Now Bettis is enjoying life on the other side of things, this time as a parent of a Notre Dame football player. Jerome Bettis, Jr. is a freshman wide receiver for the Fighting Irish and is getting ...

The University of Notre Dame has historically had one of the top football programs in the country. The program's prestige is a huge draw for recruits, and this includes the kids of former NFL players.

Notre Dame wide receiver Jerome Bettis Jr. during a Notre Dame football spring practice at Irish Athletic Center on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in South Bend.© MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The Notre Dame football team has a pretty significant number of players who are the sons of former NFL stars, and it looks like the team will soon add a couple more ...

Pittsburgh Steelers legend Jerome, 'the Bus' Bettis, left Notre Dame 27 years ago to play in the NFL but promised himself he would return. Bettis re-enrolled at Notre Dame in 2020.

Those four retired fathers have a combined 47 seasons of NFL experience and 2,408 receptions, plus Bettis’ 13,662 rushing yards. Devin Fitzgerald (r.) has committed to Notre Dame.

Notre Dame football newcomer Malachi Fields, a converted quarterback, was targeted a whopping 194 times the past two seasons ...

Classmate Jerome Bettis Jr., yes, son of Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis Sr., is also a receiver at 6-1, 208. Sophomore defensive lineman Bryce Young, who is 6-7, 273 pounds, is the son of Hall of ...

Perhaps Jada doesn’t wind up at Notre Dame, though, if her father didn’t return for a semester in 2022 to complete the coursework needed to earn a business degree – only 28 years after he ...

Of the dads, Bettis played his college ball at Notre Dame, Burress was a Michigan State Spartan. Notre Dame’s 2026 recruiting class now includes: WR Devin Fitzgerald, son of Larry Fitzgerald.

That includes the likes of Bryce Young, Jerome Bettis Jr., Elijah Burress, and James Flanigan among others. It appears that momentum could be continuing into the 2028 recruiting class as well.