What sports does Jordan Faison play? Notre Dame player stars in football, lacrosse
What sports does Jordan Faison play? Notre Dame player stars in football, lacrosse
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Jordan Faison has balled out in two seasons at Notre Dame — and not only on the lacrosse field.
Faison has also made an impact on the gridiron as a two-sport athlete for Notre Dame's football and lacrosse programs. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida native has showcased skills compatible in both football and lacrosse.
Moreover, he has played at a championship caliber in both sports. As a freshman in 2023-24, he helped Notre Dame lacrosse win its second consecutive national title. As a sophomore in 2024-25, he and the Fighting Irish football program fell to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national title game. A win there would have been the Fighting Irish's first football title in nearly four decades.
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Notre Dame, looking for its third straight national championship title, takes on No. 5 national seed Penn State at noon ET on Sunday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
Here's what to know about Faison ahead of Sunday's NCAA men's lacrosse quarterfinal game:
What sports does Jordan Faison play?
Faison plays for Notre Dame in football and lacrosse, sports in which he competes as a wide receiver and midfielder, respectively.
"Both sports go hand in hand," Faison told ESPN's "College Football Live" ahead of the College Football Playoff semifinal vs. Penn State on how lacrosse helps him in football. "When you're in football, you got the cornerback lining up in front of you and you got to make moves on him while seeing the back of the defense and safeties rotate.
"Then lacrosse, it's the same thing (and) same idea. You got to a defender guarding you and you got defenses rotating behind and you got to make decisions based off that. They go hand in hand and pretty much complement each other."
Jordan Faison is a baller on the gridiron and the lacrosse field ☘️
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Faison — who was elevated to a scholarship player for the football team in October 2023 after walking on — saw most of his production as a freshman in the latter half of the 2023 football season. In the final seven games of the season, Faison finished with 19 catches for 322 yards and ranked second on the team with four touchdowns. He was also named the MVP of the Irish's bowl game.
Faison carried that momentum to lacrosse, where he made an immediate impact for coach Kevin Corrigan and the Irish: He started all 17 games as a freshman while totaling 30 points off 22 goals. He also had 17 ground balls and six caused turnovers.
He has followed up with nine goals and three assists this season as a sophomore. He has only made eight starts in 11 games this season after missing each of the first two games due to the elongated football season, which was extended this year by Notre Dame's appearance in the CFP title game.
Though he didn't start the season at the same time as the rest of his teammates, Faison's production has picked up over the last four games, as he has recorded at least a goal in three of them.
"I think he's done an amazing job of keeping himself motivated on a daily basis," Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan said on May 9. "But there's a price to be paid for trying to do everything. That's part of the deal."
Added Faison on how he's been finding his stride in recent weeks: "Definitely ascending. Around the peaking area, too. You have to be at this point in the season. It's win or go home, so you have to put it all out there right now."
Jordan Faison lacrosse recruiting rankings
Jordan Faison lacrosse prospect rankings: Four stars | No. 48 overall prospect
Insider Lacrosse ranked Faison as a four-star athlete and the No. 48 overall prospect in the 2023 recruiting class. He was an unranked football prospect according to 247Sports Composite rankings out of Gulliver Pinecrest Preparatory School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Jordan Faison lacrosse stats
Faison enters Sunday's game against Penn State with nine goals and three assists on the season. He has scored goals in each of the Irish's last two games against Syracuse and Ohio State.
Here's a year-by-year breakdown of Faison's lacrosse stats at Notre Dame:
2024: 37.3% shooting percentage, 30 total points on 22 goals (six game-winning goals) and eight assists, 17 grounds balls and 15 turnovers
37.3% shooting percentage, 30 total points on 22 goals (six game-winning goals) and eight assists, 17 grounds balls and 15 turnovers 2025: 25.7% shooting percentage, 12 total points on nine goals and three assists, 11 ground balls and 15 turnovers
Jordan Faison football stats
Faison finished with a career-high 30 receptions and 356 receiving yards this season during Notre Dame's CFP runner-up run.
His best game of the 2024 college football season came in Notre Dame's 27-17 CFP opening-round win against Indiana, against whom he finished with a career-high seven catches for 89 yards. Faison also returned the second-half opening kickoff 43 yards on a reverse.
Here's a year-by-year breakdown of Faison's football stats at Notre Dame:
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