With rumors flying that Penn State could go after Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman, we answer which team could actually lure him away from South Bend.

There is a common group of candidates being floated to be the next Penn State head coach, but college football rumors indicate big swings are also coming.

Notre Dame has struggled to sign the top-ranked football recruits from its home state of Indiana in recent years. Notre Dame football has a national recruiting reach, and sometimes it doesn’t alway work out well for the Irish with in-state prospects.

Notre Dame can add a 2027 4-star to its list of visitors this weekend, as recently decommitted North Carolina RB Amir Brown will be on campus.

Freeman, age 39, has quickly emerges as one of the best coaches in college football. In replacing Brian Kelly, Freeman has helped Notre Dame reach the national championship and he’s posted a better winning percentage (.755) than Kelly did with the Fighting Irish ( .739 ).

On Thursday, Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman logged an expert prediction for Brown to land with Notre Dame. This is clearly a situation where Ja’Juan Seider and the staff continued to push, and it appears that this could be trending to the Irish very quickly.