Notre Dame Evaluation Camp #1 | Defense Preview
Notre Dame will hold an important evaluation camp on Thursday as over 250 prospects are expected to camp in South Bend.
Several prospects have already been to Notre Dame, but a few key targets are making their first stop on campus. As always, this is a tentative list as visits can always change.
DEFENSIVE LINE
2025 - Isaiah Campbell - Green Central (Snow Hill, N.C.)
Offers: Auburn, Campbell, Charlotte, Clemson, Colorado, Duke, East Carolina, Elon, Georgia, LSU, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Penn State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest
Note: Campbell was offered by Notre Dame less than a month ago.
Sophomore Highlights
2025 - Adam Shovlin - St. Thomas More (Oakdale, Conn.)
Offers: Boston College, UConn, Duke, Maryland, UMass, Penn State, Rutgers, Stanford, Syracuse, USC, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin
Note: A name to watch as Shovlin has stacked offers over the last month.
Sophomore Highlights
2025 - Israel Oladipupo - Noblesville (Noblesville, Ind.)
Offers: Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan
Note: Recently ran 4.78 and recorded 4.16 shuttle.
2025 - Isiah Stoudemire - Stebbins (Riverside, Ohio)
Offers: Ball State and Marshall
2025 - Gordy Sulfsted - St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Offers: Pitt
2026 - Elijah Golden - IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Offers: Charlotte, Duke, Pitt, Virginia, Virginia Tech and West Virginia
Freshman Highlights
2026 - Jude Okeleke - The Taft School (Watertown, Conn.)
Offers: Uconn, Dartmouth, Minnesota, Pitt and Texas State
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LINEBACKER
2025 - Dom Hulak - Immaculate Conception (Elmhurst, Ill.)
Offers: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Purdue and Wisconsin
Note: Hulak was offered on St. Patrick’s Day and visited for spring practice earlier this year.
2025 - Nate Gregory - St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
Offers: Akron, Bowling Green, Illinois and UMass
2024 - Lawson Pritchett - Rabun Gap Nacoochee (Rabun Gap, Ga.)
Offers: Air Force, Army, Charleston Southern, Navy and UAB
Note: The Notre Dame legacy has camped and visited South Bend multiple in recent years.
2027 - Ausar Heard - St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Offers: Georgia and West Virginia
Note: Younger brother of West Virginia linebacker James Heard
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DEFENSIVE BACK
2026 - Elbert Hill IV - Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Offers: Akron, Central Michigan, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Pitt, San Jose State and UNLV
Note: Hill has picked up offers from Michigan and Ohio State in the last week following camps.
Freshman Highlights
2024 - Taebron Bennie-Powell - Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio)
Offers: Austin Peay, Bowling Green, Charlotte, Duke, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, UMass, Miami (OH), Pitt, Toledo, West Virginia and Western Michigan
Note: Bennie-Powell is a former teammate of freshman safety Ben Minich and visited in the fall.
2025 - Charles Bell - St. Thomas More (Mansfield, Conn.)
Offers: Bowling Green, UConn, UMass, Penn State and Rutgers
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