It took only 6 days for Oklahoma to flip Notre Dame's QB plans

Less than a week ago, 2028 four-star quarterback Trey Tagliaferri was going to be a Notre Dame Fighting Irish. But all of a sudden, only six days later, he seems destined to be an Oklahoma Sooner.

Rivals Hayes Fawcett reported on Wednesday that Tagliaferri decommitted from Notre Dame just six days after making his commitment in an abrupt turn of events. Then within moments of Fawcett breaking that news, multiple recruiting experts had already logged predictions for Tagliaferri to eventually commit to the Sooners.

As of Wednesday night, 247Sports had it at 100% that Tagliaferri will pledge to OU, while Rivals had the chances at 93%.

Trey Tagliaferri suddenly has Sooners with new 2028 plans after decommitment

The Fighting Irish are in panic mode now, but it was the Sooners who were scrambling last week when Tagliaferri made his initial decision. He had become an early top target for offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle, but after he pledged somewhere else, Brady Quinn (no relation to the Notre Dame great) emerged as the favorite to be the Sooners' QB from the 2028 class. OU actually offered both prospects on the same day.

Now, it could actually be Quinn who ultimately ends up at Notre Dame and Tagliaferri at OU. He doesn't have an offer from the Fighting Irish yet but has visited there three times already. Considering his dad named him after the former Notre Dame quarterback because he's such a big fan, it's a solid bet that Quinn would jump at the offer.

The Sooners offered Tagliaferri on May 4, then hosted him for an unofficial visit just a weeks later before he committed to Notre Dame. He also holds offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and more.

“OU has always produced great quarterbacks,” Tagliaferri told Sooners on SI after his visit. “OU is quarterback university, and that is somewhere I would want to be.”

According to the 247Sports Composite, Tagliaferri, listed at 6-foot-1, is the No. 14 quarterback in the 2028 class. He's the No. 9 overall prospect all the way in the state of New Jersey out of Bergen Catholic, where he threw for 2,215 yards and 29 touchdowns compared to three interceptions last season as a sophomore. For Comparison, Quinn is the No. 22 QB from Hollywood, Florida.

Read more: Predicting the Oklahoma Sooners' first 3 2028 commits

If Tagliaferri's decision comes soon, he would be the only 2028 commitment for the Sooners right now and the first since running back Micah Rhodes changed his mind after running backs coach DeMarco Murray left. That would be a heck of a building block to restart with.

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