2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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.

2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–0
Head coach	Marcus Freeman (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Denbrock (2nd in current stint, 3rd overall season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chris Ash (1st season)
Base defense	4-2-5 Multiple
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Notre Dame			–						0	–	0
UConn			–						0	–	0
As of March 1, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason

Coaching changes

The following coaches left the program:

• Defensive coordinator Al Golden left for the same position with the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL.
• Associate head coach and running backs coach Deland McCullough left for the running backs coach position with the Las Vegas Raiders of the NFL.

The following coaches were hired:

• Chris Ash was hired from the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL to be the defensive coordinator.
• Ja'Juan Seider was hired from Penn State to be the associate head coach and running backs coach.

Departures

NFL

Main article: 2025 NFL draft

• 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 declared for the draft; forwent 1 year of remaining eligibility.
• DL RJ Oben declared for the draft.
• TE Davis Sherwood declared for the draft.
• S Xavier Watts declared for the draft; forwent 1 year of remaining eligibility.

Transfers out

• OL Tosh Baker is currently in the transfer portal.
• OL Ty Chan transferred to UConn.
• WR Deion Colzie transferred to Miami (OH).
• OL Pat Coogan transferred to Indiana.
• DL Tyson Ford transferred to California; previously medically retired.
• DL Aiden Gobaira transferred to James Madison; previously medically retired.
• CB Jaden Mickey transferred to Boise State; previously committed to California.
• OL Sam Pendleton transferred to Tennessee.
• TE Charlie Selna is currently in the transfer portal; previously walk-on.
• OL Rocco Spindler transferred to Nebraska.
• WR Jayden Thomas transferred to Virginia.
• TE Andrew Yanoshak is currently in the transfer portal; previously walk-on.

Retirements

• CB Marty Auer
• P William Bartel
• P/K Eric Goins
• CB Max Hurleman
• WR Jack Polian
• DL Grant Ristoff
• K Chris Salerno
• RB Jake Tafelski

Additions

Transfers in

• K Noah Burnette transferred in from North Carolina.
• DL Jared Dawson transferred in from Louisville.
• WR Malachi Fields transferred in from Virginia.
• DL Elijah Hughes transferred in from USC.
• WR Will Pauling transferred in from Wisconsin.
• CB Devonta Smith transferred in from Alabama.
• S Jalen Stroman transferred in from Virginia Tech.
• TE Ty Washington transferred in from Arkansas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
August 31	7:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ABC
September 13		Texas A&M	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
September 20		Purdue	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC
September 27		at Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR
October 4		Boise State	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
October 11		NC State	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
October 18		USC	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC
November 1		at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)
November 8		Navy	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC
November 15		at Pittsburgh	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
November 22		Syracuse	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
November 29		at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)
All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Further information: 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football 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

Game summaries

at Miami (FL)

See also: 2025 Miami Hurricanes football team

Pregame line	Over/under

Quarter	1	2	Total
Fighting Irish			0
Hurricanes			0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) at Miami Hurricanes (0–0) – Game summary

at Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida

• Date: August 31
• Game time: 7:30 p.m.
• TV: ABC

Statistics	ND	MIA
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Miami	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Texas A&M

See also: 2025 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Pregame line	Over/under

Quarter	1	2	Total
Aggies			0
Fighting Irish			0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Texas A&M Aggies (0–0) vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) – Game summary

at Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana

• Date: September 13

Statistics	TAMU	ND
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas A&M	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Purdue

See also: 2025 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry

Pregame line	Over/under

Quarter	1	2	Total
Boilermakers			0
Fighting Irish			0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Purdue Boilermakers (0–0) vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) – Game summary

at Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana

• Date: September 20

Statistics	PUR	ND
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Purdue	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Arkansas

See also: 2025 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

Pregame line	Over/under

Quarter	1	2	Total
Fighting Irish			0
Razorbacks			0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) at Arkansas Razorbacks (0–0) – Game summary

at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas

• Date: September 27

Statistics	ND	ARK
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Arkansas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Boise State

