Transfer portal: Notre Dame adds DL Elijah Hughes from USC

Notre Dame keeps rolling on in the NCAA Transfer Portal. The latest commitment for the Fighting Irish comes from 6-3, 290-pound interior defensive lineman Elijah Hughes.

He’s a rare underclassmen addition for Notre Dame as a former class of 2023 prospect who spent his first two season at USC.

Hughes is Notre Dame’s seventh transfer portal commitment, joining North Carolina kicker Noah Burnette, defensive back Devonta Smith (Alabama), defensive lineman Jared Dawson (Louisville), wide receivers Will Pauling (Wisconsin) and Malachi Fields (Virginia) and tight end Ty Washington (Arkansas).

He will be a key part of a Notre Dame interior defensive line that will also feature Dawson, Gabriel Rubio and Donovan Hinish in 2025.

The following are the other scholarship defensive linemen with eligibility for next season: Sean Sevillano, Joseph Reiff, Davion Dixon, Gordy Sulfsted, Cole Mullins, Brenan Vernon, Devan Houstan and Armel Mukam. With such inexperience, it’s obvious why Notre Dame went to the portal to add another body to help right away. And the Irish may not be done recruiting interior defensive linemen out of the portal either.

Hughes is expected to enroll at Notre Dame for school on Monday and will participate in spring practices in South Bend.

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