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Where Notre Dame football’s 2026 class recruiting targets rank in updated On300

Kyle Kellyby:Kyle Kelly•04/21/25•

ByKyleKelly

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The Notre Dame football program targets some of the nation’s top recruits in the 2026 cycle. That was evident Monday when On3 updated its 2026 class player rankings. Six Fighting Irish verbal commits and 17 targets landed in the updated On300, spearheaded by director of scouting and rankings Charles Power and national scout Cody Bellaire.

Blue & Gold has compiled a list of the recruiting targets who claimed spots in the On300. Since “recruiting targets” is mostly a subjective term, we only listed players who unofficially visited Notre Dame this spring or plan to officially visit in June.

OFFENSE

RUNNING BACK

— Valencia (Calif.) High’s Brian Bonner: No. 55 NATL, No. 4 RB and No. 9 player in California

— Carrollton (Ga.) Central’s Jonaz Walton: No. 104 NATL, No. 6 RB and No. 10 player in Georgia

— Forney (Texas) High’s Javian Osborne: No. 157 NATL, No. 15 RB and No. 20 player in Texas

WIDE RECEIVER

— Aledo (Texas) High’s Kaydon Finley: No. 121 NATL, No. 14 WR and No. 17 player in Texas

— Norman (Okla.) Norman North’s Mason James: No. 250 NATL, No. 40 WR and No. 1 player in Oklahoma

TIGHT END

— Great Bend (Kan.) High’s Ian Premer: No. 25 NATL, No. 3 TE and No. 1 player in Kansas

— Billings (Mont.) Billings West’s Matt Ludwig: No. 92 NATL, No. 5 TE and No. 1 player in Montana

— Waukee (Iowa) High’s Evan Jacobson: No. 171 NATL, No. 11 TE and No. 2 player in Iowa

— Mt. Zion (Ill.) High’s JC Anderson: No. 267 NATL, No. 14 TE and No. 9 player in Illinois

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OFFENSIVE LINE

— Garner (N.C.) South Garner’s Ekene Ogboko: No. 107 NATL, No. 11 OT and No. 10 player in North Carolina

— Wyndmoor (Pa.) La Salle College’s Grayson McKeogh: No. 183 NATL, No. 16 OT and No. 5 player in Pennsylvania

DEFENSE

EDGE

— Chicago Simeon’s McHale Blade: No. 197 NATL, No. 26 EDGE and No. 6 player in Illinois

LINEBACKER

— Kahuku (Hawai’i) High’s Talanoa Ili: No. 247 NATL, No. 17 LB and No. 2 player in Hawai’i

CORNERBACK

— Towson (Md.) Loyola Blakefield’s Khary Adams: No. 31 NATL, No. 4 CB and No. 3 player in Maryland

— Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic’s Jordan Thomas: No. 210 NATL, No. 23 CB and No. 3 player in New Jersey

SAFETY 

—  Wyndmoor (Pa.) La Salle College’s Joey O’Brien: No. 100 NATL, No. 8 S and No. 2 player in Pennsylvania

— Winter Park (Fla.) High’s Ayden Pouncey: No. 127 NATL, No. 12 S and No. 17 player in Florida

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