Watch: Talking ACC commit officially visiting Notre Dame for the Stanford game and more
When Stanford comes to town on Saturday, Notre Dame will welcome several recruiting targets to campus on both official and unofficial visits. Ahead of it, Blue & Gold reporters Kyle Kelly and Tyler Horka discussed those prospects, Chicagoland recruiting and the 2025 target board in Thursday’s recruiting update.
Watch Notre Dame football recruiting update with Blue & Gold’s Kyle Kelly and Tyler Horka
Here are the timestamps of key talking points in the video:
— Intro (0:19-2:06)
— Previewing the top recruits visiting Notre Dame for the Stanford game on Saturday (2:07-26:14). There will be one official visitor on campus: 2025 four-star wide receiver Jalen Cooper (2:14-10:12). Cibolo (Texas) Steele’s Cooper, an SMU commit, is the No. 251 overall player, No. 33 wide receiver nationally and No. 35 prospect in Texas in 2025.
Kelly and Horka discuss whether Notre Dame not having an early season primetime game has affected the recruiting game day turnouts (10:13-13:04).
Kelly shares a quick note on 2025 class quarterback recruiting note (13:12-15:37).
Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) Santa Margarita Catholic four-star wide receiver Trent Mosley is the top 2026 class target expected on campus (19:52-26:14). Mosley is the son of former Notre Dame wide Emmett Mosley IV (1993-1996) and women’s soccer player Cindy (Daws) Mosley.
Trent’s brother, former three-star WR Emmett Mosley, is a freshman who plays for Stanford. He has 11 catches for 77 yards and 1 TD in 2024. Trent is the No. 155 overall player, No. 24 wide receiver nationally and No. 19 prospect in California in the 2026 class.
— Chicagoland recruiting travels (26:15-40:29). On Thursday night, Kelly saw Irish four-star EDGE commit Christopher Burgess Jr. (26:51-30:08). Chicago Simeon’s Burgess is the On3 Industry Ranking’s No. 111 overall player, No. 15 EDGE nationally and No. 4 prospect in Illinois in the 2026 class.
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Burgess had 12 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery and 1 quarterback hurry in a 30-14 victory over Chicago Amundsen.
— More Chicagoland recruiting travels, including time spent with 2026 four-star defensive line target McHale Blade (30:09-32:24) and EDGE target Braeden Jones (32:35-40:29).
Blade, the No. 92 overall player and No. 10 defensive lineman in 2026, attends Simeon with Burgess. However, he did not play Thursday night due to injury. Chicago Mount Carmel’s Jones is the No. 134 overall player and No. 12 EDGE in the class. Kelly attended Jones’ game against Chicago Brother Rice.
— Lastly, Horka and Kelly discussed the latest details on five 2025 class Notre Dame football recruiting targets (40:30-54:00)
- Orlando (Fla.) Boone three-star WR Isaiah Mizell (41:39-42:27)
- Mukileto (Wash.) Kamiak three-star TE T’Andre Waverly (42:28-45:45)
- Tallahassee (Fla.) James Rickards four-star DL Jalen Wiggins (45:46-47:22)
- San Juan Capistrano (Calif.) JSerra Catholic four-star LB Madden Faraimo (47:23-48:35)
- Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy four-star LB Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng (48:36-50:51)
— Closing (54:01-56:27)
You can watch the video in full below.
