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Notre Dame finished second in college football last season. Most way-too-early top-25 rankings after the national championship game had the Irish in the 4-6 range. On3’s Andy Staples, however, believes Notre Dame has enough to make it back to college football’s biggest stage.

The final six rounds of the 2025 NFL draft played out on Friday and Saturday in Detroit. Six former Irish players found their professional homes through selections, extending their college football lead to 538 all-time draft picks. Additionally, three more signed as undrafted free agents.

Eric Penick's run against USC in 1973 helped stop the Fighting Irish slide in the rivalry, and helped guide Notre Dame to a national championship.

After making it to the College Football Playoff championship game last season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were well represented at the 2025 NFL draft, with six players selected.

Take a look at new Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Riley Leonard, who the team drafted in the sixth round out of Notre Dame.

Park’s Ayden Pouncey, the No. 11-ranked safety in the country according to the 247 Sports composite rankings, followed in his brother’s footsteps Saturday, and committed to play

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock enjoyed tremendous success last year during the longest season in program history. As we all remember, it was a 16-game stretch that ended with a trip to the national championship game.

Steve Angeli’s departure via the transfer portal puts a different spin on Notre Dame’s offseason and may change where this fall (and winter) could take the Irish. Let’s get into those questions and more in this week’s Notre Dame mailbag.

Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr is expected to win the starting quarterback job and enter 2025 as one of the faces of the storied Fighting Irish program. Top contender Steve Angeli entered the transfer portal on Thursday, leaving Carr as the favorite over Kenny Minchey to capture the job.

Williams is the fourth Bulldog to be drafted by the 49ers in the 2000s and the third from Kirby Smart’s teams. San Francisco’s last Georgia selection was also a defensive end when Robert Beal Jr. was selected in the fifth round during the 2023 draft.

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard has been drafted in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have received a last-second visit for a coveted 2026 wide receiver ahead of his commitment.

He won Mr. Football at one of Indiana's smallest schools, played more games for Notre Dame than anyone else. Now, Jack Kiser waits on NFL draft call.

Georgia holds the record for most NFL draft selections by a college in a single year since the NFL draft became seven rounds in 1994, setting the mark at 15 players in 2022. 2021 Alabama tied 2004 Miami for the record for most first-round picks at six. The Hurricanes finished with nine total selections that year.

In order to do that, Notre Dame will need to continue recruiting at an elite level and bringing in talent via the NCAA transfer portal. Freeman has established a tough mentality on both sides of the football. Offensively, the team has run through the ground game and supplemented it with a solid all-around aerial attack.

It feels like just yesterday, Brian Kelly acquired a curious new accent and decided to move down south, leading to the beginning of the Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame. In reality, though, it's been four years since this all transpired, and much has changed during this time in the Irish program.

Unsurprisingly, this year's Notre Dame NFL draft class has some players who are going to make big waves on the next level. Cornerback Benjamin Morrison and safety Xavier Watts stand out.