TRIPLE THREAT: CJ Carr, Christian Gray, and Spencer Porath
Breaking down the Notre Dame Football roster three players at a time to prep for the 2026 CFB season.
SOUTH BEND, IN - APRIL 25: Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback CJ Carr (13) takes a knee before the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Spring Game on April 25, 2026 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Everyone loves to do a player countdown for Notre Dame as we face toward the college football season, but in all fairness, the offseason is much shorter than you think. It’s really only two months in the grand scheme of things, and there will be much more to talk about in the middle of July with media days — so why not deal with the profiles before then?
Welcome to the Triple Threat series. We will profile every player on Notre Dame’s roster, but I’m going to give you three at a time to save some time. Every Triple Threat post will include one offensive player, one defensive player, and one newcomer (freshman or transfer) until we have to do some different combos down the road.
So let’s get started with today’s Triple Threat: QB CJ Carr #13 DB Christian Gray #29 K Spencer Porath #35 CJ CARR #13 HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 215 CLASS SOPHOMORE HOMETOWN SALINE, MI HIGH SCHOOL SALINE The world may not have been on the shoulders of CJ Carr when he arrived at Notre Dame, but the hopes of Notre Dame Nation certainly were. After years of one and done transfer portal quarterbacks, and high profile recruiting losses — Notre Dame got their man. Carr had to earn the starting job, but after a spring and fall camp battle with Kenny Minchey, he was tabbed as THE man for 2025.
Carr had a really good 2025 season, and right now he’s the odds on favorite to win the Heisman Trophy in 2026. He has all of the tools needed to be a great college quarterback with a strong arm and good understanding of the offense, but he’s got more to him than just physical traits. Carr is a leader and his teammates want to play with him — because he just has that “IT” factor that is hard to quantify, but you see it when you see it on the field.