See also: 2025 Boise State Broncos football team

Pregame line	Over/under

Quarter	1	2	Total
Broncos			0
Fighting Irish			0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Boise State Broncos (0–0) vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) – Game summary

at Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana

• Date: October 4

Statistics	BSU	ND
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Boise State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs USC

See also: 2025 USC Trojans football team and Notre Dame–USC football rivalry

Pregame line	Over/under

Quarter	1	2	Total
Trojans			0
Fighting Irish			0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

USC Trojans (0–0) vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) – Game summary

at Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana

• Date: October 18

Statistics	USC	ND
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
USC	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Navy

See also: 2025 Navy Midshipmen football team and Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry

Pregame line	Over/under

Quarter	1	2	Total
Midshipmen			0
Fighting Irish			0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Navy Midshipmen (0–0) vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) – Game summary

at Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana

• Date: November 8

Statistics	NAVY	ND
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Navy	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Notre Dame	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Personnel

Roster

2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class 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 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 73 Peter Jones RFr OL 74 Billy Schrauth RJr OL 75 Sullivan Absher RSo OL 76 Guerby Lambert RFr WR 80 Xavier Southall (W) So WR 82 Leo Scheidler (W) Sr 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 –– Antavious 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 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 DL –– Jared Dawson RSr CB –– Devonta Smith RSr S –– Jalen Stroman RSr DL –– Elijah Hughes Jr 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 –– Noah Burnette RSr K –– Erik Schmidt Fr	Head coach Marcus Freeman Coordinators/assistant coaches Mike Denbrock – Offensive coordinator/tight ends Chris Ash – Defensive coordinator Marty Biagi – Special teams coordinator/assistant defensive backs Gino Guidugli – Quarterbacks/pass game coordinator Ja'Juan Seider – 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: February 5, 2025

• Notre Dame is currently 14 players over the roster limit of 105.

Depth chart

• Depth chart is a projection and is subject to change.

Defense FS Jalen Stroman JaDon Blair Tae Johnson ROVER MLB WLB Jaylen Sneed Drayk Bowen Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Jaiden Ausberry Preston Zinter Bodie Kahoun Kahanu Kia Teddy Rezac Madden Faraimo SS Adon Shuler Luke Talich Kennedy Urlacher CB Christian Gray Karson Hobbs Chance Tucker DE DT DT DE Joshua Burnham Gabriel Rubio Donovan Hinish Jordan Botelho Bryce Young Jared Dawson Jason Onye Junior Tuihalamaka Loghan Thomas Armel Mukam Elijah Hughes Boubacar Traore CB Leonard Moore Devonta Smith Dallas Golden Offense WR-X Malachi Fields Micah Gilbert KK Smith WR-F Jaden Greathouse Will Pauling Logan Saldate LT LG C RG RT Charles Jagusah Billy Schrauth Ashton Craig Anthonie Knapp Aamil Wagner Guerby Lambert Sullivan Absher Joe Otting Chris Terek Will Black Owen Strebig Peter Jones Cam Herron Matty Augustine Styles Prescod TE Eli Raridon Cooper Flanagan Ty Washington WR-Z Jordan Faison Cam Williams Elijah Burress QB CJ Carr Steve Angeli Kenny Minchey Key reserves RB Kedren Young TE Kevin Bauman, Jack Larsen DL Devan Houstan, Cole Mullins, Sean Sevillano Jr., Brenan Vernon S Taebron Bennie-Powell, Ben Minich Special teams PK Noah Burnette P James Rendell KR Jordan Faison Aneyas Williams PR Jaden Greathouse Jordan Faison LS Rino Monteforte (Field goals, extra points) Joseph Vinci (Punting) H Dylan Devezin RB Jeremiyah Love Jadarian Price Gi'Bran Payne Aneyas Williams