Notre Dame Secondary
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Will Shaun Crawford Be Healthy Enough To Solidify Notre Dame’s Defense In 2019?
Over the last few seasons, there is one thing that has been consistent throughout that time: if Shaun Crawford is available, Notre Dame can field an excellent nickel defense. If…
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Looking for Love Again: Where Notre Dame Goes at Corner
We all read into every word Julian Love said about the NFL versus coming back for a senior season leading up to the Cotton and let ourselves believe that we…
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Hype Building for Notre Dame Safety Alohi Gilman
Despite all of the progress made by the 2017 Notre Dame defense, the one position group that fell short of expectations was safety. And those expectations were pretty low to being…
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Eye In The Sky: To Turn Or Not To Turn For The Notre Dame Corners
Notre Dame has struggled this season, across starting cornerbacks Nick Watkins and Julian Love, in jump ball situations. They hurt them against Georgia for a few big plays, Love gave…
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Eye In The Sky: The Notre Dame Secondary Is Coming Of Age
If you’ve ever played football you might have heard the phrase “the eye in the sky don’t lie.” Usually it came up when there was a screw up and a…
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Notre Dame Football Secondary Ready To Bounce Back in ’17
The final installment of our preseason Better Or Worse series is a look at the last line of the Notre Dame defense. Things were rough on the back end in…
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Julian Love: Much More than Notre Dame’s Safety Net
Heading into the 2016 opener, true freshman defensive back Julian Love was a third team corner looking to make his mark on special teams. His role was not a surprise,…
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What Can Notre Dame Football Expect from Shaun Crawford?
Anyone who has followed me knows the soft spot I have for Crawford as a player and how excited/exasperated I’ve been at the various points of his promising/unfortunate Notre Dame…
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Nick Watkins Return A Huge Boost for Notre Dame Secondary
Notre Dame senior cornerback Nick Watkins was ready to step into the starting line up last year after a trial by fire in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio…
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Notre Dame’s Freshmen Defensive Backs Will Play in ’16
When Notre Dame signed seven defensive backs in February it was expected that some of them would be needed to play right away for the Irish this fall. Brian Kelly…
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Notre Dame Spring Preview: Restocking the Secondary
The past several weeks UHND has examined some of the pressing issues facing head coach Brian Kelly’s squad heading into the spring practice session, including looking into Notre Dame’s pass…
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Keivarae Russell To Work at Nickel in Spots
When Shaun Crawford went down with a torn ACL earlier this week, one of the few starting positions that was up for grabs this summer was reopened.
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Instant Maturity: KeiVarae Russell and Avery Sebastian
Two vintage wines recently arrived in South Bend from West Coast vineyards. Avery Sebastian came in from Berkeley and KeiVarae Russell from Tacoma. Last Spring Brian Van Gorder and Kerry…
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Cornerback a Position of Strength for Notre Dame in ’15
The ineffectiveness of the Irish 2014 secondary, specifically the cornerback position, had less to do with talent and ability and more to do with lack of depth and experience. Heading…
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Light Turning on for Max Redfield?
If Max Redfield can have a Harrison Smith-like turnaround to his career in 2015, the Notre Dame defense should be able to make some huge strides.
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Max Redfield – 2014 Breakout Candidate
Our series on potential breakout candidates for Notre Dame in 2014 continues today with a move to the defensive backfield as we profile sophomore safety Max Redfield. Pedigree Max Redfield…
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Elijah Shumate – Now or Never ’14
Our series on Now or Never players for Notre Dame in 2014 continues today moving back to the defensive side of the ball with a look at junior Elijah Shumate…
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Max Redfield’s Time Could be Now
Notre Dame signed four 5-star players last February. One’s been a starter since day one, one never made it to campus, one had knee surgery and will red-shirt, and one…
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#4 Bennett Jackson – 2013 Top 25 Notre Dame Football Players
We are less than 48 hours until kick-off and we’re reaching the top spot in our countdown of the top 25 players on the 2013 Notre Dame football roster. Our…
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#11 Keivarae Russell – 2013 Top 25 Notre Dame Football Players
After a few days off due to some work obligations, we are back to our countdown and are going to be finishing this off at a fast and furious pace…
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Get Ready to Know ’13: Elijah Shumate
Seeing the field in all 13 games in 2012, but with extremely limited action, the young man out of Jersey spent most of his time at the nickel position. This…
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#12 Matthias Farley – 2013 Top 25 Notre Dame Football Players
After three straight spots were filled on the offensive side of the ball, we move back over to the defense for our #12 player on our countdown of the top…
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#21 Elijah Shumate – 2013 Top 25 Notre Dame Football Players
Our countdown of the Top 25 Notre Dame football players for 2013 continues today by sticking on the defensive side of the ball for a 4th straight selection – sophomore…
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#24 Max Redfield – 2013 Top 25 Notre Dame Football Players
As we continue our countdown of the top 25 players on the 2013 Notre Dame football roster, we hit our first true freshman on the list – 5-star safety super…
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Ready for Prime Time ’13: #6 Keivarae Russell
Today we are kicking off a series of posts that we’ll be running over the next week or two on players who are ready for prime time in 2013 –…
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