Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING ROUNDUP 36 SUMMER 2026 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Quarterback Champ Monds, HHHH, 6-2½, 219, Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach) Running Back Isaiah Rogers, HHHH, 5-10, 190, Springfield, Mass. (Springfield Central) Lathan Whisenton, HHHH, 5-11, 195, Waco, Texas (Midway) Wide Receiver Quentin Burrell, HHHH, 6-2, 195, Chicago (Mount Carmel) Jackson Coleman, HHH, 6-3, 195, Littleton, Colo. (Valor Christian) Cade Cooper, HHHH, 6-2, 190, Malvern, Pa. (Malvern Prep) Tyler Fryman, HHHH, 6-1, 180, Fort Mitchell, Ky. (Beechwood) Osani Gayles, HHHH, 5-10½, 185, Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) Matthew Gregory, HHHH, 6-0, 170, Pottstown, Pa. (Owen J. Roberts) Julius Jones Jr., HHHH, 5-11, 160, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Myles McAfee, HHH, 6-0, 165, Severn, Md. (Archbishop Spalding) Xavier Sabb, HHHH, 6-0, 195, Glassboro, N.J. (Glassboro) Trenton Yancey, HHH, 5-10½, 195, Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville) Tight End Titus Hawk, HHH, 6-7, 210, Choctaw, Okla. (Choctaw) Malik Howard, HHH, 6-4, 220, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Oak Ridge) Offensive Line Louis Esposito, HHH, 6-6, 290, Saline, Mich. (Saline) — Michigan commit Richie Flanigan, HHH, 6-3, 265, Green Bay, Wis. (Notre Dame de la Baie Academy) James Halter, HHHH, 6-5, 268, Pittsburgh (Central Catholic) Oluwasemilore Olubobola, HHHH, 6-6, 295, Jersey City, New Jersey (St. Peter's Prep) Albert Simien, HHHHH, 6-3, 295, Lake Charles, La. (Sam Houston) Luke Starcevic, HHHH, 6-5, 250, Kindred, N.D. (Kindred) Layton von Brandt, HHHH, 6-5½, 280, Middletown, Del. (Appoquinimink) Cameron Wagner, HHHH, 6-6, 305, Saint Joseph, Ill. (St. Joseph-Ogden) Defensive End Ifeanyi Emedobi, HHHH, 6-2, 214, Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop) Griff Galloway, HHH, 6-3, 240, Charlotte, N.C. (Providence Day School) Chaz Gray, HHH, 6-2½, 250, Montvale, N.J. (St. Joseph Regional) KJ Green, HHHH, 6-3½, 210, Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson) Santana Harvey, HHH, 6-5, 225, Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland) Rion Jackson, HHHH, 6-3½, 210, Annapolis, Md. (Annapolis Senior) Aidan O'Neil, HHHH, 6-5, 250, Ramsey, N.J. (Don Bosco Prep) Abraham Sesay, HHHH, 6-4½, 225, Exton, Pa. (Downingtown East) Wyatt Smith, HHHH, 6-6, 240, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Ty Tautolo, HHH, 6-5, 245, Lake Stevens, Wash. (Lake Stevens) Jackson Vaughn, HHH, 6-2½, 220, Oradell, N.J. (Bergen Catholic)% Chris Whitehead Jr., HHHH, 6-4, 230, Chesterfield, Va. (Lloyd C. Bird) Esa Wittingburg, HHH, 6-3, 220, East Orange, N.J. (Campus)^ Defensive Tackle Tyler Alexander, HHH, 6-3½, 315, West Palm Beach (Palm Beach Central) Ezekiel Ayangbile, HHHH, 6-2, 260, Houston (Langham Creek) Marcus Fakatou, HHHH, 6-7, 275, Chatsworth, Calif. (Sierra Canyon) David Folorunsho, HHHH, 6-3, 285, Chicago (St. Patrick) Kyng Golston, HHH, 6-3, 230, Valliant, Okla. (Valliant) Jaderian Jones, HHH, 6-2, 296, Dallas (South Oak Cliff) Sam LeJeune, HHHH, 6-2½, 265, Poplarville, Miss. (Poplarville) Jaylen