Notre Dame is working on adding to its elite and highly ranked 2026 recruiting class. On Wednesday, the Fighting Irish did just that with another elite running back prospect.
This time, the commitment comes from Jonaz Walton, an elite 4-star running back out of Central High School in Carrollton, GA. Walton was also considering SEC programs such as Florida and Alabama, along with Stanford, before committing to Notre Dame.
It’s another big win for Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish, who boast one of the top classes for the cycle so far:
BREAKING: Four-Star RB Jonaz Walton has Committed to Notre Dame, he tells me for @on3recruitsThe 5’10 210 RB from Carrollton, GA chose the Fighting Irish over Alabama, Stanford, & Florida “Feeling lucky ☘️” t.co/Ggf7HrO7cb pic.twitter.com/0mcaj2VaKx
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) May 14, 2025Listed at 5-foot-9 and 205 pounds, the 247 Sports Composite rates Walton as the No. 10 RB in the country. He has also competed as a swimmer and in track and field during high school and is rated the 125th overall recruit in the country, regardless of position.
Walton is the 2nd elite RB to pledge to Notre Dame since the start of May, joining Javian Osborne out of Texas’s Forney High School. Osborne is rated the No. 6 RB in the 2026 recruiting cycle and a top-100 player nationally.
Those are the kind of results Notre Dame likely expected when Freeman was able to hire Ja’Juan Seider away from Penn State as the RBs coach this offseason. Seider has a long list of RBs recruited and developed with the Nittany Lions, including landing both Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen for the program in the 2022 recruiting class.
The addition of Walton brings Notre Dame’s class up to 16 hard commitments, a group that ranks 2nd nationally. Only USC has a higher-rated recruiting class at this point in the process.
Notre Dame adds commitment from elite Georgia RB prospect to 2026 recruiting class Saturday Down South.
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