Portal-mania for the 2024-25 offseason began before the midway point of the 2024 season for Notre Dame.

The winter window for most transfer portal entries came and went from Dec. 9-28. But players whose postseasons ended after that window got an additional five days to enter the transfer portal. For Notre Dame, that meant Jan. 21-25 following the CFP National Championship Game. The spring window is set for April 16-25.

Inside ND Sports will continue to use this Portal Roundup to track all of Notre Dame's outgoing and incoming transfers for the 2024 postseason/2025 preseason portal period.

A condensed version can be found in our Notre Dame Football Transfer Portal Tracker.

Rivals also also has a National Transfer Tracker with rankings of players who have entered the portal.

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Two months ago, former Notre Dame cornerback Jaden Mickey intended to transfer to California. That changed this week as Mickey signed with Boise State after California released Mickey from his previous agreement, a source confirmed with Inside ND Sports.

Mickey has two years of eligibility remaining and will complete a graduate transfer to join the Broncos. Mickey opted to sit out the rest of the 2024 season after playing four games in order to maintain a season of eligibility with a trip to the transfer portal.

Mickey totaled three tackles and one pass breakup this past season while playing special teams and being Notre Dame's third cornerback to start the season.

Mickey will have a chance to play against his former Notre Dame teammates when Boise State plays at Notre Dame Stadium on Oct. 4 later this year.

Rocco Spindler's transfer decision led him to the Big Ten. But it wasn't back to his home state of Michigan.

The former Notre Dame offensive lineman announced Sunday his commitment to complete a graduate transfer to Nebraska.

The 6-foot-5, 325-pound Spindler entered the transfer portal on Jan. 23, three days after Notre Dame's 34-23 loss to Ohio State in the CFP National Championship Game. Following the game, he expressed confidence in where Notre Dame's program is heading but uncertainty about his future in it.

Spindler started 23 games for Notre Dame in the past two seasons. He started the first 10 games of his junior season in 2023 before suffering a knee injury that cut his season short. Spindler was unable to win back a starting role entering the 2024 season, but he eventually replaced XX Billy Schrauth at right guard when Schrauth was sidelined with an ankle injury in the third game of the season against Purdue.

Spindler played well enough at right guard that Schrauth was moved to left guard when he returned to the starting lineup. But Notre Dame's guard competition heading into next season could add junior-to-be Charles Jagusah and/or sophomore-to-be Anthonie Knapp. Both have started games for Notre Dame at left tackle, but it's unlikely both remain at the position while healthy. Junior-to-be Sullivan Absher is among those pushing to join the starting lineup for the first time as well.

Nebraska returns both of its starting guards from last season, but needs to replace it starting center. That should lead to an opening in the starting lineup for Spindler in his final season of NCAA eligibility.

Spindler is Notre Dame's last scholarship transfer portal exit to find a destination from the winter transfer portal window. Another window for transfer portal entries will open April 16-25.

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Pat Coogan's motivational pregame speeches won't be leaving the Hoosier State. The former Notre Dame offensive lineman announced Friday his commitment to complete a graduate transfer to Indiana.

Coogan entered the transfer portal last week, three days after Notre Dame's 34-23 loss to Ohio State in the national championship game. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound Coogan became popular for his profanity laced pregame speeches to his fellow Irish offensive linemen this past season.

Coogan leaves Notre Dame with 26 career starts in his final two seasons with the Irish. He started all 13 games at left guard as a junior in 2023. After losing the preseason competition for starting spots, Coogan took over Notre Dame's starting center position when junior Ashton Craig went down with a torn ACL in the third game of the season against Purdue. Coogan started the final 13 games of the season at center.

Coogan will have one season of eligibility in 2025 to play for the Hoosiers, whose 2024 season was ended by Notre Dame in a 27-17 loss in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Indiana's starting center from last season, Mike Katic, exhausted his NCAA eligibility.

Offensive lineman Rocco Spindler is now the last scholarship player from Notre Dame's 2024 roster still in the transfer portal without a committed destination.

The Notre Dame ties in the Miami (Ohio) football program run deep.

Not only did head coach Chuck Martin spend four seasons as an assistant coach at Notre Dame, but director of player personnel Coady Keller and safeties coach Robert Blanton are both Notre Dame graduates. The RedHawks also have a few other coaches who spent time in smaller roles on Notre Dame's staff: offensive coordinator Pat Welsh, quarterbacks coach Gus Ragland and defensive coordinator Bill Brechin.

