We are breaking down the Notre Dame football prospects ahead of the NFL Draft which begins on Thursday, April 28th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Today we'll take a look at a wide receiver who has overcome injuries plus a short amount of production but could be an intriguing pick for a NFL team. SPECS Name: [...]
Notre Dame opens next season against a Heisman candidate in Columbus and faces some other interesting opponent quarterbacks during the first half of the season. Today, we look at the last half of the gauntlet which starts off easy but ends with what could be an extremely difficult finale in Los Angeles. Game #7 UNLV [...]
Notre Dame opens up the first spring practice of the Marcus Freeman era tomorrow on St. Patrick's Day. Will it be full of good luck then? Today we preview the most talked about position in American sports, the quarterback. After a one-year stop for Jack Coan the starting position opens back up again with rising [...]
Al Washington has been a college coach at major programs Boston College, Cincinnati, Michigan, and Ohio State before landing at Notre Dame this off-season to coach the defensive line. The 37 year-old has been coaching linebackers for the past 4 seasons and now has the opportunity to fill the shoes of long-time DL coach Mike [...]
We're quickly approaching the opening of spring practice at Notre Dame as Marcus Freeman takes control of the program after 11 seasons under Brian Kelly. A large amount of focus now turns to the wide receiver position where Del Alexander's 5-year reign with the unit has come to an end and the 38 year-old Chansi [...]
Notre Dame is hoping a handful of players are selected in this spring's NFL Draft while a smaller group have an outside shot at hearing their names called by a professional organization. This year's Draft takes place in Las Vegas as the Raiders stadium beginning on April 18th. The NFL Combine was just completed in [...]
Today we are previewing the defensive backs ahead of spring practice. This group is one of the few on the roster to keep their position coaches as Mike Mickens (Corner) and Chris O'Leary (Safety) lead a veteran group who added a key Transfer Portal addition this off-season but are bracing for a life forever without [...]
Hey everyone and welcome back to the Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys 3.0 Project. If you missed the introduction post you can read it here. As always, here is the link for the book that sparked the inspiration for this offseason project. Today, we’re diving into one of the more controversial games of the 2006 [...]
Notre Dame is set to break in a new starting quarterback in 2022 as rising sophomore Tyler Buchner looks to be the heavy favorite to win the job going into spring practice. The Californian picked up some experience as a change-of-pace mobile option to the more, ahem stiff, Jack Coan who now exhausts his college [...]
Our positional previews for Notre Dame continue today with a look at a traditional area of strength for the Irish at tight end. After just 2 seasons on campus, assistant coach John McNulty is off to coordinate Boston College's offense while in comes Gerad Parker from West Virginia to take over a deep depth chart [...]
Today we officially say goodbye to Kyren Williams being in the running backs room following a terrific 2 years on the field. Like many other units, this group is also welcoming their own new coach as Deland McCullough makes the short trip north from Indiana to work with the Fighting Irish. He'll have plenty of [...]
We are working our way through the 2022 Notre Dame roster as we look forward to the first spring practice under new head coach Marcus Freeman. This series kicked off with a look at the offensive line and the return of assistant Harry Hiestand. Today, we'll tackle Freeman's position of expertise. Predicted 2022 Lineup *Official [...]
Notre Dame may be switching back to a natural grass football field. There, did I write a sufficient catchy introductory sentence? Allow me to immediately backtrack and state that I don't believe Notre Dame is going to switch to a grass field, at least not any time soon. However, after 8 seasons using field turf, [...]
A poor start to 2021 and injuries put the offensive line in a spotlight as a weak link on the team before things stabilized over the last half of the season. Now, the line welcomes back its star center Jarrett Patterson who passed up an opportunity for the NFL, a new coach with a familiar [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into position groups with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line, then the defensive line (plus the punter, because he has to [...]
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