18 OCT. 11, 2025 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED
BY TYLER JAMES
N
otre Dame football head coach
Marcus Freeman may have
coined a profitable T-shirt
phrase for junior wide receiver
Jordan Faison.
"Fais finds a way," Freeman said after
Notre Dame's 56-13 victory over Arkan-
sas Sept. 27.
Someone in Faison's corner should
have already started using that as a Fai-
son merchandise slogan before this story
hit the printer. It both captures how the
5-foot-10, 185-pound Faison impacts his
team and how far he's come to be such an
important football player for the Irish.
Need someone to score a touchdown?
Fais finds a way.
Need someone to pick up a third-
down conversion? Fais finds a way.
Need someone to return punts? Fais
finds a way.
Need someone to block a defensive
back to help spring a long run? Fais
finds a way.
Need someone to throw a pass on a
fake punt? Fais finds a way.
Faison did all those things multiple
times — with the exception of the fake
punt pass — in the first month of Notre
Dame's 2025 season. Nearly two years
after he made his Notre Dame football
debut with a 36-yard touchdown re-
ception against Louisville, Faison is no
longer just an inspirational story as a
two-sport athlete who was recruited to
Notre Dame on a lacrosse scholarship.
He's undoubtedly one of Notre Dame's
best overall players.
"He finds a way," Freeman said. "He's
a great football player, and he's a great
competitor."
'MR. CONSISTENT'
The current version of Faison wasn't
available to Notre Dame for much of last
season. That's because the high ankle
sprain he suffered in the 2024 season
FINDING A WAY
Notre Dame junior wide receiver
Jordan Faison has become
an impact player
