Notre Dame Fighting Irish News: Howard Cross getting more attention, more

If the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are going to have a successful 2024 there are a ton of different players that are going to need to contribute. Most of the time, when talking about impact players, guys like Riley Leonard or Kris Mitchell or Gi'Bran Payne.

On defense, Xavier Watts or Benjamin Morrison are the guys who tend to get the headlines. But it's Howard Cross III who might actually be the impact defensive player that helps determine if the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have the kind of season people expect.

Jamie Uyeyama recently wrote about how Howard Cross III is going to be a heck of an impactful player this coming season. He pointed out that the 2nd team All-American did things that the numbers didn't even tell the whole story.

Violence, twitch, and a relentless motor are just some of the reasons the writer thinks Howard Cross III is going to lead the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to big time success in 2024.

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Speaking of the 2024 season, there's still several months, but the Notre Dame Fighting Irish want you to get excited for it when it's on the way. That's why they took to social media on Tuesday to remind everyone what they're getting excited about.

There's two quarterbacks on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish radar for the 2026 class. Noah Grubbs and Brady Hart are seemingly racing to the finish line of a commitment. Earlier this week, On3's Mike Singer talked to Grubbs about where he is with his recruitment and how his relationships with Notre Dame Fighting Irish coaches is going and how that might help decide where he goes to college.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team has had quite the week. They've landed a high school commit in Leah Macy. They also added transfer players Liza Karlen and Liatu King. On Tuesday, Madeline Westbeld got in on the celebrating with a social media post showing the two new transfer players in their Notre Dame Fighting Irish garb.