2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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

2024 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Notre Dame			–						0	–	0
UConn			–						0	–	0
UMass			–						0	–	0
As of June 29, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

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 with Troy.
• Defensive backs and safeties coach Chris O'Leary left for the safeties coach position with the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL.
• Wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey was not retained.

The following coaches were hired:

• Mike Denbrock was hired from LSU to be the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach.
• Mike Brown was hired from Wisconsin to be the wide receivers coach.
• Loren Landow was hired to be the director of football performance. The position has been vacant since Matt Balis resigned prior to the 2023 season.

The following coaches were promoted:

• Running backs coach and run game coordinator Deland McCullough was promoted to associate head coach and running backs coach.
• Graduate assistant Max Bullough was promoted to linebackers coach.
• Cornerbacks coach and defensive pass game coordinator Mike Mickens was promoted to defensive backs coach and defensive pass game coordinator.

The following coaches were demoted:

• Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Al Golden was demoted to defensive coordinator.

Departures

NFL

Main article: 2024 NFL draft

Player	Position	Team	Round	Pick
Joe Alt	OL	Los Angeles Chargers	1	5
Blake Fisher	OL	Houston Texans	2	59
Marist Liufau	LB	Dallas Cowboys	3	87
Cam Hart	CB	Los Angeles Chargers	5	140
JD Bertrand	LB	Atlanta Falcons	5	143
Audric Estimé	RB	Denver Broncos	5	147
Javontae Jean-Baptiste	DL	Washington Commanders	7	222
Thomas Harper	S	Los Angeles Chargers	Undrafted
Sam Hartman	QB	Washington Commanders	Undrafted
Spencer Shrader	K	Indianapolis Colts	Undrafted
Michael Vinson	LS	Indianapolis Colts	Undrafted

Transfers out

• CB Ryan Barnes transferred to UMass.
• CB Micah Bell transferred to Vanderbilt.
• OL Michael Carmody transferred to UCLA.
• S Antonio Carter II transferred to Jacksonville State.
• OL Zeke Correll transferred to NC State.
• WR Rico Flores Jr. transferred to UCLA.
• S Ramon Henderson transferred to UCLA.
• WR Braylon James transferred to TCU.
• DL Aidan Keanaaina transferred to California.
• CB Clarence Lewis transferred to Syracuse.
• P Bryce McFerson transferred to Maryland.
• WR Tobias Merriweather transferred to California.
• OL Quinn Murphy transferred to Western Michigan; previously walk-on.
• 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; previously walk-on.
• LB Nolan Ziegler transferred to Central Michigan.

Retirements

• RB Sam Assaf
• DL Cole Aubrey
• S DJ Brown
• WR Henry Cook
• WR Chase Dixon
• P Bryan Dowd (selected 6th overall by Chicago Fire FC in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft)
• WR Griffin Eifert
• DL Tyson Ford (medically retired)
• DL Aiden Gobaira (medically retired)
• RB Chase Ketterer
• P Ben Krimm
• OL Andrew Kristofic
• WR Matt Salerno
• TE Hakim Sanfo
• S Eddie Scheidler
• OL Brennan Wicks

Additions

Transfers in

• DL Quentin Autry transferred in from Columbia as a walk-on.
• P William Bartel transferred in from Villanova as a walk-on.
• WR Tyler Buchner transferred in from Alabama as a walk-on.
• S Jordan Clark transferred in from Arizona State.
• WR Beaux Collins transferred in from Clemson.
• K Eric Goins transferred in from The Citadel as a walk-on.
• WR Jayden Harrison transferred in from Marshall.
• S Rod Heard II transferred in from Northwestern.
• CB Max Hurleman transferred in from Colgate as a walk-on.
• 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.
• RB Jake Tafelski transferred in from Central Michigan as a walk-on.

