Notre Dame landed a dedication Sunday from 2025 extensive receiver Jerome Bettis Jr., the son of Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer and former Preventing Irish operating again Jerome Bettis. The three-star extensive receiver from Woodward Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, picked Notre Dame over a plethora of main faculty provides, together with Texas A&M, NC State and Arkansas. 

Listed at 6-feet-2 and 190 kilos, Bettis is ranked because the No. 83 extensive receiver within the Class of 2025 within the 247Sports rankings and the No. 671 total participant within the 247Sports Composite. He performed each methods for a Woodward Academy program that pushed for a state championship within the ultra-competitive state of Georgia. 

“What made the varsity so particular for me is the sensation I get after I’m there and the comfortability and sense of dwelling that makes the place tremendous particular,” Bettis Jr. advised 247Sports. 

Bettis is simply the most recent standout to affix Notre Dame’s loaded 2025 recruiting class. The Preventing Irish rank No. 1 within the nation with 18 commits, together with 4 members of the Top247 rankings. Bettis is the third extensive receiver to affix the category. 

Jerome Bettis Sr. performed three years of faculty soccer at Notre Dame, dashing for 1,912 yards and 27 touchdowns. As a sophomore, he set the Notre Dame document with 23 complete touchdowns in a season. He was chosen within the first spherical (tenth total) within the 1993 NFL Draft and rushed for greater than 13,000 yards with the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams and the Pittsburgh Steelers, ultimately successful a Tremendous Bowl and touchdown within the Corridor of Fame. 

Notably, Bettis returned to Notre Dame a long time later and graduated along with his diploma in enterprise in Might 2022.