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2023 Football Recruiting Grades: Linebackers

The leader of the 2023 Notre Dame recruiting class is covered today as we continue to breakdown each position group from this past cycle. It's the linebackers up next! As a reminder, here's our standard grading scale for this exercise: 95-100: Truly elite prospect with All-American potential 90-94: Multi-year starter with All-conference level potential 85-89: [...]

By |2023-04-14T12:12:51-04:00April 14th, 2023|Recruiting|0 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Most Underrated Musician

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame women's basketball will open up the 2023-24 season on November 6th in Paris, France against South Carolina. Former Notre Dame running back Josh Adams was hired by Clark Lea at Vanderbilt as a quality control assistant. Former Arizona Cardinals head [...]

By |2023-04-13T09:22:46-04:00April 13th, 2023|18S Reads|31 Comments

NFL Draft Scouting Report: Isaiah Foskey

We are breaking down the Notre Dame football prospects ahead of the NFL Draft which begins on Thursday, April 27th in Kansas City, Missouri. Today we'll take a look at the career sacks leader in Fighting Irish history. SPECS Name: Isaiah Foskey Hometown: Antioch, California Position: DE Height: 6-5 (per NFL Combine) Weight: 264 (per [...]

By |2023-04-12T08:26:47-04:00April 12th, 2023|Football|3 Comments

NFL Draft Scouting Report: Jayson Ademilola

We are breaking down the Notre Dame football prospects ahead of the NFL Draft which begins on Thursday, April 27th in Kansas City, Missouri. Today we'll take a look at a former highly touted recruit hoping to have his named called later this month. SPECS Name: Jayson Ademilola Hometown: Jackson, New Jersey Position: DT Height: [...]

By |2023-04-10T12:39:43-04:00April 10th, 2023|Football|4 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Steve Brule is My Doctor

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt has been named to the 1st-team pre-season All-American list from Walter Camp. Irish cornerback Benjamin Morrison was named to the 2nd-team. Former Irish tight end Durham Smythe has signed a 2-year $7.75 million extension with the [...]

By |2023-04-06T17:03:30-04:00April 7th, 2023|18S Reads|29 Comments

NFL Draft Scouting Report: Jarrett Patterson

We are breaking down the Notre Dame football prospects ahead of the NFL Draft which begins on Thursday, April 27th in Kansas City, Missouri. Today we'll take a look at a veteran 2-time captain for the Fighting Irish who is being scouted at center. SPECS Name: Jarrett Patterson Hometown: Laguna Hills, California Position: OG/C Height: [...]

By |2023-04-05T16:54:00-04:00April 6th, 2023|Football|1 Comment

2023 Football Recruiting Grades: Offensive Skill

If you haven't already, check out our full 2023 Notre Dame Recruiting Review on this class a whole. Now we will look at each of the players from this Fighting Irish class in more detail. Today, it's time to get excited for a really promising group of skill players at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, [...]

By |2023-04-04T12:50:35-04:00April 4th, 2023|Recruiting|4 Comments

NFL Draft Scouting Report: Michael Mayer

We are breaking down the Notre Dame football prospects ahead of the NFL Draft which begins on Thursday, April 27th in Kansas City, Missouri. Today we'll take a look at a record breaking tight end hoping to have his name called in the first round. SPECS Name: Michael Mayer Hometown: Independence, Kentucky Position: TE Height: [...]

By |2023-04-03T13:22:36-04:00April 3rd, 2023|Football|3 Comments

30 Updates from Notre Dame’s Fully Open Spring Practice

Notre Dame held its first and only entirely open practice of spring on Saturday morning inside the Irish Athletic Center. Although the media were allowed to watch the whole practice, only the beginning 5 periods were able to be taped. So, we're looking at the last big news dump of the spring until the Blue-Gold [...]

By |2023-04-01T20:02:47-04:00April 1st, 2023|Football|10 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: It’s Nice to Talk to a Reasonable Man

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News In case you missed it after the first spring practice, Irish football players Will Schweitzer, Justin Walters, and Ron Powlus III all medically retired while Caleb Johnson, Philip Riley, and Josh Bryan are no longer with the program. The lone full practice [...]

By |2023-03-30T21:50:04-04:00March 31st, 2023|18S Reads|22 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting Grades: Offensive Line

Notre Dame has welcomed new offensive line coach Joe Rudolph from Virginia Tech this off-season and he sets out to recruit on his own terms for 2024 and beyond. But first, we will recap the last class to sign with the retiring Harry Hiestand. If you missed our 2023 recruiting class overview, click HERE. As [...]

By |2023-03-29T12:52:42-04:00March 29th, 2023|Recruiting|1 Comment

Reviewing the Redshirts: Talking the Punter Bro

Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]

By |2023-03-28T07:44:05-04:00March 28th, 2023|Football|4 Comments

Notre Dame Football 2023 Recruiting Class Review: The Slow Fall

It's officially spring and we are finally ready to unleash our review of the 2023 Notre Dame recruiting class. This was technically the first full recruiting cycle for Marcus Freeman (although with the early signing day and general accelerated nature of recruiting these days some may argue 2024 is the real first full cycle with [...]

By |2023-03-27T11:15:07-04:00March 26th, 2023|Recruiting|26 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Going to Work on an 18th Century Battleship

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Hey, Notre Dame has a new men's basketball coach in Micah Shrewsberry who just finished up his second season at Penn State for 2022-23. Drue Tranquill has signed a 1-year deal for $5 million with the Kansas City Chiefs after spending 4 [...]

By |2023-03-23T21:18:30-04:00March 23rd, 2023|18S Reads|17 Comments
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