Notre Dame Fighting Irish Quarterbacks and Receivers

FBS Independents. Starting quarterbacks by year: 2026: CJ Carr; 2025: CJ Carr; 2024: Riley Leonard; 2023: Sam Hartman.

Notre Dame Starting Quarterbacks and Receivers by Season

Season	Quarterbacks (starts)	Top receivers (targets)	Pass Yds	TD-INT
2026	CJ Carr (5)	Jordan Faison 32, Micah Gilbert 23, Jaden Greathouse 12	1,334	14-1
2025	CJ Carr (12)	Malachi Fields 63, Jordan Faison 62, Eli Raridon 42	3,021	25-5
2024	Riley Leonard (12)	Beaux Collins 33, Mitchell Evans 29, Jaden Greathouse 29	2,284	19-5
2023	Sam Hartman (12)	Rico Flores Jr. 34, Mitchell Evans 33, Chris Tyree 32	2,970	28-9
2022	Drew Pyne (10), Tyler Buchner (2)	Michael Mayer 77, Lorenzo Styles Jr. 39, Braden Lenzy 29	2,380	22-8
2021	Jack Coan (12)	Michael Mayer 79, Kevin Austin Jr. 60, Kyren Williams 48	3,205	25-8
2020	Ian Book (11)	Javon McKinley 53, Michael Mayer 46, Kyren Williams 35	2,596	15-2
2019	Ian Book (12)	Chase Claypool 100, Cole Kmet 54, Chris Finke 45	3,072	36-6
2018	Ian Book (8), Brandon Wimbush (3)	Miles Boykin 80, Chase Claypool 64, Chris Finke 64	3,219	23-11
2017	Brandon Wimbush (11), Ian Book (1)	Equanimeous St. Brown 67, Chase Claypool 43, Alize Mack 32	2,119	18-8
2016	DeShone Kizer (12)	Equanimeous St. Brown 78, Torii Hunter Jr. 58, Kevin Stepherson 42	3,016	27-9
2015	DeShone Kizer (9), Malik Zaire (2)	Will Fuller 80, Chris Brown 68, Amir Carlisle 39	3,025	23-9
2014	Everett Golson (11)	William Fuller 102, Corey Robinson 60, Chris Brown 60	3,539	29-13
2013	Tommy Rees (12)	TJ Jones 96, DaVaris Daniels 94, Troy Niklas 48	3,004	27-13
2012	Everett Golson (10), Tommy Rees (2)	Tyler Eifert 73, TJ Jones 66, Theo Riddick 47	2,624	13-7
2011	Tommy Rees (11), Dayne Crist (1)	Michael Floyd 133, Tyler Eifert 88, TJ Jones 53	3,088	20-14

College starts are inferred: the team's first passer in each game.

2026 Notre Dame Target Tree

Player	Pos	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD
Jordan Faison	WR	32	25	371	4
Micah Gilbert	WR	23	18	368	2
Jaden Greathouse	WR	12	8	108	1
Nolan James Jr.	RB	11	10	87	3
Aneyas Williams	RB	8	7	34	0
Cooper Flanagan	TE	8	6	48	2
Mylan Graham	WR	8	3	32	0
James Flanigan	TE	5	3	19	1
Elijah Burress	WR	5	3	33	0
Jerome Bettis Jr.	WR	4	3	87	0
Ty Washington	TE	4	2	12	0
Logan Saldate	WR	3	3	36	0

2026 Notre Dame Games

Week	Opponent	Result	Quarterback	Cmp-Att	Yds	TD	INT
Week 1	vs WIS	W 41-13	CJ Carr	19-29	239	2	0
Week 2	vs RICE	W 52-0	CJ Carr	25-33	360	4	0
Week 3	vs MSU	W 27-10	CJ Carr	18-24	234	0	0
Week 4	at PUR	W 49-10	CJ Carr	16-26	267	4	1
Week 5	at UNC	W 37-26	CJ Carr	21-30	234	4	0

2026 Notre Dame Connections

QB → Receiver	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD
CJ Carr → Jordan Faison	32	25	371	4
CJ Carr → Micah Gilbert	23	18	368	2
CJ Carr → Jaden Greathouse	12	8	108	1
CJ Carr → Nolan James Jr.	11	9	81	2
CJ Carr → Cooper Flanagan	8	5	46	1
CJ Carr → Aneyas Williams	8	7	34	0
CJ Carr → Mylan Graham	6	3	32	0
CJ Carr → James Flanigan	5	3	19	1
Noah Grubbs → Elijah Burress	5	3	33	0

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