2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–0
Head coach	Marcus Freeman (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Denbrock (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Al Golden (4th season)
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
Notre Dame		–		0	–	0
UConn		–		0	–	0

As of December 28, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team will represent the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Irish are led by Marcus Freeman in his fourth year as Notre Dame's head coach. They play their home games at Notre Dame Stadium located in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Offseason

Departures

NFL

S Jordan Clark declared for the draft.
WR Beaux Collins declared for the draft.
DL Howard Cross III declared for the draft.
TE Mitchell Evans declared for the draft.
RB Devyn Ford declared for the draft.
WR Jayden Harrison declared for the draft.
S Rod Heard II declared for the draft.
K Mitch Jeter declared for the draft.
LB Jack Kiser declared for the draft.
QB Riley Leonard declared for the draft.
DL Rylie Mills declared for the draft.
WR Kris Mitchell declared for the draft.
CB Benjamin Morrison is expected to declare for the draft; 1 year of eligibility remaining.
DL RJ Oben declared for the draft.
TE Davis Sherwood declared for the draft.
S Xavier Watts is expected to declare for the draft; 1 year of eligibility remaining.

Transfers out

DL Tyson Ford transferred to California; previously medically retired.
DL Aiden Gobaira is currently in the transfer portal; previously medically retired.
CB Jaden Mickey transferred to California.

Retirements

P William Bartel
P/K Eric Goins
CB Max Hurleman
WR Jack Polian
DL Grant Ristoff
K Chris Salerno
TE Charlie Selna
RB Jake Tafelski
TE Andrew Yanoshak

Additions

Transfers in

WR Malachi Fields transferred in from Virginia.
WR Will Pauling transferred in from Wisconsin.
S DeVonta Smith transferred in from Alabama.
TE Ty Washington transferred in from Arkansas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site
August 30	TBA	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)
September 13	TBA	Texas A&M	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN
September 20	TBA	Purdue	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
September 27	TBA	at Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR
October 4	TBA	Boise State	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 18	TBA	USC	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
November 8	TBA	Navy	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
TBA	TBA	NC State	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN
TBA	TBA	Syracuse	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN
TBA	TBA	at Pittsburgh	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
TBA	TBA	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)
All times are in Eastern time

^[1]^[2] TBA: 1 additional away game will be scheduled.

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches
CFP																Not released

Personnel

Roster

2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`0`	Deion Colzie	RSr
WR	`1`	Jaden Greathouse	Jr
RB	`3`	Gi'Bran Payne	RJr
RB	`4`	Jeremiyah Love	Jr
WR	`6`	Jordan Faison	Jr
QB	`8`	Kenny Minchey	RSo
TE	`9`	Eli Raridon	Sr
WR	`11`	KK Smith	RSo
QB	`12`	CJ Carr	RFr
WR	`14`	Micah Gilbert	RFr
QB	`15`	Anthony Rezac (W)	So
WR	`17`	Cam Williams	RFr
QB	`18`	Steve Angeli	RJr
WR	`19`	Logan Saldate	RFr
RB	`20`	Aneyas Williams	So
RB	`21`	Kedren Young	RFr
RB	`24`	Jadarian Price	RJr
RB	`25`	Dylan Devezin (W)	Sr
WR	`26`	Tyler Buchner (W)	RSr
RB	`32`	Justin Fisher (W)	Sr
WR	`33`	Matt Jeffery (W)	So
TE	`42`	Henry Garrity (W)	Jr
OL	`50`	Rocco Spindler	RSr
OL	`54`	Anthonie Knapp	So
OL	`55`	Chris Terek	RSo
OL	`56`	Charles Jagusah	RSo
OL	`59`	Aamil Wagner	RJr
OL	`60`	Max Anderson (W)	So
OL	`61`	Robbie Wollan (W)	So
OL	`64`	Joe Otting	RSo
OL	`70`	Ashton Craig	RJr
OL	`71`	Styles Prescod	RFr
OL	`72`	Sam Pendleton	RSo
OL	`73`	Peter Jones	RFr
OL	`74`	Billy Schrauth	RJr
OL	`75`	Sullivan Absher	RSo
OL	`76`	Guerby Lambert	RFr
OL	`77`	Ty Chan	RJr
OL	`78`	Pat Coogan	RSr
OL	`79`	Tosh Baker	RSr
WR	`80`	Xavier Southall (W)	So
WR	`82`	Leo Scheidler (W)	Sr
WR	`83`	Jayden Thomas	RSr
TE	`84`	Kevin Bauman	RSr
TE	`85`	Jack Larsen	RFr
WR	`86`	Alex Whitman (W)	Jr
TE	`87`	Cooper Flanagan	Jr
WR	`––`	Malachi Fields	RSr
WR	`––`	Will Pauling	RSr
TE	`––`	Ty Washington	RJr
OL	`––`	Matty Augustine	Fr
WR	`––`	Jerome Bettis Jr.	Fr
OL	`––`	Will Black	Fr
WR	`––`	Elijah Burress	Fr
TE	`––`	James Flanigan	Fr
QB	`––`	Blake Hebert	Fr
OL	`––`	Cam Herron	Fr
RB	`––`	Nolan James Jr.	Fr
WR	`––`	Scrap Richardson	Fr
OL	`––`	Owen Strebig	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`3`	Jaylen Sneed	RJr
LB	`4`	Jaiden Ausberry	RSo
DL	`5`	Boubacar Traore	RSo
S	`8`	Adon Shuler	RSo
DL	`10`	Loghan Thomas	So
DL	`12`	Jordan Botelho	RSr
S	`13`	Ben Minich	RSo
CB	`15`	Leonard Moore	So
S	`16`	Tae Johnson	RFr
DL	`17`	Brenan Vernon	RSo
CB	`18`	Chance Tucker	RSr
CB	`19`	Marty Auer (W)	RSr
CB	`21`	Karson Hobbs	So
S	`23`	Kennedy Urlacher	So
LB	`25`	Preston Zinter	RSo
LB	`27`	Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	So
S	`28`	Luke Talich	Jr
CB	`29`	Christian Gray	Jr
DL	`30`	Bryce Young	So
S	`31`	Taebron Bennie-Powell	RFr
CB	`32`	Isaiah Dunn (W)	Sr
LB	`33`	Tre Reader (W)	Sr
LB	`34`	Drayk Bowen	Jr
LB	`35`	Teddy Rezac	RFr
LB	`36`	Bodie Kahoun	RFr
LB	`38`	Tommy Powlus (W)	So
DL	`40`	Joshua Burnham	RJr
DL	`41`	Donovan Hinish	RJr
DL	`42`	Cole Mullins	RFr
LB	`43`	Kahanu Kia	RSo
DL	`44`	Junior Tuihalamaka	Sr
DL	`45`	Kobi Onyiuke (W)	Sr
LB	`46`	Jerry Rullo (W)	Sr
DL	`47`	Jason Onye	RSr
CB	`48`	Mickey Brown (W)	Sr
CB	`49`	Charles Du (W)	Sr
DL	`59`	Sean Sevillano Jr.	RFr
DL	`88`	Armel Mukam	RSo
DL	`93`	Quentin Autry (W)	RSr
DL	`97`	Gabriel Rubio	RSr
DL	`98`	Devan Houstan	RSo
S	`––`	DeVonta Smith	RSr
S	`––`	JaDon Blair	Fr
DL	`––`	Christopher Burgess Jr.	Fr
DL	`––`	Davion Dixon	Fr
LB	`––`	Madden Faraimo	Fr
CB	`––`	Dallas Golden	Fr
DL	`––`	Dominik Hulak	Fr
LB	`––`	Ko'o Kia	Fr
S	`––`	Brandon Logan	Fr
S	`––`	Ethan Long	Fr
DL	`––`	Joe Reiff	Fr
LB	`––`	Anthony Sacca	Fr
DL	`––`	Gordy Sulfsted	Fr
CB	`––`	Cree Thomas	Fr
CB	`––`	Mark Zackery IV	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`16`	James Rendell	RSr
LS	`39`	Rino Monteforte (W)	Sr
K	`48`	Marcello Diomede (W)	Jr
LS	`49`	Andrew Kros (W)	Jr
K	`92`	Zac Yoakam (W)	Sr
LS	`96`	Joseph Vinci (W)	So
K	`––`	Erik Schmidt	Fr

