Stanford football has fallen on hard times of late and not just because they finished 2019 just 4-8 and without a bowl appearance for the first time since 2008. It’s also because they have seen a mass-exidous from Palo Alto as 16 different players have entered the transfer portal.

One of those looking to move on is running back Trevor Speights, a former three-star recruit. Speights didn’t receive a single carry for Stanford in 2019 after rushing for 363 yards and a touchdown in the two seasons previous.

247Sports is reporting that Notre Dame is working hard to make Speights part of their 2020 backfield.

Not only have conversations gone extremely well so far, but we’re actually told the 5-11, 205-pounder is finalizing plans to get on campus for a visit in March. Running backs coach Lance Taylor is leading the way on this recruitment and if things go well on the visit between both sides and the staff is sure there is a spot for him, it’s hard to see him landing anywhere else. – Tom Loy of 247Sports. Read the entire piece here.

Speights would potentially step in a backfield that currently has the likes of Jafar Armstrong, Jahmir Smith, C’Bo Flemister, Kyren Williams, Avery Davis and prized-recruit Chris Tyree.

Speights is a graduate transfer which means he’d immediately be eligible.

We’ll keep you posted on any developments with Speights and Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish host Stanford on the evening of October 10 this fall.