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits
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)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 77
CJ Carr QB	Saline, MI	Saline	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 86
Micah Gilbert WR	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Christian	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	203 lb (92 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 81
Karson Hobbs CB	Cincinnati, OH	Moeller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Tae Johnson S	Fort Wayne, IN	North Side	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 81
Peter Jones OL	Malvern, PA	Malvern Prep	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	297 lb (135 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Bodie Kahoun LB	Roanoke, VA	Patrick Henry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	214 lb (97 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Anthonie Knapp OL	Roswell, GA	Roswell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	268 lb (122 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   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)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 85
Jack Larsen TE	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Catholic	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   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)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Cole Mullins DL	Hoschton, GA	Mill Creek	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (110 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Styles Prescod OL	Fishers, IN	Hamilton Southeastern	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	280 lb (130 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Teddy Rezac LB	Omaha, NE	Westside	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 77
Logan Saldate WR	Salinas, CA	Palma	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   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)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Loghan Thomas DL	Lakewood, OH	St. Edward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 81
Kennedy Urlacher S	Chandler, AZ	Chandler	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   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)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 84
Aneyas Williams RB	Hannibal, MO	Hannibal	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   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)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 86
Bryce Young DL	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Christian	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	245 lb (111 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 82
Kedren Young RB	Lufkin, TX	Lufkin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	220 lb (100 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 82
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 9  247Sports: 8
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New walk-ons

• OL Max Anderson
• CB Mickey Brown
• CB Charles Du
• WR Matt Jeffery (on lacrosse scholarship)
• DL Eric Lindstrom
• LB Tommy Powlus
• QB Anthony Rezac
• WR Xavier Southall
• LS Joseph Vinci
• OL Robbie Wollan

Other

• LB Kahanu Kia returned from Mormon missionary.
• P James Rendell joined from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Frankston Football Club.

Changes

• Marty Auer switched positions from S to CB.
• Dylan Devezin switched positions from QB to RB.
• Justin Fisher switched positions from TE to RB.
• Kahanu Kia switched positions from DL to LB.
• Chris Salerno switched positions from P to K.
• S Luke Talich earned scholarship on March 7; previously walk-on.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
August 31	7:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (College GameDay)	ABC
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
September 14	3:30 p.m.	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	CBS
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Louisville	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	Peacock
October 12	3:30 p.m.	Stanford	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC
October 19		at Georgia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
October 26	12:00 p.m.	vs. Navy	MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN
November 9	7:30 p.m.	Florida State	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC
November 16	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
November 23	7:00 p.m.	vs. Army	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (Shamrock Series, rivalry)	NBC
November 30		at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Roster

