2026 Notre Dame QB commit Noah Grubbs opens junior campaign with preseason kickoff classic
Notre Dame class of 2026 quarterback commit Noah Grubbs and his Lake Mary (Fla.) High squad open the 2024 season with a preseason kickoff classic game Friday night at 7 p.m. ET against Oviedo (Fla.) High.
Blue & Gold recruiting insider Mike Singer is making the trip down to the Orlando area to see Grubbs in action. He’ll be providing updates in a thread on the Lou Somogyi message board and periodically on his Twitter account as well.
Grubbs and Lake Mary are poised for a big season in 2024.
The On3 Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory. According to the model — the state of Florida features nine top-100 programs.
And one of those teams is Lake Mary, sitting at No. 21 in the country.
During his sophomore season in which he helped Lake Mary to a 10-2 record in 2023, Grubbs completed 208 passes on 354 attempts for 3,670 yards with 49 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He added four rushing scores as well.
The Orlando Touchdown Club and the Orlando Sentinel named him its 2023 Offensive Player of the Year.
Grubbs set the following Lake Mary school records in 2023: single-game passing touchdowns (8), single-game passing yardage (528), single-season passing touchdowns (49), single-season passing yards (3,677), most passes completed in a single game (31), single-season completions (207) and attempts (356) and is the school’s all-time leader in average yards per game (306.4).
Grubbs played a good bit as a freshman, throwing for 1,593 yards with 17 touchdowns and 6 interceptions.
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The 6-4.5, 195-pounder earned an offer from the Notre Dame staff last June during a prospect camp in South Bend, returned to see the Irish’s battle against Ohio State and made trip No. 3 to campus back in March. Grubbs took over 20 unofficial visits during his recruiting process, and after his spring trips, he knew which college he wanted to call home in a couple of years.
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“I went to all of my top schools throughout the spring, and Notre Dame was the place that was most special in my heart,” said Grubbs, who informed the Irish staff of his commitment a couple of weeks ago. “I was thinking to myself that nothing new could pop up that’s going to make it so that I like another place more. I’ve already been to the schools I wanted to see. I wanted to make the decision now to recruit the class.”
Grubbs, who ranks as the nation’s No. 110 overall player and No. 10 quarterback per the 2026 On3 Industry Ranking, picked Notre Dame over Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio State and a handful of others.
“Notre Dame has always been a frontrunner in my recruitment, but the last time I visited, I could really see myself there when I went through the campus and facilities,” continued Grubbs. “I can get to the next level with the coaches they have. It’s a very unique coaching staff; they’re different from others. It seems to be a stable staff, too.
“Notre Dame always had a special place in my heart, and sometimes you have to go with what your heart leads. Notre Dame is definitely the place for me.”
Grubbs still has two years of high school, but he plans to enroll early at Notre Dame and will be solid in his commitment.
“There’s nothing about other colleges. It’s me and Notre Dame,” he said. “I don’t plan on decommitting. That’s not in my head whatsoever.”
