Newsstand: Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight invited to Elite 11 Finals
For a second year in a row, Notre Dame will be represented at the Elite 11 Finals in Los Angeles. Last summer, it was Saline (Mich.) High’s CJ Carr who repped the Fighting Irish at the prestigious event, and the Irish’s 2025 quarterback commit earned the invite with a strong performance Sunday.
Lucedale (Miss.) George County’s Deuce Knight, the No. 57 overall player and No. 7 quarterback in the country per the 2025 On3 Industry Ranking, performed at the Elite 11 Regional in Oxford, Miss. April 6. He’ll head to the Golden State in June for the opportunity to be named to the Elite 11.
Depending on how you look at it, this is the third-straight year the Irish have a quarterback at the Elite 11. Kenny Minchey was committed to Pittsburgh when he performed at the event in 2022, but he of course ended up flipping to the Fighting Irish.
During the regional camp Sunday, Knight posted a camp “rating” of 126.22, which was far and away the best of the day. The second-best score was 108.51.
There are few higher honors for high school quarterbacks than being invited to the Elite 11 Finals. The event, which will celebrate its 25th year in 2024, brings together the country’s elite signal-callers for three days of competition and training in Los Angeles.
Elite 11 alumni include Carson Palmer, Andrew Luck, Matthew Stafford, Tim Tebow, and more recently Trevor Lawrence, C.J. Stroud, Bryce Young and more. Last year’s Elite 11 Finals featured more than a dozen of the top 20 quarterbacks in the final On3 Industry Rankings, including each of the top five players at the position.
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“I’m very highly interested,” Jones told Blue & Gold. “Even though I don’t have a top five yet, I see them in my top five. I see them being up there whenever it’s time for me to make a decision.”
— 2026 EDGE Braeden Jones following his first Notre Dame visit
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