The start of a run to the portal
With Notre Dame’s season now completely over afater falling short in the National Championship game, the focus is entirely on roster management for the 2025 football season — and obvioulsy the transfer portal.
On Wednesday, we found out the first three players to hit the transfer portal.
WR — Jayden Thomas
Forever Irish ☘️, Love 83. pic.twitter.com/WNv6TGRdGF
— JT (@jgpt333) January 22, 2025
WR — Deion Colzie
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25842624/Screen_Shot_2025_01_22_at_3.01.49_PM.png)
OL — Sam Pendleton
Notre Dame sophomore offensive lineman Sam Pendleton has entered the transfer portal, @chris_hummer and I have learned for @cbssports/@247Sports.
Made seven starts for Notre Dame this season. Was a Class of 2023 four-star recruit.https://t.co/10Sz3YxlzO pic.twitter.com/jkb80Y1MAW
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 22, 2025
All three players contributed to Notre Dame this season.
Jayden Thomas was continuouslly involved in the rotation at wide receiver. Through four seasons at Notre Dame, Thomas caught 64 passes for 838 yards and 7 touchdowns. He will have one more year of eligibility remaining.
Deion Colzie fell out of the mix last season with injury issues, and was never able to get back into a regualr rotation in 2024. Through four seasons at Notre Dame, Colzie caught 21 passes for 345 yards and 3 touchdowns. He will have one year of eligibility remaining.
Sam Pendeleton started 7 games for Notre Dame, but was eventually supplanted by Billy Schrauth and Rocco Spindler. Pendleton exceeded early expectations while in South Bend, and his early playing time is a tribute to that success. Sam will have three years of eligibility remaining. He is a North Carolina native who held offers from amny schools out of high school with both the Clemson Tigers and Duke Blue devils as programs that stick out.
There will be quite a few more portal entries over the coming days. For now, this is the general scholarship chart for 2025.