Former Notre Dame wide receiver Deion Colzie will add to the ND-Miami ties. The RedHawks announced Wednesday his addition to the program as a graduate transfer. Colzie left the Irish with one career start in 44 games across four seasons. He totaled 21 catches for 345 yards and three touchdowns at Notre Dame.

Former Notre Dame wide receiver Joe Wilkins Jr. made a graduate transfer from Notre Dame to Miami prior to the 2023 season. Wilkins tallied 25 catches for 343 yards and one touchdown in his one season with the RedHawks.

Notre Dame still has two scholarship transfer portal departures looking for their next college: offensive linemen Rocco Spindler and Pat Coogan.

A little over a month about Virginia's leading receiver, Malachi Fields, announced his transfer to Notre Dame, the Irish player potentially most affected by that move — Jayden Thomas — took Fields' place on the Virginia roster.

Both players play the boundary receiver position. The 6-4, 220-pound Fields accrued 55 receptions for 808 yards and five TDs in 2024. The 6-2, 218-pound Thomas has 18 catches for 167 yards and two TDs for the national runners-up.

Virginia and Notre Dame played last season, with the Irish prevailing 34-14 on Nov. 16. The two teams do not play in the 2025 season. Both players are grad transfers with one season of college eligibility remaining.

The Cavaliers open the season Aug. 30 at home against Coastal Carolina.

Ty Chan will be returning to the Northeast.

After spending two seasons at Notre Dame, the former four-star recruit out of Groton (Mass.) Lawrence Academy has committed to transfer to UConn. Chan subtly updated his Instagram bio Monday to reflect his new college home before sharing the news on X/Twitter.

The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Chan played in 14 games in two seasons at Notre Dame. His 12 appearances in 2024 came primarily on the field goal/extra point until. His only offensive snaps came against Navy in a 51-14 blowout win.

Sam Pendleton didn't waste much time in finding his new college football home. The former Notre Dame offensive guard entered the transfer portal Wednesday. By Friday, Pendleton announced a commitment to transfer to Tennessee.

After redshirting as a freshman, the 6-foot-4, 310-pound Pendleton earned the starting left guard spot in preseason camp last year. He started the first seven games of the season for the Irish. Then offensive line coach Joe Rudolph replaced Pendleton with Billy Schrauth after Schrauth returned from a four-game absence with an ankle injury.

Schrauth was originally Notre Dame's starting right guard, but Rocco Spindler remained the right guard after filling in for Schrauth. Pendleton played in the next six games as a backup, including replacing Spindler when he injured his ankle against Indiana in the first round of the College Football Playoff, and on the field goal/extra point unit. Pendleton wasn't used in the final three games of the season.

Notre Dame's offensive line room was set to be extremely crowded this offseason, which has resulted in four offensive linemen hitting the transfer portal so far, including Spindler and starting center Pat Coogan. The Irish still have five returning offensive linemen who started at some point this past season: right tackle Aamil Wagner, left tackle Anthonie Knapp, center Ashton Craig, left tackle Charles Jagusah and Schrauth.

Pendleton, who signed with Notre Dame as a four-star recruit ranked as the No. 20 offensive guard in the 2023 class out of Pfafftown (N.C.) Ronald Reagan, will join a Tennessee offensive line that lost its starting right guard and center following the 2024 season.

Ty Chan became the fourth Notre Dame offensive lineman to enter the transfer portal this week when the 6-foot-5, 320-pound sophomore did so Thursday. But unlike Sam Pendleton, Rocco Spindler and Pat Coogan, Chan had yet to become a major contributor for the Irish.

Chan played in 14 games during his first two seasons with the Irish. He made two appearances on Notre Dame's field goal/extra point unit against Tennessee State and Pittsburgh during his freshman season in 2023. He played in 12 games on that special teams unit again in 2024. His only offensive snaps came late in a 51-14 victory over Navy in October.

Chan was credited with a tackle on the final play of the first half against Northern Illinois when Santana Banner returned a blocked field goal 47 yards as time expired following the 48-yard attempt by Mitch Jeter.

Chan signed with Notre Dame as a four-star recruit out of Groton (Mass.) Lawrence Academy. Rivals ranked him as the No. 11 offensive guard and No. 221 overall in the 2022 class.

