Notre Dame's top wide receiver Jordan Faison, also a midfielder on the school's powerhouse lacrosse team, will not play lacrosse in 2026 as he focuses solely on football, the school told ESPN.
Faison led the Fighting Irish in both receptions (49) and receiving yards (640) in 2025 and scored four touchdowns. He initially joined the football team as a walk-on in 2023 and saw action due to injuries late in the season, earning Sun Bowl MVP honors after a 115-yard performance against Oregon State. Faison, 5-foot-10, 183 pounds, had 30 receptions in 2024.
He played 12 games for the Irish lacrosse team in 2025, contributing nine goals and five assists. Faison, a top-50 national lacrosse recruit from Florida, started for Notre Dame as a freshman in 2024 and scored 22 goals and eight assists, helping the Irish win the national title.
Faison is set to reunite with quarterback CJ Carr and others with Notre Dame, which went 10-2 but opted out of a bowl invitation after being snubbed for the College Football Playoff.
Faison's younger brother, Dylan, enrolled at Notre Dame as a freshman and will play football and lacrosse. Dylan Faison is the number one recruit in lacrosse, according to Inside Lacrosse and the National Lacrosse Federation, and a three-star football recruit as a wide receiver.
