With hype growing around the Notre Dame football team every day, it's unsurprising that one of the best quarterbacks to ever come through the program believes the Fighting Irish will get the deed done this year. Steve Beuerlein recently told On3 that he believes Marcus Freeman will lead the Golden Domers to the promised land and get the program's first national title since 1988.
“No matter who they’re playing against, they’re showing up playing good physical, tough football, doing the things that you need to do to compete with anybody,” Steve Beuerlein said in a recent interview.
The former Notre Dame quarterback also believes a big reason the Irish will win it this year is the current generation's signal-caller. "I love CJ Carr as quarterback this year, coming back for his second full year as a starter. Obviously, losing Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price, both first-round running backs this year, that’s going to be big shoes to fill."
Beuerlein added that he thinks, despite Love and Price in the NFL this season, the Irish will still be able to find someone who can run the football well enough for the team to remain a force on the ground.
Steve Beuerlein gives Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football a huge 2026 endorsement
“Notre Dame seems to always be able to find and produce top-quality running backs. They’re going to have a great offensive line like they always do. So they’ll be able to run the football and the focus will be on stopping the football or stopping the run game defensively. And as long as you can do that with the big boys, you can play. And I think Notre Dame has proven that they can do that over the last few years under Marcus Freeman. And we expect nothing but big things from him and the Notre Dame program moving forward.”
Beuerlein played for the Fighting Irish from 1983 to 1986 and tallied a 21-18 record as a starting QB. In 1987, the Los Angeles Raiders selected Beuerlein in the fourth round of the NFL draft, and Beuerlein played in the league for an incredible 17 seasons.
While the former Notre Dame star is most known for his days with the Raiders and Dallas Cowboys, he also played for the Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers, and finally the Denver Broncos. Over the course of his NFL career, he threw for 24,046 yards, 147 touchdowns and 112 interceptions.
Steve Beuerlein certainly stands out as someone who knows a very good Notre Dame team when he sees one and it stands out that he's giving the squad his full throated endorsement heading into the 2026 season. It's now officially less than 100 days until Fighting Irish fans get to see if this team is the one that can make a statement on college football's biggest sta
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