Brayden Parks Commits to Notre Dame Over Oregon
Boosting Notre Dame’s 247Sports class ranking to No. 2, the move highlights the program’s pull in Chicagoland.
Overview
- Brayden Parks, a four-star defensive lineman from Brother Rice High School, announced his commitment to Notre Dame on Thursday after a wide recruitment that came down to Notre Dame and Oregon.
- Parks is listed at about 6-foot-3 and 305 pounds and sits among the top interior defensive-line prospects in the 2027 cycle per 247Sports Composite.
- He entered college recruitment with roughly 41 offers from Power Five programs and cited family ties to Notre Dame and a strong relationship with coach Marcus Freeman as factors in his decision.
- Oregon made a late official visit push for Parks but failed to flip him, leaving the Ducks to seek interior defensive-line size elsewhere in the class.
- Notre Dame has combined Parks with recent transfer-portal interior additions and other Chicagoland recruits to deepen its defensive line, a shift that should influence roster development and class composition this fall.