Notre Dame lands Devin Fitzgerald, son of ex-NFL star Larry

Class of the 2026 Larry Fitzgerald, son of the selection of 11 times Pro Bowl and second leader of all time, the leader of the yards of the NFL, Larry Fitzgerald, signed up for Notre Dame, he announced on Saturday evening.

Fitzgerald is a receiver of three -star passes from Brophy Prep of Arizona and the 71st -wide wide -ranking receiver perspective in his class. He chose the Fighting Irish above the UCLA, and he landed as a 24th member of the incoming recruitment class of Notre-Dame, which is fourth in the last classification of the ESPN classes for the 2026 cycle.

Fitzgerald told ESPN that the Irish have been consistent in his recruitment since his first year. However, Notre Dame waited until May to extend a scholarship offer, joining the Power 4 program channel that entered the Fitzgerald process this spring after catching 52 passes for 720 yards and nine affected in a junior campaign in small groups last fall.

Fitzgerald’s recruitment to the Irish was led by Notre Dame receiver coach Mike Brown, who played in the NFL from 2012 to 2015.

“I have become a better ball player, and they really think I’m going to become a great player,” Fitzgerald told ESPN. “I have known coach Brown since the age of 5. He showed me that I can enter, intervene and play early. It’s their plan with me.”

Fitzgerald will follow in the footsteps of his father in major university football when he signs with the Irish later this year.

Larry Fitzgerald emerged as one of the most prolific passenger sensors of university football from 2002. He overshadowed 1000 yards by receiving each of his two university seasons in Pittsburgh, finishing second in the Voting Heisman Trophy and winning the Biletnikoff Award in 2003.

Selection n ° 3 in the draft of the 2004 NFL, Larry Fitzgerald spent his entire career in the NFL of 17 seasons with the Cardinals of Arizona, obtaining the honors of the first All-Pro team in 2008. He retired in 2020 by dragging only Jerry Rice in the receptions of all time (1,432) and receiving Jerry lessons (17 492).

“Having my father there to help me through the recruitment process was great,” Devin Fitzgerald told ESPN. “He knows what is important. You want to go somewhere, you feel like you belong and where you are located.”

He joined Notre-Dame as part of the third line of the NFL which is preparing for the Irish in 2026.

The four-star outside secondary, the son of the ancient Panthers of Caroline, All-Pro Thomas Davis, has been promised in the program 2026 of the program since November. The receiver of four stars Kaydon Finley followed on Friday when he signed up in Notre-Dame on Texas; Prospect No. 114 of ESPN is the son of the former Packers of Green Bay End and the champion of the Super Bowl XLV Jermichael Finley.

Devin Fitzgerald is now one of the four wide receivers engaged in Notre Dame this cycle, after Finley, Bubba Frazier (n ° 266 in ESPN 300 2026) and the recruit three stars Dylan Faison. The new Irish recipient lesson could develop again on Sunday when Brayden Robinson, n ° 293, announces his commitment between Arizona, Miami and Notre Dame.