{"id":844242,"date":"2026-03-31T03:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844242\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:42:24","slug":"fighting-irish-after-another-top-10-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844242\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Irish after another Top-10 class"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can always count on Notre Dame<\/a> to get the ball rolling early on the recruiting trail. Head coach Marcus Freeman<\/a> and the Fighting Irish make early moves with blue-chip talent and that always bodes well as the cycle treks on.<\/p>\n

Looking at the 2027 cycle, Notre Dame has already landed commitments from three top-100 overall prospects, according to the\u00a0Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a>, a weighted average that utilizes all major recruiting media companies. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s nine total commits in the mix to date and that group has the Irish at No. 7 nationally, according to the Rivals Industry Team Recruiting Rankings. After signing the No. 2 class in the 2026 cycle, Freeman and Co. are working to ink another elite haul this winter.<\/p>\n

Raleigh (N.C.) Cardinal Gibbons four-star cornerback Xavier Hasan<\/a> committed back in December and continues to headline the haul, now checking in as the No. 54 recruit and No. 7 CB nationally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat made Notre Dame right for me is the way they recruited me and talked to me honestly,\u201d\u00a0Hasan told Rivals\u2019 Steve Wiltfong<\/a>\u00a0about the decision. \u201cI love everything about the school and campus. The life after the football and the way they take care of their players that means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hasan is one of three blue-chip defensive backs in the fold early on. He\u2019s flanked by Cincinnati Anderson four-star CB Ace Alston<\/a> and Tustin (Calif.) four-star safety Khalil Terry<\/a>, both of whom are also top-20 players at their respective positions.<\/p>\n

March has seen the Irish land two top running back targets. Waco (Texas) Midway four-star RB Lathan Whisenton<\/a> committed on March 25. Five days later, Springfield (Mass.) Central four-star RB Isaiah Rogers<\/a> locked in. Rogers is the No. 10 burner in the cycle.<\/p>\n

The up-to-date Notre Dame recruiting class can be seen below:<\/p>\n

Notre Dame 2027 Commits by Position<\/p>\n

Running Back
Four-star Isaiah Rogers<\/a>, No. 197 NATL. (No. 10 RB)
Four-star Lathan Whisenton<\/a>, No. 357 NATL. (No. 29 RB)<\/p>\n

Interior Offensive Lineman
Four-star James Halter<\/a>, No. 79 NATL. (No. 7 IOL)<\/p>\n

Defensive Lineman
Four-star Richie Flanigan<\/a>, No. 276 NATL. (No. 36 DL)<\/p>\n

Linebacker
Four-star Amarri Irvin<\/a>, No. 260 NATL. (No. 21 LB)<\/p>\n

Cornerback
Four-star Xavier Hasan<\/a>, No. 54 NATL. (No. 7 CB)
Four-star Ace Alston<\/a>, No. 91 NATL. (No. 12 CB)<\/p>\n

Safety
Four-star Khalil Terry<\/a>, No. 163 NATL. (No. 17 S)<\/p>\n

Special Teams
Long Snapper Sean Kraft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can always count on Notre Dame to get the ball rolling early on the recruiting trail. Head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[77332,86088,7,104225,77784,20493,109870,49,48,115860,115861,28409],"class_list":{"0":"post-844242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-ace-alston-27-anderson","9":"tag-amarri-irvin-27-img-academy","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-isaiah-rogers-27-springfield-central","12":"tag-james-halter-27-central-catholic","13":"tag-khalil-terry-27-tustin","14":"tag-lathan-whisenton-27-midway","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-ncaa-football","17":"tag-richie-flanigan-27-notre-dame-de-la-baie-academy","18":"tag-sean-kraft-27-asheville-christian-academy","19":"tag-xavier-hasan-27-cardinal-gibbons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116321723757908763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}