All 32 Notre Dame football players being honored on Senior Day vs. Syracuse

Notre Dame is set to honor 32 players on Senior Day vs. Syracuse. If you’re one of the 32, it generally means this could be it for your Fighting Irish career at the end of the season even if you have eligibility remaining. Better be safe than sorry and go through with the ceremony whether or not your mind is made up on your future.

It’s a moment you won’t ever forget.

“I remember my senior day,” Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said. “You run out there for what you know could be your last time in Notre Dame Stadium, but after you see your families and you get back to that sideline, you have to flip the switch back to competition mode.”

The following list details all 32 players. It includes walk-ons being recognized, of which Blue & Gold counted 12. Longtime Irish fan favorite Tyler Buchner is technically one of them. Players in bold are scholarship players who have another year of eligibility and could return to Notre Dame if they so choose — and the Irish so choose to have them back. Blue & Gold counted seven of them, including running back Jadarian Price and Gi’Bran Payne.

So, without enough of the introductions. Here are the 32 players Notre Dame is honoring on Senior Day.

2025 Notre Dame Senior Day Honorees

• Defensive end Jordan Botelho
• Defensive back Mickey Brown (walk-on)
• Quarterback Tyler Buchner (walk-on)
• Kicker Noah Burnette

• Defensive end Joshua Burnham
• Defensive tackle Jared Dawson
• Running back Dylan Devezin (walk-on)
• Defensive back Charles Du (walk-on)

• Defensive back Isaiah Dunn (walk-on)
• Wide receiver Malachi Fields
• Tight end Justin Fisher (walk-on)
• Defensive tackle Donovan Hinish

• Defensive tackle Jason Onye
• Defensive end Kobi Onyiuke (walk-on)
• Wide receiver Will Pauling
• Running back Gi’Bran Payne

• Running back Jadarian Price
• Tight end Eli Raridon
• Linebacker Tre Reader (walk-on)
• Punter James Rendell

• Defensive tackle Gabriel Rubio
• Linebacker Jerry Rullo (walk-on)
• Wide receiver Leo Scheidler (walk-on)
• Offensive guard Billy Schrauth

• Defensive back DeVonta Smith
• Linebacker Jaylen Sneed
• Safety Jalen Stroman
• Running back Jake Tafelski (walk-on)

• Cornerback Chance Tucker
• Defensive end Junior Tuihalamaka
• Offensive tackle Aamil Wagner
• Wide receiver Alex Whitman (walk-on)

Notably missing from the list: tight end Ty Washington and center Ashton Craig. They’re both true seniors, but they are redshirt juniors by classification. If they’re not walking, that tends to mean they’ve decided to return to Notre Dame for the following season.

Craig has gone down with season-ending injuries in the middle of the last two years, and Washington is in his first year with the program as a transfer from Arkansas. He has a long history with Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock dating back to his high school recruitment.