Notre Dame is predicted to land a new passing game weapon for quarterback CJ Carr, closing on former 5-star wide receiver

Notre Dame might be adding Quincy Porter from the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Ryan Roberts — National College Football Writer
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Nov 15, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback CJ Carr (13) calls an audible at the line of scrimmage against the Pittsburgh Panthers during the fourth quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

While things are in a great spot with former Ohio State wide receiver Mylan Graham, many Notre Dame fans have been wondering what the program’s transfer portal chances are with his former teammate, and fellow former five-star pass catcher Quincy Porter. With the New Jersey native entering the portal with a no-contact tag that prohibits programs from reaching out to him, it was a guessing game as to where he was leaning. 

It appears that Porter could be leaning toward head coach Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish right now as well. Steve Wiltfong and Pete Nakos from Rivals like where Notre Dame stands. Both of them logged an expert prediction for Porter to land with Notre Dame. It would be a monumental victory for an Irish offense that needs to get more dynamic at the boundary wide receiver position.

Wilfong wrote in his update that several schools were early teams of interest for the talented pass catcher. Outside of Notre Dame, Washington, Michigan, Miami, Tennessee, South Carolina, UCLA, and Auburn were some others to know. With an NFL frame and unreal athletic gifts, Porter’s future is very, very bright. It is fun to think of all that Porter could accomplish in the blue and gold if Freeman and Co. close the deal.

You can bet that quarterback CJ Carr will be happy if so.

Quincy Porter’s career background

Porter was considered to be a consensus top-100 player by each of the major recruiting platforms coming out in the 2025 recruiting class. On the 247 Sports Composite rankings, the New Jersey native ended up rated as a five-star, the No. 23 overall player, the No. 5 wide receiver, and the No. 1 player from the state of New Jersey for the 2025 class. 

There was a long list of impressive suitors who were after Porter at the time. Some of his top offers included the Fighting Irish, the Buckeyes, Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, Miami, Florida, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Penn State, Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Pitt, Illinois, Boston College, Michigan State, Washington, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, UNC, Maryland, Syracuse, Duke, Stanford, and Rutgers, among several others.  

During his career at Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic, Porter hauled in an impressive 133 receptions for 2,624 yards and 38 touchdowns in three seasons. That’s an average of 19.7 yards per reception, an incredible average for a wide receiver standing at 6-4 and 210 pounds. Only playing in five games for the Buckeyes this past season, the talented pass catcher hauled in just four receptions for 59 yards.

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