The Under Armour All-American committed to Notre Dame over Boston College and Penn State.

Notre Dame will need to replace its emotional leader on the offensive line next season. Center Pat Coogan, who went viral for his profanity-laced pregame speeches, entered the transfer portal Thursday.

Coogan started 26 games for Notre Dame the past two seasons. He started all 13 games in 2023 at left guard. He started 13 games in 2024 at center following a season-ending knee injury to Ashton Craig.

Coogan has one season of eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer.

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Rocco Spindler started 23 games on Notre Dame's offensive line the past two seasons. But there were no guarantees Spindler would enter the 2025 season as a starter for the Irish.

Spindler, who started at right guard for the final 13 games of the 2024 season, entered the transfer portal Thursday. Spindler started the season as a backup before replacing an injured Billy Schrauth.

Spindler has one season of eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer.

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Deion Colzie spent the 2024 season as Notre Dame's third-string boundary receiver. He'll look to find another role elsewhere for his final season of eligibility. Colzie announced Wednesday his plans to enter the transfer portal.

Colzie played in all 16 games for the Irish this past season and caught five passes for 41 yards and one touchdown.

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In an effort to improve its talent at boundary wide receiver, Notre Dame turned to the transfer portal to add Beaux Collins from Clemson last offseason and Malachi Fields from Virginia this offseason.

Both of those moves signaled Notre Dame's preference for wide receiver Jayden Thomas to not be its top option at the position. Thomas stuck around for the 2024 season, but he's looking for another home now. Thomas announced Wednesday his entry into the transfer portal.

Thomas caught 18 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns and rushed three times for 27 yards while playing in all 16 for the Irish this past season.

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Sophomore Sam Pendleton lost his starting left guard role after seven games of Notre Dame's 2024 season. Now Pendleton will be looking for a new role elsewhere.

Pendleton enters the transfer portal with three seasons of eligibility remaining.

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Notre Dame's incoming transfer portal haul wasn't finished with three additions Saturday. Virginia Tech safety Jalen Stroman will also join the Irish as a graduate transfer, Inside ND Sports learned Sunday.

Stroman suffered what ended up becoming a season-ending injury in the 2024 opener. He totaled 55 tackles, two tackles for a loss, four pass breakups and one quarterback hurry in a full season in 2023.

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The last game Elijah Hughes played in a USC uniform was against Notre Dame. Now the defensive tackle intends to play his next game in a Notre Dame uniform. Hughes announced Saturday his commitment to transfer and join the Irish program.

Hughes totaled six tackles and one sack this past season as a sophomore.

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Notre Dame's recent annual tradition of adding a graduate transfer kicker to the roster has continued. North Carolina's Noah Burnette announced Saturday his commitment to transfer to the Irish.

This marks the fourth consecutive offseason in which Notre Dame has added a graduate transfer kicker. Blake Grupe (Arkansas State) in 2022, Spencer Shrader (South Florida) in 2023 and Mitch Jeter (South Carolina) in 2024 preceded Burnette.

Burnette made 15 of his 21 field goal attempts at North Carolina this past season.

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Notre Dame found reinforcements for its interior defensive line from an opponent on its 2024 schedule.

Louisville defensive tackle Jared Dawson announced Saturday his commitment to transfer to Notre Dame. He'll complete a graduate transfer and be a member of the Irish for the upcoming spring semester.

Dawson totaled 19 tackles as a rotational player for Louisville. He recorded 6.5 tackles, including four sacks, and one forced fumble.

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Aiden Gobaira found a landing spot to restart career. The former Notre Dame defensive end announced Saturday his commitment to transfer to James Madison.

The transfer will take Gobaira, who was recruited out of Chantilly (Va.) High in the 2022 class, closer to home. Gobaira exited Notre Dame's roster last June as a medical retirement after playing in no games in his two season with the program.

The 6-foot-6, 249-pound Gobaira redshirted as a freshman and missed his sophomore season due to a preseason ACL tear in his right knee. He will have at least two season of eligibility available to him at James Madison.

Gobaira, who played in the 2022 All-American Bowl, was a coveted prospect in high school. Rivals ranked him as the No. 6 weakside defensive end and No. 84 overall in the 2022 class. He's the third former Irish player to choose his next destination in recent weeks. Defensive lineman Tyson Ford and cornerback Jaden Mickey both committed to Cal.

