Notre Dame wide receiver Jordan Faison, who has played in national championships with two Irish teams, will leave the lacrosse team to focus on football, the school confirmed Friday.
Faison led Notre Dame in receiving in 2025 with 49 catches for 640 yards and four touchdowns and also had 15 punt returns for 153 yards. It was a breakout junior season for Faison, who had 30 catches for 356 yards as a sophomore for the national runner-up Irish.
As a freshman, he won a national title with the lacrosse team, totaling 22 goals and eight assists. He had nine goals and five assists last season.
How Jordan Faison manages his ‘extraordinary’ 2-sport career — now as Notre Dame’s go-to receiver
Notre Dame lacrosse coach Kevin Corrigan told the Tribune in the fall that his team doesn’t ask anything of Faison during football season. In the spring, Faison had been doing most of his physical work with the lacrosse team but still took part in what he could with football.
Now, as Faison looks toward his football future, he will save all of his energy for that sport as the Irish look toward a better outcome in 2026. The Irish finished the 2025 season 10-2 but opted out of a bowl game after failing to make the College Football Playoff.
“There’s not very many that have done what he’s done,” Corrigan said of Faison in the fall, “in terms of competing at a championship level in two sports, contributing hugely to both teams, making big plays in big games and playing in the national championship in both sports. It’s remarkable.
“And more than anything else, we just celebrate it. Help him enjoy the journey because it’s an extraordinary thing that he’s doing.”
Faison’s younger brother, Dylan, is also a two-sport athlete who signed with Notre Dame this fall.
