Notre Dame’s visit weekend gave Corderro Bennett more than a look at the Irish offense and the South Bend atmosphere. It also handed the 2028 wide receiver a rare chance to sit down with one of the best to ever play the position.
Bennett was in town for Notre Dame’s win over Rice, and during the trip he met Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald. The Morton High School standout said he made sure to ask for advice, and Fitzgerald gave him a message built around the details that separate good receivers from great ones.
“That was cool,” Bennett recently told Irish Sports Daily. “I talked to him, asked him for some advice,” Bennett said. His conversation with Fitzgerald went well beyond the usual niceties,, and the wide receiver prospect got advice from the NFL great on how he can improve moving forward.
“He was just telling me about the little things,” Bennett said. “Putting that extra work in is going to help you in the long run.
Having separation in your routes. If they're right on you, you'll get tackled.
But if you got three yards of separation, you're getting a touchdown.”
“Being physical, getting out of your breaks. Just a lot of stuff that separates you from being a decent receiver to a great receiver.”
For Notre Dame, the meeting was another example of how the program’s NFL alumni network can make an impression on recruits. For Bennett, it was a memorable stop on a recruiting tour that is only picking up speed.
The 6-foot-5, 189-pound receiver from Hammond, Indiana, is a 3-star prospect in the 2028 class. Because he plays at Morton, the in-state recruit can make the trip to South Bend more than once, and this was his second visit to see Notre Dame.
According to the latest Rivals Industry Rankings, Bennett is the No. 423 player in the 2028 class, the No. 65 receiver, and the No. 7 player in Indiana. He still doesn’t show up in the composite rankings, but plenty of programs are already in the mix.
Notre Dame has not offered Bennett yet, but that could change if more Power 4 schools keep pushing. He already has more than 10 scholarship offers, with Auburn, Ball State, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas State, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Purdue, Toledo, Western Michigan and Wisconsin among the schools listed on his recruitment sheet. Indiana offered him on January 29, 2026, two days after Illinois did the same.
Bennett’s production as a sophomore in 2025 gives those schools plenty to like. He caught 18 passes for 373 yards and eight touchdowns in nine games, averaging 20.7 yards per catch and 41.4 receiving yards per game.
His longest grab went for 44 yards, and all 373 of his receiving yards accounted for his total all-purpose output in MaxPreps’ statistics. He finished second on Morton in total touchdowns and led the Governors with eight receiving scores.
After a visit that included a Hall of Fame receiver and a useful lesson in the finer points of the position, Bennett will keep working the recruiting trail. He was at Ohio State earlier this month and has more trips lined up for Indiana, Kansas State, Wisconsin, and Kentucky, with the possibility of more to come.
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