Notre Dame football’s wildly successful week had social media buzzing

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Jun 23, 2025 - 16:00
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Notre Dame football’s wildly successful week had social media buzzing

Notre Dame football is on another one of its recruiting heaters, as they added three more commitments to its 2026 class in offensive tackle Grayson McKeogh, cornerback Khary Adams and safety Joey O’Brien.

The group now sits at nineteen verbals, and ranks as the No. 3 overall class in the 247Sports Team Composite behind just USC and Texas A&M, both opponents for the Irish this coming fall.

Both Notre Dame and the Aggies have the same amount of committed players, while the Trojans have eleven more. It seems like this Irish class has much more staying power, as they’ll look for the first top-5 finish since 2013.

There was plenty of positive results for Notre Dame this weekend, and lets take a look at some of the top social media reactions to the Irish capturing the headlines.

A very impressive class

Marcus Freeman is laying a foundation for success for the Irish, and it looks like it could end up being a prolonged window of great football. It’s not just recruiting, but the product on the field, however, the elite additions from the high school ranks don’t hurt.

Notre Dame has made Penn State’s miserable

It hasn’t just been the semifinal win in the College Football Playoff that these two teams have battled, Notre Dame took running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider and each of the three commits had the Nittany Lions as a finalist. It’s a regional game, and right now, there aren’t many teams in the Midwest or East coast that have the recruiting pull that Notre Dame does.

It sure feels good to be on the other Seid(er)

Image if Seider hadn’t made the move, but that clearly isn’t the case. While none of the three commits are going to be in his room, you have to believe that his contacts in the East paid dividends. Many of us are excited about what he can do as a coach, but he’s already shown that he is one of the top recruiters on staff.

Not done?

With room for more, one of the most recent commits gives all of us hope that this run isn’t over. The Irish still have more than a few top prospects that are still considering them, and you can’t discount the potential to flip a few committed players. This could be viewed as one of the top Notre Dame classes in a very long time.

DMM

The slogan for Notre Dame’s defensive backs coach says all we need to know. He landed two of the top secondary prospects in the class, and should have another elite unit on the field this fall. It doesn’t look like the Irish will have any issues defending the pass as long as Mickens is coaching the unit.

Historical?

It’s one thing to have a culmination of top prospects committed, it’s entirely another to see mulitple of them commit on the same day. While we did know that there was potential for Adams and O’Brien to be a packaged deal, it doesn’t always work out that way. It did in this case, and Notre Dame won’t complain about it one bit.

The architect

Everything that transpired this weekend has to start at the top with Freeman, as his vision for the program has come true in just three short years. Many believed that you couldn’t be an elite football team with the academic standards that Notre Dame has, but the head coach has proven that theory to be false.

Malik Zaire knows who’s behind this effort

While Freeman and Mickens have already been highlighted for having their hands all over the recruiting success Notre Dame has had, former quarterback Zaire can see it too. It’s pretty obvious that these two work very well together, as the Irish continue to add top-end talent to its already impressive secondary.

No thanks

Nobody wants to see Freeman leaving South Bend to the NFL, but when teams are hoping that is the case, it’s a very good thing. It doesn’t seem like he wants to move away from the program anytime soon, as his vision is finally coming to fruition. Freeman is building a monster, and I’m sure he wants to be around when it can’t be stopped.

Notre Dame is cooking

It seems like these runs have become commonplace in the Freeman era, and Notre Dame is on another one at the moment. The Irish have elevated its recruiting efforts, and it’s really starting to show after the deep run into the CFP. I don’t think this is a coincidence, I think it’s going to be the norm going forward.

This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Social media was buzzing following three Notre Dame commitments

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