thomas Harper declared for the draft.
CB Cam Hart declared for the draft.
QB Sam Hartman declared for the draft.
DL Javontae Jean-Baptiste declared for the draft.
LB Marist Liufau declared for the draft.
WR Matt Salerno declared for the draft.
K Spencer Shrader declared for the draft.
LS Michael Vinson declared for the draft.

Transfers out

CB Ryan Barnes is currently in the transfer portal.
OL Michael Carmody is currently in the transfer portal.
S Antonio Carter II is currently in the transfer portal.
OL Zeke Correll transferred to NC State.
WR Rico Flores Jr. transferred to UCLA.
S Ramon Henderson is currently in the transfer portal.
WR Braylon James transferred to TCU.
DL Aidan Keanaaina transferred to California.
WR Tobias Merriweather transferred to California.
DL Nana Osafo-Mensah transferred to TCU.
TE Holden Staes transferred to Tennessee.
OL Joey Tanona transferred to Purdue; previously medically retired.
WR Chris Tyree transferred to Virginia.
RB Skip Velotta is currently in the transfer portal.

Exhausted eligibility

Retirements

RB Sam Assaf
DL Cole Aubrey
WR Henry Cook
WR Chase Dixon
P Bryan Dowd
WR Griffin Eifert
RB Chase Ketterer
P Ben Krimm
OL Quinn Murphy
DL Grant Ristoff
TE Hakim Sanfo
S Eddie Scheidler
TE Charlie Selna
OL Brennan Wicks

Additions

Transfers in

S Jordan Clark transferred in from Arizona State.
WR Beaux Collins transferred in from Clemson.
K Mitch Jeter transferred in from South Carolina.
QB Riley Leonard transferred in from Duke.
WR Kris Mitchell transferred in from FIU.
DL R.J. Oben transferred in from Duke.

Recruiting

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College recruiting information (2024)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Taebron Bennie-Powell S	West Chester, OH	Lakota West	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
Taebron Bennie-Powell S	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 77
CJ Carr QB	Saline, MI	Saline	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
CJ Carr QB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 86
Micah Gilbert WR	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Christian	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	203 lb (92 kg)
Micah Gilbert WR	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81
Karson Hobbs CB	Cincinnati, OH	Moeller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
Karson Hobbs CB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Brauntae Johnson S	Fort Wayne, IN	North Side	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
Brauntae Johnson S	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81
Peter Jones OL	Malvern, PA	Malvern Prep	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	297 lb (135 kg)
Peter Jones OL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Bodie Kahoun LB	Roanoke, VA	Patrick Henry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	214 lb (97 kg)
Bodie Kahoun LB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Anthonie Knapp OL	Roswell, GA	Roswell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	268 lb (122 kg)
Anthonie Knapp OL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Guerby Lambert OL	West Roxbury, MA	Catholic Memorial	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	280 lb (130 kg)
Guerby Lambert OL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 85
Jack Larsen TE	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Catholic	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)
Jack Larsen TE	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Leonard Moore CB	Round Rock, TX	Round Rock	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	177 lb (80 kg)
Leonard Moore CB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Cole Mullins DL	Hoschton, GA	Mill Creek	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (110 kg)
Cole Mullins DL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Styles Prescod OL	Fishers, IN	Hamilton Southeastern	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	280 lb (130 kg)
Styles Prescod OL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Teddy Rezac LB	Omaha, NE	Westside	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
Teddy Rezac LB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 77
Logan Saldate WR	Salinas, CA	Palma	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Logan Saldate WR	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 77
Sean Sevillano Jr. DL	Clearwater, FL	Clearwater Academy International	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	315 lb (143 kg)
Sean Sevillano Jr. DL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78
Loghan Thomas DL	Lakewood, OH	St. Edward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
Loghan Thomas DL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81
Kennedy Urlacher S	Chandler, AZ	Chandler	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)
Kennedy Urlacher S	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 76
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa LB	Bellflower, CA	St. John Bosco	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	230 lb (100 kg)
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa LB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 84
Aneyas Williams RB	Hannibal, MO	Hannibal	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
Aneyas Williams RB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Cam Williams WR	Glen Ellyn, IL	Glenbard South	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)
Cam Williams WR	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 86
Bryce Young DL	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Christian	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	245 lb (111 kg)
Bryce Young DL	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
Kedren Young RB	Lufkin, TX	Lufkin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	220 lb (100 kg)
Kedren Young RB	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 9 247Sports: 8
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: dame%2522%255D,%2522page_number%2522:1,%2522position_group.abbreviation%2522:%2522%2522,%2522position.abbreviation%2522:%2522%2522,%2522status%2522:%255B%2522signed%2522,%2522verbal%2522%255D%257D "Rivals commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 27, 2023. `{{cite web}}`: Check `\|url=` value (help) "ESPN commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2023. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 27, 2023. dame.247sports.com/Season/2024-Football/Commits "247Sports commits". 247sports.com. Retrieved December 27, 2023. `{{cite web}}`: Check `\|url=` value (help)

