Notre Dame football has chosen to keep things pretty quiet on the transfer portal front, periodically anyway. With the Fighting Irish on a national championship run, the want was to keep the main thing the main thing.

Notre Dame football is picking up four players from the transfer portal, after defeating Penn State in the College Football Playoff.

Notre Dame football fans are locked in on the national championship game where the Irish will play Ohio State in just over a week, but roster construction for the 2025 squad also continues behind the scenes. Saturday saw Notre Dame add a talented defensive tackle from a 2024 opponent.

One of the unsung heroes during the Notre Dame semifinal victory over Penn State is offensive lineman Charles Jagusah, who came in for the injured Rocco Spindler at right guard. J

The No. 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish are heading to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game after Thursday night's Orange Bowl victory over

Notre Dame has had success at it before and will yet again add a kicker for next season from the transfer portal.

New Jersey defensive lineman Owen Wafle committed to Notre Dame football in May of 2022, and kept his verbal until almost a year later. The 6-foot, 2-inch and almost 300-pound lineman would decommit from the Irish and about three weeks later would commit to Michigan. Wafle signed with the Wolverines, but didn’t see the field this fall.

USC Trojans defensive lineman Elijah Hughes entered the transfer portal in December and has committed to Notre Dame. Hughes entered the transfer portal in Decem