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Joe Everett | Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Perhaps the biggest question mark heading into this season for Notre Dame football is the quarterback play, and just how much Irish senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush will improve from last season. While the 6-foot-1, 222-pound Wimbush accounted for 1,870 yards passing, 804 rushing yards and 30 total touchdowns in his first season as a starter,
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, April 23, 2018
What do you do when the inspiration for a whole branding of a Heisman campaign — complete with hats and a hashtag — leaves school early, declaring for the draft? Reload. That is what the Irish have done this spring at the running back position. Although no one has shown the same consistent explosiveness as
Daniel O'Boyle | Friday, April 13, 2018
Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chip Long talked about some of the pieces of his 2018 offense, including sophomore quarterback Avery Davis and junior wide receiver Chase Claypool, after practice Thursday. Davis, who did not see the field last year, looked set to be the odd-man-out among scholarship quarterbacks for 2018, with senior Brandon Wimbush, junior
Marek Mazurek | Wednesday, March 21, 2018
The spring season marches on. Notre Dame held its first practice coming back from spring break, and Irish head coach Brian Kelly said his veteran group looks “clean” in the first few practices. “You see it in [senior quarterback Brandon] Wimbush and [senior wide receiver] Miles [Boykin] — they’re going to connect on some big
Benjamin Padanilam | Tuesday, March 6, 2018
As Notre Dame prepares for the beginning of its spring season, it does not face nearly the level of uncertainty it did going into the spring last year — the team is coming off a 10-win season and returns 10 of its starters on last season’s defense and the systems on both sides of the ball.
Benjamin Padanilam | Friday, April 15, 2016
This time last year, Notre Dame had five commitments in its 2016 recruiting class. This year, the Irish have jumped out to a quick start, with nine commitments in the class of 2017, putting them at the No. 7-ranked class thus far, per Rivals. “The class started off pretty well,” Irish recruiting expert for Blue &
Zach Klonsinski | Friday, November 20, 2015
Notre Dame picked up commitment No. 18 in the class of 2016 last weekend following the Wake Forest game, but it wasn’t necessarily who everyone expected. Three-star prospect Deon McIntosh from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, became the second running back to join Notre Dame’s 2016 class, pairing with Tony Jones in the future backfield. Irish recruiting
Greg Hadley | Friday, October 30, 2015
With no immediate matchup looming during the bye week, Notre Dame coaches fanned out across the country on recruiting trips, garnering the class of 2016’s 17th commitment and making progress on several other key targets. Defensive lineman Khalid Kareem, a four-star prospect per Rivals.com, pledged to the Irish last Friday after a visit from head