Head coach

Marcus Freeman

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mike Denbrock – Offensive coordinator/tight ends
Al Golden – Defensive coordinator
Marty Biagi – Special teams coordinator
Gino Guidugli – Quarterbacks/pass game coordinator
Deland McCullough – Associate head coach/running backs
Mike Brown – Wide receivers
Joe Rudolph – Offensive line
Al Washington – Defensive line/defensive run game coordinator
Max Bullough – Linebackers
Mike Mickens – Defensive backs/defensive pass game coordinator
Loren Landow – Director of football performance

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 25, 2024

Depth chart

Defense

FS
DeVonta Smith
Kennedy Urlacher
Tae Johnson

ROVER	MLB	WLB
Jaylen Sneed	Drayk Bowen	Jaiden Ausberry
Madden Faraimo	Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	Kahanu Kia
Anthony Sacca	Preston Zinter	Teddy Rezac

SS
Adon Shuler
Luke Talich
JaDon Blair

CB
Christian Gray
Karson Hobbs
Mark Zackery IV

DE	DT	DT	DE
Bryce Young	Donovan Hinish	Gabriel Rubio	Jordan Botelho
Joshua Burnham	Armel Mukam	Jason Onye	Boubacar Traore
Christopher Burgess Jr.	Sean Sevillano Jr.	Brenan Vernon	Junior Tuihalamaka

CB
Leonard Moore
Dallas Golden
Chance Tucker

Offense

WR-X
Jordan Faison
Cam Williams
KK Smith

WR-F
Jaden Greathouse
Will Pauling
Logan Saldate

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Charles Jagusah	Anthonie Knapp	Pat Coogan	Billy Schrauth	Aamil Wagner
Tosh Baker	Sam Pendleton	Ashton Craig	Rocco Spindler	Guerby Lambert
Styles Prescod	Sullivan Absher	Joe Otting	Chris Terek	Ty Chan

TE
Cooper Flanagan
Eli Raridon
Ty Washington

WR-Z
Malachi Fields
Jayden Thomas
Deion Colzie

QB
Steve Angeli
CJ Carr
Kenny Minchey

Key reserves
RB Aneyas Williams, Kedren Young
WR Micah Gilbert
TE Kevin Bauman, Jack Larsen
OL Peter Jones
DL Devan Houstan, Cole Mullins, Loghan Thomas
LB Bodie Kahoun
S Taebron Bennie-Powell, Ben Minich

Special teams
PK Erik Schmidt
P James Rendell
KR Jeremiyah Love Jadarian Price
PR Jordan Faison Jaden Greathouse
LS Rino Monteforte (Field goals, extra points) Joseph Vinci (Punting)
H Dylan Devezin

RB
Jeremiyah Love
Jadarian Price
Gi'Bran Payne

References

^ Chen, Michael (14 December 2024). "Notre Dame football's 2025 schedule". Fighting Irish Wire. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
^ "2025 Notre Dame Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

[1] Chen, Michael (14 December 2024). "Notre Dame football's 2025 schedule". Fighting Irish Wire. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

[2] "2025 Notre Dame Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

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