New walk-ons

WR Matthew Jeffery
LB Tommy Powlus
QB Anthony Rezac
WR Xavier Southall
LS Joseph Vinci

Other

DL Kahanu Kia (returning from Mormon missionary)^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV
August 31	at Texas A&M^[3]	Kyle Field College Station, TX
September 7	Northern Illinois^[4]	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
September 14	at Purdue^[5]	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
September 21	Miami (OH)^[6]	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
September 28	Louisville^[7]	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
October 12	Stanford^[6]	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
October 19	at Georgia Tech^[8]^[9]	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, GA
October 26	vs. Navy^[10]	MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, NJ
November 9	Florida State^[8]	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
November 16	Virginia^[8]^[11]	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
November 30	at USC^[6]	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA

TBA: An additional non-ACC home game will be scheduled.

Personnel

Roster

2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`0`	Deion Colzie	Sr
RB	`3`	Gi'Bran Payne	Jr
QB	`8`	Kenny Minchey	So
TE	`9`	Eli Raridon	Jr
WR	`11`	KK Smith	So
RB	`12`	Jeremiyah Love	So
QB	`16`	Dylan Devezin	Jr
QB	`18`	Steve Angeli	Jr
WR	`19`	Jaden Greathouse	So
RB	`22`	Devyn Ford	GS
TE	`23`	Justin Fisher	Jr
RB	`24`	Jadarian Price	Jr
TE	`38`	Davis Sherwood	Sr
TE	`39`	Andrew Yanoshak	Sr
TE	`42`	Henry Garrity	So
OL	`50`	Rocco Spindler	Sr
OL	`55`	Chris Terek	So
OL	`56`	Charles Jagusah	So
OL	`59`	Aamil Wagner	Jr
OL	`64`	Joe Otting	So
OL	`70`	Ashton Craig	Jr
OL	`72`	Sam Pendleton	So
OL	`73`	Andrew Kristofic	GS
OL	`74`	Billy Schrauth	Jr
OL	`75`	Sullivan Absher	So
OL	`77`	Ty Chan	Jr
OL	`78`	Pat Coogan	Sr
OL	`79`	Tosh Baker	GS
WR	`80`	Jordan Faison	So
WR	`81`	Jack Polian	Sr
WR	`82`	Leo Scheidler	Jr
WR	`83`	Jayden Thomas	Sr
TE	`84`	Kevin Bauman	GS
WR	`86`	Alex Whitman	So
TE	`87`	Cooper Flanagan	So
TE	`88`	Mitchell Evans	Sr
QB	`––`	CJ Carr	Fr
WR	`––`	Beaux Collins	Sr
WR	`––`	Micah Gilbert	Fr
WR	`––`	Matthew Jeffery	Fr
OL	`––`	Peter Jones	Fr
OL	`––`	Anthonie Knapp	Fr
OL	`––`	Guerby Lambert	Fr
TE	`––`	Jack Larsen	Fr
QB	`––`	Riley Leonard	Sr
WR	`––`	Kris Mitchell	GS
OL	`––`	Styles Prescod	Fr
QB	`––`	Anthony Rezac	Fr
WR	`––`	Logan Saldate	Fr
WR	`––`	Xavier Southall	Fr
RB	`––`	Aneyas Williams	Fr
WR	`––`	Cam Williams	Fr
RB	`––`	Kedren Young	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`0`	Xavier Watts	GS
LB	`3`	Jaylen Sneed	Jr
CB	`6`	Clarence Lewis	GS
CB	`7`	Jaden Mickey	Jr
DL	`12`	Jordan Botelho	GS
CB	`16`	Micah Bell	So
DL	`17`	Brenan Vernon	So
CB	`18`	Chance Tucker	Sr
S	`19`	Marty Auer	Sr
CB	`20`	Benjamin Morrison	Jr
S	`21`	Adon Shuler	So
S	`22`	Ben Minich	So
LB	`23`	Jaiden Ausberry	So
LB	`24`	Jack Kiser	GS
LB	`25`	Preston Zinter	So
CB	`26`	Isaiah Dunn	Jr
S	`28`	Luke Talich	So
CB	`29`	Christian Gray	So
LB	`33`	Tre Reader	Jr
LB	`34`	Drayk Bowen	So
DL	`40`	Joshua Burnham	Jr
DL	`41`	Donovan Hinish	Jr
LB	`42`	Nolan Ziegler	Jr
DL	`44`	Junior Tuihalamaka	Jr
DL	`45`	Kobi Onyiuke	Jr
LB	`46`	Jerry Rullo	Jr
DL	`47`	Jason Onye	Sr
DL	`51`	Boubacar Traore	So
DL	`56`	Howard Cross III	GS
DL	`91`	Aiden Gobaira	Jr
DL	`93`	Armel Mukam	So
DL	`95`	Tyson Ford	Jr
DL	`97`	Gabriel Rubio	Sr
DL	`98`	Devan Houstan	So
DL	`99`	Rylie Mills	GS
S	`––`	Taebron Bennie-Powell	Fr
S	`––`	Jordan Clark	GS
CB	`––`	Karson Hobbs	Fr
S	`––`	Brauntae Johnson	Fr
LB	`––`	Bodie Kahoun	Fr
DL	`––`	Kahanu Kia	So
CB	`––`	Leonard Moore	Fr
DL	`––`	Cole Mullins	Fr
DL	`––`	R.J. Oben	GS
LB	`––`	Tommy Powlus	Fr
LB	`––`	Teddy Rezac	Fr
DL	`––`	Sean Sevillano Jr.	Fr
DL	`––`	Loghan Thomas	Fr
S	`––`	Kennedy Urlacher	Fr
LB	`––`	Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	Fr
DL	`––`	Bryce Young	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`14`	Bryce McFerson	Jr
P	`32`	Chris Salerno	Sr
K	`48`	Marcello Diomede	So
LS	`51`	Rino Monteforte	Jr
LS	`57`	Andrew Kros	So
K	`92`	Zac Yoakam	Jr
K	`––`	Mitch Jeter	GS
LS	`––`	Joseph Vinci	Fr

