Notre Dame flips 4-star QB Hebert from Clemson

• Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 14, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He signed up with ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Notre Dame landed a

commitment from four-star quarterback Blake Hebert on Monday, turning the long time Clemson promise and protecting a quarterback for the Irish’s 2025 class less than two weeks after Deuce Knight’s seismic flip to Auburn.Hebert, ESPN’s No. 6 dual-threat passer in 2025, revealed his decommitment from Clemson via X before offering his pledge to Notre Dame minutes later Monday evening.Hebert, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback from Greenwich, Connecticut, had been committed to Dabo Swinney and the Tigers since June 16, 2023. With his recruitment closed, Hebert took a pair of trips to Clemson earlier this year, most recently on an official check out in May.Editor’s Picks Yet the quarterback landscape in the 2025 cycle moved when Knight, ESPN’s No. 2 dual-threat quarterback, pulled his promise from Notre Dame on Oct. 2 and dedicated

to Auburn, ending a prolonged recruiting legend that began in the summer. The Irish were aggressive in their pursuit to land another 2025 quarterback following Knight’s departure, and Marcus Freeman & Co. found one in Hebert, now bound for South Bend, Indiana, through a late-cycle recruitment led by Notre Dame quarterbacks coach and pass game planner Gino Guidugli.” I want to begin by thanking the Clemson coaching staff as well as the program itself for all they have provided for me,” Hebert composed on X minutes before revealing his promise to the Irish.

“With that being said, I have actually picked to withdraw my commitment and will invest my next 4 years at another organization. “Hebert spent the first 3 seasons of his high school career at Massachusetts’Central Catholic High School. He missed almost all of his junior season after suffering an ankle fracture in the program’s season opener last fall. As first-year starter in his sophomore season in 2022, Hebert finished 58.3 %of his passes for 1,748 backyards with 24 goals to one interception. Hebert transferred to Connecticut’s Brunswick School prior to his senior season.Hebert now joins a Notre Dame recruiting class that has lost a number of commitments in current months. Before Knight, four-star safety Ivan Taylor marked a key departure when he turned to Michigan in July, and the Irish lost a pledge from three-star running back Daniel Anderson earlier this month.

Nevertheless, Notre Dame still holds commitments from 9 ESPN 300 promises in 2025, led by four-star offensive take on Will Black(No. 99 in 2025 ESPN 300), and Hebert will arrive on campus together with four-star tight end James Flanigan (No. 144), running back Justin Thurman(No. 300) and pass receiver Elijah Burress (No. 44 wide receiver in 2025 ). The Irish’s incoming class sits at No. 14 in ESPN’s newest team rankings for the 2025 cycle.