Watch: Talking Notre Dame 2025 WR recruiting, whether the Irish can have a top 10 class
The Notre Dame football program is about six weeks from finalizing its 2025 recruiting class. Yet, there are still a few spots the Fighting Irish would like to fill, including wide receiver.
Blue & Gold recruiting reporter Kyle Kelly joined WSBT’s Darin Pritchett on Tuesday for a 15-minute update. They discussed 2025 wide receiver recruiting, where the Irish’s 23-commit class currently ranks and 2-3 prospects in 2026 that Kelly feels best about committing to Notre Dame.
Watch Notre Dame football recruiting update with Blue & Gold’s Kyle Kelly and WSBT’s Darin Pritchett
Here are the timestamps of key talking points in the video:
— Intro (0:00-1:09).
— The latest intel on Notre Dame 2025 class wide receiver recruiting (1:10-8:42). The Irish currently have three verbal commits at the position with four-star Antavious Richardson and three-stars Jerome Bettis Jr. and Elijah Burress.
Wayne (N.J.) DePaul Catholic’s Burress and College Park (Ga.) Woodward Academy’s Bettis rank as the No. 77 and 138 wide receivers in the class, respectively. Greenville (Ga.) High’s Richardson, who plays quarterback and defensive back at this high school and was initially committed to USF as a DB, is the No. 271 overall player and No. 11 “athlete” in the class.
— Kelly reacts to the news of Notre Dame four-star wide receiver target Jalen Cooper from Cibolo (Texas) Steele sticking with his SMU commitment. (1:27-4:31). Cooper, the No. 255 overall player and No. 33 wide receiver in the class, used an official visit to see the Irish the Oct. 12 weekend of the Stanford game.
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— Then, Kelly and Pritchett discuss where the Irish turn to add a fourth wide receiver to the class (4:32-7:30). As part of that conversation, Kelly expands on an update regarding Notre Dame’s pursuit of Las Vegas Bishop Gorman four-star wide receiver Derek Meadows, who committed to LSU over the Irish on July 20 (7:31-8:42). Meadows is the No. 80 overall player and No. 11 wide receiver in 2025.
— Kelly weighs in on where Notre Dame’s recruiting class ranks in the 2025 Industry Ranking football Team Recruiting Rankings (8:43-11:15). Then, he projects how the Irish could finish with a top 10 class. (11:16-13:48).
— In their final segment, Kelly details Monday’s Gold Standard report, where he projected the commitments of 25 Notre Dame 2026 class recruits (13:49-16:36). He shares which three prospects are most likely to commit to the Irish.
— Closing (16:37-17:35).
You can watch the video in full below.