Head coach

Marcus Freeman

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Al Golden – Defensive coordinator/linebackers
Mike Denbrock – Offensive coordinator/tight ends
Marty Biagi – Special teams coordinator
Gino Guidugli – Quarterbacks/pass game coordinator
Deland McCullough – Running backs/run game coordinator
Mike Mickens – Cornerbacks/defensive pass game coordinator
Chris O'Leary – Defensive backs/safeties
Joe Rudolph – Offensive line
Mike Brown – Wide receivers
Al Washington – Defensive line/defensive run game coordinator
Loren Landow – Director of football performance
Ron Powlus – Senior associate athletics director
Olivia Mitchell – Director of football operations

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 22, 2023

References

^ "Notre Dame Signs An Outstanding 2024 Recruiting Class". December 20, 2023.
^ Vowles, Joshua (January 10, 2022). "Notre Dame DE Kahanu Kia is leaving Notre Dame for mission trip". One Foot Down.
^ "Notre Dame, Texas A&M announce home-and-home for 2024–25". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
^ Kelley, Kevin (May 23, 2019). "NIU to play at Notre Dame in 2024, adds two in-state FCS opponents". Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ Winn, Andrew (August 17, 2017). "Notre Dame Football: Irish Drop Game With Purdue Boilermakers, Add Two More". Retrieved August 18, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shepkowski, Nick. "Notre Dame football future schedules and opponents". Retrieved March 16, 2021.
^ McGavic, Matthew. "Louisville Announces Multiple Future Football Schedule Updates". si.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fortuna, Matt (October 21, 2014). "ACC, Notre Dame announce opponents through 2025". espn.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "Future Football Opponents". Ramblinwreck.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
^ "Notre Dame to play Navy in college football game at MetLife Stadium in 2024". espn.com. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
^ "Virginia Future Football Schedules". VirginiaSports.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

[1] "Notre Dame Signs An Outstanding 2024 Recruiting Class". December 20, 2023.

[2] Vowles, Joshua (January 10, 2022). "Notre Dame DE Kahanu Kia is leaving Notre Dame for mission trip". One Foot Down.

[aggiesvsirish-3] "Notre Dame, Texas A&M announce home-and-home for 2024–25". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 25, 2014.

[4] Kelley, Kevin (May 23, 2019). "NIU to play at Notre Dame in 2024, adds two in-state FCS opponents". Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[Purdue-5] Winn, Andrew (August 17, 2017). "Notre Dame Football: Irish Drop Game With Purdue Boilermakers, Add Two More". Retrieved August 18, 2017.

[Additionaldates-6] Shepkowski, Nick. "Notre Dame football future schedules and opponents". Retrieved March 16, 2021.

[7] McGavic, Matthew. "Louisville Announces Multiple Future Football Schedule Updates". si.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[ACC2025-8] Fortuna, Matt (October 21, 2014). "ACC, Notre Dame announce opponents through 2025". espn.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[9] "Future Football Opponents". Ramblinwreck.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[10] "Notre Dame to play Navy in college football game at MetLife Stadium in 2024". espn.com. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

[Virginiadates-11] "Virginia Future Football Schedules". VirginiaSports.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

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