Defense
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Notre Dame Freshman DE Isaiah Foskey Has Some Serious Length
I can hear Larry Munson mumbling in heaven right now “My God almighty…a freshman” when he sees this picture of Notre Dame freshman defensive end Isaiah Foskey. And yes there is no doubt…
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Can Brandon Wimbush Help Notre Dame Solve Their Linebacker Concerns?
Last year Notre Dame was in a tough spot on offense. They knew they weren’t going to have their top running back in the opener, they had just lost Josh…
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What’s Going On At Corner For Notre Dame?
When it comes to the cornerback position for Notre Dame in 2019, there is one thing we know: Troy Pride is going to start at one of the spots. It…
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Notre Dame’s Khalid Kareem Is Getting Overlooked Nationally
As the calendar has flipped to July, preseason All American lists are starting to come out and plenty of Notre Dame players are getting mentioned on various lists. Julian Okwara,…
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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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Notre Dame DE Khalid Kareem Putting in WORK This Off-Season
We are still more than two months away from the start of fall camp for Notre Dame in 2019, but that doesn’t mean some of the vital cogs for the…
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Organized Chaos Describes Notre Dame Linebacking Corps this Spring
Coming in to spring football we knew that the biggest puzzle for the Irish coaching staff to solve was going to be linebacker. We also knew not to expect any…
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Ovie Oghoufo, Notre Dame’s Next Julian Okwara? Brian Kelly Thinks So
Brian Kelly sure knows how to set some high expectations on a rising sophomore who didn’t play a down as a freshman who’s learning a new position this spring. After…
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Linebacker Is Biggest Puzzle for Notre Dame to Solve in 2019
There isn’t a more intriguing position group on the Notre Dame football roster heading into spring football this year than the linebacking corps. After losing two stalwarts from the last…
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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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Notre Dame Has Nation’s Highest Rated Pass Rush
We are almost at the half way point of the 2018 season and it appears as though the pass rush that Notre Dame fans have been waiting for for years…
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Notre Dame’s Asmar Bilal Breaks Through Against Michigan
Heading into the 2018 season, if there was one obvious weakness on the Notre Dame defensive roster, it was at Rover. Bilal was the presumptive starter there after Drue Tranquill…
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2018 Notre Dame Defense Will Rival 2012 Unit
The 2012 Notre Dame defensive unit is held up like an untouchable mark that can only be an aspiration, yet an unattainable goal. In the seven years that have followed…
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Who Will Start at Rover for Notre Dame in 2018?
There are very few starting positions up for grabs as Notre Dame heads into its second week of practice for 2018 fall camp. One of those positions, though is the…
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Brian Kelly’s All-Time Notre Dame Team: Defense
If you read the first installment of this two part series, you know the drill. I’m picking the best players from the Kelly era, and fitting them onto a team…
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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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Notre Dame Spring Football: 9 Questions on Defense
Despite having a new coordinator on the defensive side of the ball heading into 2018, Notre Dame is in much better shape defensively than they are offensively. While the offense…
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Is The Notre Dame Front Four The Best Unit On The Defense?
Because I’m very smart and know lots of things, I ranked the Notre Dame defensive line the second worst unit on the team prior to the season. This was in…
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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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Early Returns on New Notre Dame Defense Promising
It’s only been three games for Mike Elko as the defensive coordinator for Notre Dame, but the early returns are already promising. Elko inherited a unit that had become a…
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Optimism Slowly Building Around Notre Dame Defense
A funny thing has been happening over the last couple of weeks around the 2017 Fighting Irish. Camp report after camp report has spoken very positively of the Notre Dame…
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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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Notre Dame Linebackers Ready To Lead Irish Defense
The UHND 2017 Better Or Worse series rolls on with a look at the 2017 linebacker position. One thing the revamped Mike Elko led charges seem to lack on their…
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