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Notre Dame Quarterback Target Expected to Choose Rival Program

Originally posted on Notre Dame Fighting Irish on SI
By Nick Shepkowski | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 2:26 PM ET

Notre Dame is putting together one of the nation's top recruiting classes for the 2026 cycle as the early signing period is now just over five months away. Work is being done already in the 2027 recruiting class for Notre Dame as it has two commitments to date.

One thing Notre Dame took its time with for the 2027 cycle is deciding which quarterbacks to extend scholarship offers to. Finally, just weeks ago, Notre Dame offered quarterbacks Teddy Jarrard and Peyton Houston.

Fast forward to now, and it appears Notre Dame is about to be out of the running for one of those, and a current rival is where he could be headed.

Peyton Houston Receives Multiple Crystal Ball Picks

Rivals recruiting experts Steve Wiltfong and Sam Spiegelman have each logged crystal ball picks for Houston to end up at USC. Houston is listed as a four-star quarterback from Shreveport, Louisiana, and has over 30 scholarship offers already.

NEW: Rivals’ @SWiltfong_ and @samspiegs have logged expert predictions for USC to land 2027 4-star QB Peyton Houston✌️

Houston is the No. 8 QB in the 2027 class.

Read: https://t.co/mFVQpYkotm pic.twitter.com/XjAsT6IQz6
— Rivals (@Rivals) July 7, 2025

Notre Dame can extend more offers, but the priority at quarterback will be Jarrard of Kennesaw (North Cobb), Georgia. The four-star prospect visited Notre Dame in early June, shortly before receiving an official scholarship offer.

Jarrard checks in at 6-3, 190 pounds and has 33 scholarship offers listed, including from the likes of Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia, Miami (FL), Michigan, Ohio State, and more.

One of the top 2027 quarterback prospects nationally is Teddy Jarrard 6‘3“ 195 Kennesaw N. Cobb HS,GA. Super impressive arm strength, poise, Football IQ, leadership ability, foot speed and production.The state of Georgia’s 2027 classes is absolutely loaded. Teddy has 5* potential pic.twitter.com/BOMK7K8Pvu
— Tom Lemming (@LemmingReport) June 21, 2025

Notre Dame has a lot of time left to pursue quarterbacks in the class, and we've seen late commitments at the position in recent years, including Kenny Minchey in 2023 and Blake Hebert last year. Having such a limited number of options currently makes it feel like that'll be the case again if Notre Dame is unable to land Jarrard.

This article first appeared on Notre Dame Fighting Irish on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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