WATCH: The Notre Dame recruiting update with Singer and Kelly (May 10)
In a weekly YouTube live show at Blue & Gold, recruiting writers Kyle Kelly and Mike Singer give the latest on Notre Dame’s recruiting efforts.
The guys open the show by breaking down where things stand on the Notre Dame defensive back board in the 2025 class, which is looking outstanding. They also break down their recent road travels, seeing a handful of 2026 prospects.
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Where Notre Dame’s 2025 class ranks after Dallas Golden’s commitment
Notre Dame has a nation-leading 20 commitments in the 2025 class, which is an impressive number to have prior to May. But should/does having the most verbal pledges give the Irish the No. 1 class in the country?
Dissecting team recruiting rankings seven months prior to National Signing Day is mostly trivial, especially when the ranking is based on who has the most commitments, such as the case is at Rivals, which takes into account a team’s 20 top-ranked commitments. So, up to 20 verbals, it’s a popularity contest. And with Notre Dame’s big class early on, the Irish have the top class in the land per Rivals.
On3’s team recruiting ranking uses an average of player rankings, which makes this exercise paint a bit of a better picture of how ND’s class stacks up with the other elites of the country.
On Sunday, Notre Dame landed a commitment from Tampa (Fla.) Berkeley Prep’s Dallas Golden, who became the Irish’s third-highest ranked commit of the class. He is the nation’s No. 104 overall prospect and No. 12 safety according to the 2025 On3 Industry Ranking.
Notre Dame has the No. 5 class in the country with a “score” of 92.819. Ohio State has the top group in the country with a score of 95.887, followed by LSU, USC and Clemson, respectively. Clemson’s score sits at 93.624, so the Irish have a bit of work to do to climb past the Tigers into the No. 4 spot.
Rounding out the top 10 is Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Auburn and Florida State. The Crimson Tide’s class score is 92.450.
Notre Dame has 12 four-star commits and eight three-star commits thus far. We’re less than eight months until signing day for the 2025 class, and the Irish’s class only has about five or six spots left.
The Irish’s highest-ranked commit of the class is Winter Garden (Fla.) West Orange’s Ivan Taylor, the No. 53 overall prospect and No. 6 safety in America per the 2025 On3 Industry Ranking.
