Notre Dame Quarterback Noah Grubbs Taking Necessary Strides During First Spring
Grubbs dives into the intense Notre Dame QB competition, showcasing arm talent and confidence. Coaches throw him in the deep end to gauge his readiness.
The quarterback competition in South Bend is starting to heat up, but this time it isn't for the starting role. Rising redshirt sophomore CJ Carr returns but after former Notre Dame quarterbacks Kenny Minchey and Steve Angeli have entered the transfer portal in back to back seasons, the depth in the Fighting Irish quarterback room is looking relatively thin. There's an on-going battle for the No.
2 quarterback spot which is currently featuring rising redshirt freshman Blake Hebert and freshman quarterback Teddy Jarrard who will be on campus this summer. Fellow 2026 recruiting classmate Noah Grubbs is already on campus, battling it out with Hebert to get a foothold on the competition this spring. The coaches didn't wait long to get Grubbs acclimated to the college game.
"Our feeling about Noah from the time we recruited him was he could make all the throws," offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock explained after their first spring practice. "There was never any question in our minds that he had enough arm to do the job. I thought he did some good things today for being somebody who was young and rattled.
We definitely threw him in the deep end today. " This won't be a position battle that comes to a conclusion at the end of spring training. Notre Dame quarterback's coach Gino Guidugli understands that this process will take the duration of the offseason to find a suitable No.