2025 DE Israel Oladipupo Enjoys Return To Notre Dame

After a pair of visits to South Bend last year, Israel Oladipupo‍ was back at Notre Dame this past weekend.

“It was pretty nice,” the 2025 Indiana defensive end said. 

The Noblesville High School standout arrived a little late, missing pre-practice position meetings, but he did get to watch practice

“It was fun to see how they were conducting practice and all that,” he said. “It was really good to see.

“I got to see how well organized they were, their explosiveness in practice, how ready they were to get it.”

Afterward, Oladipupo and some of the other visiting recruits heard from head coach Marcus Freeman.

“He was talking about how everybody was ready to get after it, but you've got to get the little appetizers first, so it was a great thing to see,” said Oladipupo.

The group then toured campus, checking out the Basilica, the Grotto and the Golden Dome. Much of it was a repeat for Oladipupo, although he enjoyed it.

“I think it was pretty cool to see that again, because this time in the Basilica, they were actually doing some sort of choir practice and that was good,” he said. 

The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder wasn’t able to speak with the coaches afterward, but hopes to soon.

“We had to leave early towards the end, so hopefully the coaches will try to hit me back up later on,” he said. “We'll see how that goes.”

He currently has offers from schools like Boston College, Duke, Harvard and Yale. He’d love to land an offer from the Irish.

“It is the fact that it is close to home and it's somewhere that I've been twice before, a place that my family really loves and I love too,” he said. 

“I've had a great relationship with some of the coaches up there, so it felt like I should get back up there now again.

He’ll visit Boston College, Duke, Bowling Green and Northern Illinois next.

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