2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 0 Deion Colzie RJr WR 1 Jaden Greathouse So WR 2 Jayden Harrison RSr RB 3 Gi'Bran Payne  RSo RB 4 Jeremiyah Love So WR 5 Beaux Collins Sr WR 6 Jordan Faison So QB 8 Kenny Minchey RFr TE 9 Eli Raridon Jr WR 10 Kris Mitchell RSr WR 11 KK Smith RFr QB 12 CJ Carr Fr QB 13 Riley Leonard Sr WR 14 Micah Gilbert Fr QB 15 Anthony Rezac (W) Fr WR 17 Cam Williams Fr QB 18 Steve Angeli RSo WR 19 Logan Saldate Fr RB 20 Aneyas Williams Fr RB 21 Kedren Young Fr RB 22 Devyn Ford RSr RB 23 Justin Fisher (W) Jr RB 24 Jadarian Price RSo RB 25 Dylan Devezin (W) Jr WR 26 Tyler Buchner (W) RJr WR 33 Matt Jeffery (W) Fr RB 35 Jake Tafelski (W) RSr TE 38 Davis Sherwood Sr TE 39 Andrew Yanoshak (W) Sr TE 42 Henry Garrity (W) So OL 50 Rocco Spindler RJr OL 54 Anthonie Knapp Fr OL 55 Chris Terek RFr OL 56 Charles Jagusah RFr OL 59 Aamil Wagner RSo OL 60 Max Anderson (W) Fr OL 64 Joe Otting RFr OL 70 Ashton Craig RSo OL 71 Styles Prescod Fr OL 72 Sam Pendleton RFr OL 73 Peter Jones Fr OL 74 Billy Schrauth RSo OL 75 Sullivan Absher RFr OL 76 Guerby Lambert Fr OL 77 Ty Chan RSo OL 78 Pat Coogan RJr OL 79 Tosh Baker RSr WR 80 Xavier Southall (W) Fr WR 81 Jack Polian (W) Sr WR 82 Leo Scheidler (W) Jr WR 83 Jayden Thomas RJr TE 84 Kevin Bauman  RSr TE 85 Jack Larsen Fr WR 86 Alex Whitman (W) So TE 87 Cooper Flanagan So TE 88 Mitchell Evans  Sr TE 89 Charlie Selna (W) RSr OL –– Robbie Wollan (W) Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 0 Xavier Watts RSr S 1 Jordan Clark RSr S 2 Rod Heard II RSr LB 3 Jaylen Sneed RSo LB 4 Jaiden Ausberry RFr DL 5 Boubacar Traore RFr CB 7 Jaden Mickey Jr S 8 Adon Shuler RFr DL 9 R.J. Oben RSr DL 10 Loghan Thomas  Fr DL 12 Jordan Botelho RSr S 13 Ben Minich RFr CB 15 Leonard Moore Fr S 16 Tae Johnson Fr DL 17 Brenan Vernon RFr CB 18 Chance Tucker RJr CB 19 Marty Auer (W) Sr CB 20 Benjamin Morrison Jr CB 21 Karson Hobbs Fr S 23 Kennedy Urlacher Fr LB 24 Jack Kiser RSr LB 25 Preston Zinter RFr LB 27 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Fr S 28 Luke Talich So CB 29 Christian Gray So DL 30 Bryce Young Fr S 31 Taebron Bennie-Powell Fr CB 32 Isaiah Dunn (W) Jr LB 33 Tre Reader (W) Jr LB 34 Drayk Bowen So LB 35 Teddy Rezac Fr LB 36 Bodie Kahoun Fr CB 37 Max Hurleman (W) RSr LB 38 Tommy Powlus (W) Fr DL 40 Joshua Burnham RSo DL 41 Donovan Hinish RSo DL 42 Cole Mullins Fr LB 43 Kahanu Kia RFr DL 44 Junior Tuihalamaka Jr DL 45 Kobi Onyiuke (W) Jr LB 46 Jerry Rullo (W) Jr DL 47 Jason Onye RJr CB 48 Mickey Brown (W) So CB 49 Charles Du (W) So DL 56 Howard Cross III RSr DL 58 Grant Ristoff (W) RSr DL 59 Sean Sevillano Jr. Fr DL 88 Armel Mukam  RFr DL 93 Quentin Autry (W) RSr DL 94 Eric Lindstrom (W) RFr DL 97 Gabriel Rubio RJr DL 98 Devan Houstan RFr DL 99 Rylie Mills RSr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 16 James Rendell RSr K 26 Chris Salerno (W) Sr LS 39 Rino Monteforte (W) Jr K 48 Marcello Diomede (W) So LS 49 Andrew Kros (W) So K 90 Eric Goins (W) RSr P 91 William Bartel (W) RSr K 92 Zac Yoakam (W) Jr LS 96 Joseph Vinci (W) Fr K 98 Mitch Jeter RSr	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: June 21, 2024

• Notre Dame is currently 1 player over the scholarship limit of 85.

Depth chart

Defense
FS Xavier Watts Ben Minich Kennedy Urlacher		ROVER MLB WLB Jaylen Sneed Drayk Bowen Jack Kiser Jaiden Ausberry Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Kahanu Kia Teddy Rezac Bodie Kahoun Preston Zinter					SS Adon Shuler Rod Heard II Luke Talich
CB Jaden Mickey Christian Gray Karson Hobbs		DE DT DT DE R.J. Oben Howard Cross III Rylie Mills Jordan Botelho Joshua Burnham Gabriel Rubio Jason Onye Junior Tuihalamaka Bryce Young Donovan Hinish Cole Mullins Boubacar Traore						CB Benjamin Morrison Chance Tucker Leonard Moore
Offense
WR-X Jayden Thomas Micah Gilbert Deion Colzie	WR-F Jaden Greathouse Jordan Faison Jayden Harrison	LT LG C RG RT Charles Jagusah Pat Coogan Ashton Craig Billy Schrauth Tosh Baker Sullivan Absher Rocco Spindler Sam Pendleton Chris Terek Aamil Wagner Styles Prescod Peter Jones Joe Otting Ty Chan Guerby Lambert					TE Mitchell Evans Cooper Flanagan Eli Raridon	WR-Z Kris Mitchell Beaux Collins KK Smith
				QB Riley Leonard Steve Angeli Kenny Minchey
Key reserves TE Kevin Bauman NB Jordan Clark RB Devyn Ford NT Devan Houstan DT Armel Mukam RB Gi'Bran Payne TE Davis Sherwood DT Brenan Vernon							Special teams PK Mitch Jeter P James Rendell KR Jayden Harrison PR Jordan Faison LS Rino Monteforte H Chris Salerno
				RB Jeremiyah Love Jadarian Price Aneyas Williams