Mercer, HHH, 6-3½, 250, Cincinnati (Princeton) Xavier Muhammad, HHHH, 6-3, 265, Houston (South Houston)^ Tevita Nonu, HHH, 6-4, 270, Seattle (O'Dea) Brayden Parks, HHH, 6-0¾, 308, Chicago (Brother Rice) Alifeleti Tuihalamaka, HHHH, 6-3, 265, Westlake Village, Calif. (Oaks Christian) Linebacker James Austin, HHH, 6-2, 210, Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek)^ Brayton Feister, HHHH, 6-2, 235, Akron, Ohio (Archbishop Hoban) Sean Fox, HHHH, 6-5, 210, Indianapolis (Warren Central) Noah Glover, HHHH, 6-1, 200, Haymarket, Va. (Battlefield) Jake Godfree, HHH, 5-11, 220, Lawrenceville, Ga. (North Gwinnett) Joakim Gouda, HHHH, 6-2, 220, Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern) Kaden Henderson, HHHH, 6-1½, 220, Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit) Roman Igwebuike, HHHH, 6-3, 220, Chicago (Mount Carmel) Amarri Irvin, HHH, 5-11, 215, Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) Deion Jackson, HHH, 6-2, 200, Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach) Liufau Loumoli, HHH, 6-1, 201, Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) Isaiah Phelps, HHH, 5-10½, 190, Oxnard, Calif. (Pacifica) AJ Randle Jr., HHHH, 6-3, 210, Garner, N.C. (Garner)^ Toa Satele, HHHH, 6-3, 200, Mililani, Hawai'i (Mililani) Tate Wallace, HHHH, 6-2, 220, Iowa City, Iowa (Regina) Cornerback Ace Alston, HHHH, 5-11, 175, Cincinnati (Anderson) Jaden Carey, HHHH, 6-0, 175, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Censere Gaylord, HHH, 6-0, 180, Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) Tavares Harrington, HHHH, 6-3, 180, Chicago (Mount Carmel) Xavier Hasan, HHHH, 5-11, 190, Raleigh, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons) Jailen Hill, HHH, 6-3, 160, Bellflower, Calif. (St. John Bosco) Larry Moon, HHH, 5-11, 190, Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) Brandon Sherrard, HHHH, 6-1, 180, Pearland, Texas (Shadow Creek) Monsanna Torbert, HHHH, 5-10½, 160, Cincinnati (Princeton) — Indiana commit Duvay Williams, HHHH, 5-11, 150, Inglewood, Calif. (Inglewood) Safety Alan Blackshere, HHH, 6-2½, 174, Miami (Carol City) Zayden Gamble, HHHH, 5-11, 160, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) John Gay III, HHH, 6-2, 180, Hollywood, Fla. (Chaminade-Madonna Prep) Andre Hyppolite, HHH, 6-0, 180, Miami (North Miami Beach) Greedy James, HHH, 6-1, 170, Manvel, Texas (Manvel) — Texas commit Jaylyn Jones, HHHH, 6-0, 175, Hollywood, Fla. (McArthur) — Miami commit Jaden Walk-Green, HHH, 5-11, 185, Corona, Calif. (Centennial) Gavin Williams, HHHH, 6-1, 170, La Verne, Calif. (Damien) Athletes None Long Snapper Sean Kraft, HHH, 6-4, 215, Swannanoa, N.C. (Asheville Christian Academy) Star ratings are from Rivals as of May 5 ^ Offered by Notre Dame between April 6 and May 5 % Reclassified from 2028 class to 2027 Commitments in bold italics Class Of 2027 Scholarship Offer Master List 2027 RIVALS INDUSTRY TEAM RECRUITING RANKINGS As of May 5 1. Texas A&M 13 2. Texas Tech 8 3. Oklahoma 21 4. Southern Cal 13 5. Ohio State 11 6. Oregon 11 7. LSU 5 8. Florida 10 9. Georgia 8 10. Notre Dame 14 Rk. School Commits Rk. School Commits