Three-star extensive receiver Devin Fitzgerald, the son of NFL legend Larry Fitzgerald, dedicated to Notre Dame on Saturday over Clemson, Stanford and UCLA. The Brophy Faculty Preparatory product out of Phoenix, Arizona, is the up-to-the-minute participant to decide to Notre Dame within the 2026 recruiting class, because the Preventing Irish presently maintain the fourth-ranked class within the cycle behind USC, Georgia and Texas A&M.
“I selected Notre Dame due to the folks, the tradition, and the aim behind every little thing they do,” Fitzgerald told 247Sports. “It is not nearly soccer. It is about constructing one thing larger — a future, a legacy.”
Throughout his junior season at Brophy Faculty Preparatory, Fitzgerald hauled in 52 catches for 720 yards and 9 touchdowns in 13 video games.
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Fitzgerald ranks because the No. 2 participant within the state of Arizona and is the Fifty fifth-ranked extensive receiver within the 2026 recruiting class. Fitzgerald marks Notre Dame’s twenty fourth dedication within the class, becoming a member of blue-chip recruits equivalent to five-star edge Rodney Dunham, five-star security Joey O’Brien, four-star cornerback Khary Adams and four-star tight finish Ian Premer.
“What actually set Notre Dame aside for me was the folks,” Fitzgerald stated. “The recruits I met have been like-minded — they’d the identical objectives, the identical drive. I knew being round them would push me to be higher, each on and off the sector.”
Because the begin of final month, Notre Dame has secured commitments from eight recruits within the 2026 class — together with Fitzgerald.