Avery Davis has been a real scraper since coming to SB. He's switched positions 2 or three time and if I remember he was recruited as a QB. Great kid.
It's official... Jack Coan will be our starting QB,” Kelly wrote on Twitter. “All three quarterbacks distinguished themselves in the spring and preseason camp. Clearly, each has the skills necessary to lead, but Jack proved to be more consistent and therefore, going into our opener, gives us the best chance for success.”
1. I was at that ND GTech game in Atlanta/ Tech had the best player on the field with that RoboWR they had, but struggled to get him the ball. 2. I have mixed feelings about Coan as the starter. IMHO he was preventing Wisconsin from being elite, but now he's going to come here and turn that corner? If he can nickle and dime while remaining accurate on the deep ball, he'll put up huge numbers with our athletes
None other than Charlie Weis has proclaimed Ian Book will eventually be the Saints starter. Last week, former Notre Dame head coach and longtime NFL coach Charlie Weis proclaimed on SiriusXM NFL Radio that "Ian Book is eventually going to be the starting quarterback for the Saints. The kid can play."
Yes that was the WR that we faced at Ga.Tech in 2006. We were lucky to come away with the win in that game. If I remember correctly we got a favorable call on a critical play that preserved the win.
Johnson was a favorite of mine when he played for the Lions. Though he was making millions he passed on the mansion craze and lived in a nice apartment in Atlanta. When he retired he had a secure future with some wise investments. He had a wonderful family his mom was a college professor and his sister was a doctor. I forget what his dad did. He was a first ballot Hall of Farmer.
Irish pick up a 2023 verbal from NJ DB Adon Shuler a 4 star prospect. I read somewhere that he's 15 right now, of course as a 2023 kid that means he's entering his Jr year so he'll be 17 when he comes to ND still pretty young for a college freshman.
I've been reading that all 5 of our RB, including the freshmen Logan Diggs and Audric Estime, have had very good fall camps. Now if the OL will just gel so there are holes to run through!
This number will shrink as the teams make cuts... Current Notre Dame Players on NFL Rosters 1. RB Josh Adams - New York Jets 2. OL Aaron Banks - San Francisco 49ers 3. OL Alex Bars - Chicago Bears 4. LB Asmar Bilal - Las Vegas Raiders 5. QB Ian Book - New Orleans Saints 6. WR Miles Boykin - Baltimore Ravens 7. WR Chase Claypool - Pittsburgh Steelers 8. LS Scott Daly - Detroit Lions 9. DT Sheldon Day - Cleveland Browns 10. OL Liam Eichenberg.- Miami Dolphins 11. S Jalen Elliott - Detroit Lions 12. S Matthias Farley - Tennessee Titans 13. WR Will Fuller - Miami Dolphins 14. S Alohi Gilman - Los Angeles Chargers 15. OL Robert Hainsey - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16. LB Daelin Hayes - Baltimore Ravens 17. S Bennett Jackson - New York Jets 18. LS JJ Jansen - Carolina Panthers 19. LB Jamir Jones - Pittsburgh Steelers 20. RB Tony Jones Jr. - New Orleans Saints 21. DE Khalid Kareem - Cincinnati Bengals 22. TE Cole Kmet - Chicago Bears 23. OL Tommy Kraemer - Detroit Lions 24. CB Julian Love - New York Giants 25. CB Cole Luke - Washington 26. TE Alize Mack - Detroit Lions 27. OL Zack Martin - Dallas Cowboys 28. OL Nick Martin - Las Vegas Raiders 29. CB Nick McCloud - Buffalo Bills 30. OL Mike McGlinchey - San Francisco 49ers 31. WR Javon McKinley - Detroit Lions 32. OL Sam Mustipher - Chicago Bears 33. OL Quenton Nelson - Indianapolis Colts 34. P Tyler Newsome - Arizona Cardinals 35. DE Adetokunbo Ogundeji - Atlanta Falcons 36. DE Romeo Okwara - Detroit Lions 37. DE Julian Okwara - Detroit Lions 38. LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah - Cleveland Browns 39. CB Troy Pride Jr. - Carolina Panthers 40. RB CJ Prosise - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41. DE Issac Rochell - Indianapolis Colts 42. TE Kyle Rudolph - New York Giants 43. CB KeiVarae Russell - New Orleans Saints 44. WR Ben Skowronek - Los Angeles Rams 45. S Harrison Smith - Minnesota Vikings 46. LB Jaylon Smith - Dallas Cowboys 47. TE Durham Smythe - Miami Dolphins 48. WR Equanimeous St. Brown - Green Bay Packers 49. OL Ronnie Stanley - Baltimore Ravens 50. DT Jerry Tillery - Los Angeles Chargers 51. LB. Drue Tranquill - Los Angeles Chargers 52. TE Tommy Tremble - Carolina Panthers 53. DE Stephon Tuitt - Pittsburgh Steelers 54. CB Donte Vaughn - Los Angeles Chargers 55. RB Dexter Williams - Green Bay Packers 56. TE Brock Wright - Detroit Lions
Based on what I've seen firsthand and heard and read, it's possible for a RB to overcome a less-than-great OL. It's dependent on his stance and first step, a matter of milliseconds. A proper stance and first step can enable the RB to hit the hole just prior to the full reaction of the DL and LB, thus giving him the chance to veer outside and gain decent yardage. I say this to point out that if our RBs are taught and coached correctly, we still can have a decent running game, even if the OL lacks game experience. I'm hoping we can have a solid run game. We'll see.
Womens Basketball note, incoming freshman Sonia Citron had a great U19 World Championships, USA won the Gold medal and she was a star, Catlin Clark the Iowa freshman sensation this past season was the MVP but Sonia was right there with her. This years Irish women have some really good young players, Sonia Citron, Maddy Westbeld and Oliva Miles are a tremendous group of young players.
Pat Connaughton is going to be the commencement speaker for the UW-Madison 2020 graduates. UW is going to have a special weekend for them since they were unable to have their usual graduation. If you read the article it goes through all the things Pat has done for the Milwaukee community that have had a positive impact. Pat Connaughton of NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks to speak at celebration for 2020 graduates
In the Marcus Freeman press conference yesterday, found on all the sites, somebody asked him about his T-Shirt he wore at practice that said WOPU vs Everybody. He said it was a gift from the WOPU Nation. I'm thinking WOPU Nation? What tribe is that? So, I googled it thinking I'd find that there was a Indian Tribe based somewhere historically in the South Bend area and somehow, he connected with them. But it's not it's the name of the Organization that the Walk-ons created for themselves. They have a website and soon they will sell you that T-shirt. It's an interesting website, go visit it. Although I still don't know what WOPU stands for, Walk Ons PU? WOPU Nation - Former walk-on players at Notre Dame ON HIS "WOPU VS. EVERYBODY" SHIRT HE'S WEARING "This was a gift from the WOPU nation. Today we had scout kickoff and kickoff return. Look, I don't like people just standing on the sideline, so I try to coach up the scout team a little bit so I told them I'm in support of them. My scout team, which has some walk-ons on that scout team, I told them I was in support of them."
Nice article on 2022 Recruit Donovan Hinish, brother of 5th year Senior Kurt Hinish. Both of them seem to favor using an entire jar of black on their game faces. 2021 Blue Chip Chat: Central Catholic’s Donovan Hinish