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Notre Dame football spring practices began on Wednesday. With it, began one of the most important competitions of the 2025 season before the Irish could even play a game.
With Riley Leonard’s departure to the NFL, the College Football Playoff runner-up Irish need a quarterback to pilot a team that’s coming off a miraculous run to the national championship game.
This is new territory for Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman. He had a competition in 2022 when Tyler Buchner won the starting job in early August before Week 1. In the last two years, he hand-picked his starting quarterback from the transfer portal.
This time, the competition has three players vying for the top of the depth chart who are home-grown talents.
“It is the first true competition with three guys that I’ve been a part of,” Freeman said.
Still, those who know the three players competing have all the confidence in them.
“The Notre Dame quarterback room’s in good hands,” former Notre Dame tight end Mitchell Evans said at the NFL Combine. “Whoever’s going to be the guy next year going in the fall, the team’s going to do good.”
Here’s what to know about Notre Dame’s quarterback competition.
Meet the three contenders
When considering the potential quarterbacks of the future for Notre Dame, it’s best to hear from those who know best.
Evans was asked about the quarterback battle at the NFL Combine, and he went in-depth on all three of the quarterbacks who could earn the starting job for the 2025 season. Those players are CJ Carr, Kenny Michey and Steve Angeli.
The leader early on could be Angeli, who has been in the Irish program since 2022. He started the 2023 Sun Bowl, completing 15 of his 19 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns. He also came in the Orange Bowl when Leonard left late in the first half and completed six of seven pass…
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