Ty Washington’s second chance in college football will come at Notre Dame. The former Arkansas tight end, who was dismissed from the team in late October this past season, committed to the Irish with two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Washington caught just 14 passes for 212 yards and four touchdowns in his three seasons with the Razorbacks. He played in 21 games across those three seasons. His time with Arkansas came to an end after head coach Sam Pittman dismissed him from the team after Washington refused to enter a 58-25 victory over Mississippi State late in the game. Prior to the game, Washington said, he learned his grandmother was in bad health. That put Washington in a bad mental state.

Washington caught just two passes in seven games in 2024: a 23-yard touchdown in a 70-0 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the season opener and a two-yard reception in a 24-14 win over Auburn on Sept. 21.

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Will Pauling will play for some familiar faces in 2025. The former Cincinnati and Wisconsin wide receiver committed to complete a graduate transfer to Notre Dame for his final season of college football eligibility.

Three of Notre Dame’s current assistant coaches were on Cincinnati’s coaching staff when Pauling was recruited out of Homewood-Flossmoor (Ill.) High in the 2021 class: offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock, wide receivers coach Mike Brown and quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli. Pauling played two seasons at Cincinnati before transferring to Wisconsin following the 2022 season when head coach Luke Fickell did the same and initially took Brown and Guidugli with him.

Guidugli ended up at Notre Dame before the 2023 season, but Brown coached Pauling at Wisconsin that season. Pauling became Wisconsin’s top receiver with 74 catches for 837 yards and six touchdowns in 13 starts. Pauling caught 42 passes for 407 yards and three touchdowns in 2024 while Brown was on Notre Dame’s staff.

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Notre Dame turned to the transfer portal for reinforcements at wide receiver ahead of the 2025 season. One year after adding three wide receivers transfers — Clemson's Beaux Collins, FIU's Kris Mitchell and Marshall's Jayden Harrison — the Irish found their next transfer wide receiver on the roster of a 2024 opponent.

Virginia's Malachi Fields announced Monday his commitment to complete a graduate transfer to Notre Dame. Fields led Virginia with 55 catches for 808 yards and five touchdowns in 2024. That included four catches for 81 yards in a 35-14 loss at Notre Dame on Nov. 16.

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Fields broke out in 2023 with 58 catches for 811 yards and five touchdowns as a junior. He has one season of eligibility remaining because he missed most of his sophomore season with a broken foot, which resulted in a redshirt season.

Fields became the second transfer portal addition for Notre Dame this offseason following Alabama defensive back DeVonta Smith.

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Cornerback Jaden Mickey preserved a year of eligibility by walking away from Notre Dame football after playing in four games as a junior this season.

Mickey intends to start his final two years of eligibility at Cal next season, Golden Bear Report confirmed for Rivals. Mickey remains enrolled at Notre Dame with the intent of graduating from the university before completing his transfer.

Mickey was Notre Dame's third outside cornerback behind Benjamin Morrison and Christian Gray when he decided to enter the transfer portal. Freshman Leonard Moore ended up becoming a key player for Notre Dame after Morrison's season ended with an injury. Mickey tallied three tackles and one pass breakup during his playing time on defense and special teams this season.

Mickey, a former four-star recruit out of Corona (Calif.) Centennial, started three games and played in 28 during his Notre Dame career. He accumulated 23 tackles, three pass breakups and one interception returned for a touchdown in an Irish uniform.

Mickey became the fourth Notre Dame player to pick Cal as a transfer destination in the last two offseasons. He joined former Irish defensive lineman Tyson Ford this offseason. Defensive tackle Aidan Keanaaina and wide receiver Tobias Merriweather transferred to Cal last offseason. Keanaaina recorded 45 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry in 13 games this season. Merriweather caught 11 passes for 125 yards and one touchdown in five games.

Notre Dame's first transfer portal addition leaked Monday.

Former Alabama defensive back DeVonta Smith intends to graduate transfer to Notre Dame for his final season of eligibility, as multiple reports indicated.

Smith, a former four-star recruit out of Cincinnati La Salle, spent the past four seasons at Alabama. This past season was his first as a full-time starter at the husky position, which is similar to a nickelback. He compiled 30 tackles, five pass breakups, one forced fumble, one quarterback hurry and shared a tackle for loss in 12 regular season games.

