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SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - OCTOBER 4: Jason Onye #47 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish follows the play during the NCAA game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Boise State Broncos at Notre Dame Stadium on October 4, 2025 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Everyone loves to do a player countdown for Notre Dame as we face toward the college football season, but in all fairness, the offseason is much shorter than you think. It’s really only two months in the grand scheme of things, and there will be much more to talk about in the middle of July with media days — so why not deal with the profiles before then?
Welcome to the Triple Threat series. We will profile every player on Notre Dame’s roster, but I’m going to give you three at a time to save some time. Every Triple Threat post will include one offensive player, one defensive player, and one newcomer (freshman or transfer) until we have to do some different combos down the road.
So let’s get started with today’s Triple Threat:
RB Kedren Young #21
DT Jason Onye #47
QB Noah Grubbs #10
KEDREN YOUNG #21
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HEIGHT 5-11
WEIGHT 234
CLASS SOPHOMORE
HOMETOWN LUFKIN, TX
HIGH SCHOOL LUFKIN
On the surface, Kedren Young looks a lot like a Jadarian Price clone — except a little bigger. Just like Price, Young made his bones on the high school fields in the state of Texas where he became a highly sought after 4-Star recruit. At the time, he was thought to be the better of the two running backs in Notre Dame’s class that year (Aneyas Williams was the other). When given the opportunity to carry the ball during his freshman year, he did well and racked up 116 yards and 1 TD in 21 carries.
Last spring, there was hope that Young would battle for a spot as RB3, or at the very least, a back to be used in short yardage situations. No other back on Notre Dame’s roster had the power he possessed, but sadly he was injured in spring and missed the entire 2025 season and was very limited during the 2026 spring practice season. Still… he’s a guy that we could come to know quite well come fall camp and beyond.
JASON ONYE #47
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HEIGHT 6-5
WEIGHT 295
CLASS SENIOR
HOMETOWN NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI
HIGH SCHOOL BISHOP HENDRICKEN
From the start, Jason Onye was supposed to be a project type of player. Onye was a 3-Star player out of the football hotbed of Rhode Island, but he had all of the physical traits you look for in a defensive tackle. Onye saw action in one game during his first two seasons at Notre Dame, but as a junior he became a key member of the DL rotation. Things got rocky in 2024 when Onye left the team due to personal reasons after the Louisville game, and there seemed to be little hope of his return — except that’s exactly what he did in 2025 as he became a much bigger contributor on defense and started 9 games.
In December Onye applied for an extra year of eligibility from the NCAA, and surprisingly — it was granted fairly quickly. Notre Dame is rebuilding its defensive line this season from end to end, but not in the typical sense. There are a lot of new bodies, and the overall line is as deep as we have seen it during Marcus Freeman’s tenure. Once again, Onye is expected to be a big part of the rotation at DT, and we are expecting a big season of sorts.
NOAH GRUBBS #10
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HEIGHT 6-4
WEIGHT 209
CLASS FRESHMAN
HOMETOWN LAKE MARY, FL
HIGH SCHOOL LAKE MARY
Noah Grubbs has been all in with the Irish since the summer of 2024, and early enrolled at Notre Dame this winter. Grubbs was part of a two man battle this past spring with Blake Hebert, to become QB2 behind CJ Carr. It’s safe to say that neither Grubbs or Hebert separated themselves much, and now that battle will be pushed forward to fall camp — along with reclassified QB Teddy Jarrard who will enroll this June.
Grubbs has all of the physical tools to be a good college quarterback, and the best thing about a QB2 battle is that (in my opinion) we get a fairer and truer competition. So, we will just have to wait and see how this all shakes out this August.
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