How social media reacted to four-star safety JaDon Blair's Notre Dame football commitment

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman has won over yet another top recruit. On Friday, class of 2025 four-star safety JaDon Blair, a product of Winston-Salem (N.C.) Mount Tabor, announced his verbal commitment to the Fighting Irish.

According to the On3 Industry Ranking, a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services, the 6-foot-4½, 195-pound Blair is the No. 157 overall player and No. 15 safety in the nation. He also checks in as the No. 5 prospect in North Carolina.

Blair chose Notre Dame over Michigan, Penn State, Florida State, South Carolina, Virginia Tech and Louisville. Since April, he has used his one allotted official visit to each of those schools.

Blair also unofficially visited Wake Forest, Maryland, Georgia Tech and Duke during his recruitment. Those schools, as well as LSU, Tennessee, Miami, West Virginia, Mississippi State, NC State and Indiana, offered him a scholarship.

Notre Dame’s 2025 class is up to 22 verbal commits, with Blair a part of the fold. He’s the eighth-ranked player, behind offensive tackle Will Black (No. 43 overall), quarterback Deuce Knight (53), safety Ivan Taylor (59), cornerback Mark Zackery (92), EDGE Christopher Burgess (100), safety Dallas Golden (107) and tight end James Flanigan (154).

Former Notre Dame safeties coach Chris O’Leary offered Blair on April 27. Blair eventually unofficially visited campus for the program’s end-of-summer recruiting event on July 30 and the Ohio State game on Sept 23.

Although O’Leary departed for the Chargers in February, Notre Dame still got Blair up to campus for another unofficial in early April and again for his official visit from June 11-13.

Blair finalized his Notre Dame commitment at the end of June and announced it publicly on his birthday, Friday.

Social media reacts to JaDon Blair Notre Dame commitment

Here is how social media reacted to Blair’s commitment after the news was made public on the On3 Recruits YouTube channel.

Justin Thurman is a four-star running back from Tampa (Fla.) Jesuit who is verbally committed to Notre Dame.

Christopher Burgess is a four-star EDGE from Chicago Simeon who is also an Irish pledge.

Mike Goolsby is a former Notre Dame football captain and linebacker who contributes to Blue & Gold.

Tom Lemming is a longtime college football recruiting analyst who now represents Prep Football Report.

Jay Blair is the father of JaDon. He played college football at East Carolina and professionally with the Bengals and Browns as well as the Amsterdam Admirals and the Rhein Fire in NFL Europe.

The younger Blair faked out Michigan and Penn State before announcing his commitment to the Irish.

After Blair’s commitment, the Irish moved up to No. 6 in the 2025 Industry Ranking Football Team Recruiting Rankings.