Smith kept a season of eligibility intact in 2023 when he only played in four games due to injury.

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Tyson Ford's medical retirement from football last summer removed him from the Notre Dame roster but didn’t erase the dream of someday returning to play.

On Friday, Dec. 13, the former four-star defensive line prospect found a landing spot where he’ll take the next step, committing to Cal and head coach Justin Wilcox.

He’ll pick up with junior eligibility next season and will join former Irish teammates, nose guard Aidan Keanaaina and wide receiver Tobias Merriweather, both of whom joined the Bears last season. Cal went 6-6 overall in 2024 and 2-6 in ACC play after moving from the Pac-12.

The Bears will play UNLV in the Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk on Wednesday in Inglewood, Calif.

Ford on Oct. 1 expressed his intentions to enter the transfer portal when it opened on Dec. 9, with a plan of still graduating from Notre Dame in May.

The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Ford recorded just one tackle in his two seasons with the Irish. He moved back and forth between defensive tackle and defensive end on the practice field and played just 13 defensive snaps in three games last season. Ford redshirted as a freshman with no game action.

Aiden Gobaira’s Notre Dame football career ended in June before it really ever could get started.

A redshirt year with no game action in 2022 was followed by a rehab season in 2023 after a training camp ACL tear and surgery, and finally medical hardship status in June this past summer.

On Tuesday, a source confirmed the 6-foot-6, 249-pound defensive end will seek a football life after Notre Dame by entering the transfer portal in December. The two windows this offseason to enter the portal are Dec. 9-28 and April 16-25.

Gobaira is the third Irish player since the season started to express his intention to enter the transfer portal, and all three are Rivals250 prospects from the 2022 recruiting class. That’s the one that former Irish head coach Brian Kelly started and that current head coach Marcus Freeman finished after Kelly bolted to LSU less than a month from the early signing period.

The other two impending transfers are cornerback Jaden Mickey and defensive tackle Tyson Ford, the latter, like Gobaira, a medical hardship designee.

Previously, six members of that class have transferred, including another former medical hardship case — Joey Tanona (Purdue). The others are cornerback Jaden Bellamy (Syracuse), tight end Holden Staes (Tennessee), wide receiver Tobias Merriweather (Cal), punter Bryce McFerson (Wake Forest) and linebacker Nolan Ziegler (still searching).

Medical hardships have allowed college football programs to continue to fund a player’s education without him counting against the NCAA scholarship maximum of 85. They are very difficult to reverse at the institution that first designated that status, and much less so at a new school.

Gobaira was a four-star prospect out of Chantilly, Va., the No. 84 player nationally in the 2022 recruiting class and the No. 6 weakside defensive end. Without an appeal, he would have two years of eligibility at his next school.

Tyson Ford's Notre Dame football career came to an end this summer when he was deemed medically retired. But the former four-star recruit still wants to weigh his options through the transfer portal next year.

Ford, who remains enrolled at Notre Dame during what would have been his junior season with the Irish, announced Tuesday he plans to graduate from the university in May and then enter the transfer portal. Ford would have three seasons of NCAA eligibility remaining.

The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Ford recorded just one tackle in his two seasons with the Irish. He moved back and forth between defensive tackle and defensive end on the practice field and played just 13 defensive snaps in three games last season. Ford redshirted as a freshman with no game action.

Ford came to Notre Dame as a coveted recruit out of St. Louis' John Burroughs School. Rivals ranked Ford as the No. 6 strongside defensive end and No. 51 overall in the 2022 class. The All-American Bowl selection committed to the Irish over offers from Oklahoma, Missouri, Georgia and others.

Four games into his junior season at Notre Dame, cornerback Jaden Mickey decided he wanted to end his college football career elsewhere. Mickey and Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman announced Monday that Mickey would end his 2024 season early to redshirt and preserve a year of eligibility. Mickey plans to transfer after graduating from the university in May.

Mickey played in all four of Notre Dame's games to start the 2024 season and saw the third-most defensive snaps at outside cornerback behind starters Benjamin Morrison and Christian Gray. Mickey recorded three tackles and one pass breakup during his playing time on defense and special teams.

Mickey started three games and played in 24 during his first two seasons with the Irish. He totaled 23 tackles, six tackles for loss, one interception returned for a touchdown and two pass breakups in his freshman and sophomore seasons combined.

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