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Notre Dame DE Julian Okwara Selected 67th by Detroit Lions in NFL Draft
Notre Dame’s Julian Okwara will begin his NFL career on the same team as his older brother Romeo Okwara after being selected 67th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft Friday…
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Notre Dame WR Chase Claypool Selected 49th Overall by Pittsburgh Steelers
I have been saying for weeks that Chase Claypool would not last until the third round like many Draft “experts” were predicting, and he did not. The Pittsburgh Steelers selected…
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Notre Dame TE Cole Kmet Drafted #43 Overall by Chicago Bears
Tight end Cole Kmet was the first Notre Dame player to be drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft when his hometown Chicago Bears selected him with the 43rd overall pick…
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Today Should Be a Good Day for Notre Dame Football Draft Hopefulls
Notre Dame did not have a single player drafted in the first round of last night’s NFL Draft, but that shouldn’t have been too surprising since none were projected as…
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Will Notre Dame’s Cole Kmet Be First TE Off Board in NFL Draft?
There are mixed opinions on which Notre Dame football player will be the first to hear their name called during the NFL Draft this year, but one of the leading…
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Notre Dame’s Chase Claypool Won’t Last Until 3rd Round in NFL Draft
We’re less than 48 hours away from the most anticipated draft in NFL history. After a month of no live sports, Thursday will be the first sporting event whose outcome…
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Projecting Where Notre Dame’s Julian Okwara Will Get Drafted
The NFL Draft is just over a week away, and assuming all goes as planned, it’ll probably be the most-watched NFL Draft of all time given the lack of sports…
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Could Notre Dame Football’s Alohi Gilman Be Drafted in the 4th Round?
Alohi Gilman could have returned to Notre Dame for a 5th year in 2020 to lead the Notre Dame but chose to pursue an NFL future. At the time he…
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Notre Dame Alum Zack Martin Named to NFL’s All-Decade Team
The NFL announced their 2010’s All-Decade team on Monday and Notre Dame alum Zack Martin made the team. Martin, one of the best offensive linemen in the NFL since his…
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Notre Dame WR Chase Claypool Moving Into 1st Round Mock Drafts
It was only a matter of time. After this historic performance at the NFL Combine in February, Notre Dame wide receiver Chase Claypool is popping up into the 1st round…
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Pro-Day, Pre-Draft Visit Cancelations Could Help Notre Dame Prospects
The normal pre-draft activities that take place every year are just one of the many events that have been disrupted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. On-campus pro days…
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Notre Dame’s ‘Wu’ Already Catching the Eye of NFL Draft Experts
While the likes of Khalid Kareem, Julian Okwara, Chase Claypool, and a few more former Notre Dame players are busy preparing for the 2020 NFL Draft, Notre Dame’s Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah…
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More Historical Context on Notre Dame WR Chase Claypool’s Ridiculous Combine
Yesterday I posted about Chase Claypool reaching Megatron status at the NFL Combine on Thursday. Well, thanks to the fine folks running the @NFLResearch Twitter account, we have even more…
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Notre Dame’s Chase Claypool Reaches Megatron Status at NFL Combine
Yesterday at the NFL Combine, Notre Dame wide receiver did something that no other wide receiver has done at the Combine since 2006 – he ran a sub 4.45 40-yard…
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10 Questions for Notre Dame Footballers to Answer at NFL Combine This Week
The eyes of the NFL are upon Indianapolis again this week for the annual NFL Combine. This year Notre Dame is sending nine participants to the NFL’s yearly open-air audition…
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Notre Dame Quartet Made Themselves Money in Mobile This Week
Notre Dame players made themselves some money this week in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl. All week long in practice, former Irish standouts made news for their impressive performances…
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Notre Dame CB Troy Pride’s Stock Skyrocketing at Senior Bowl
Former Notre Dame cornerback Troy Pride Jr is making some positive news this week at practices for this weekend’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. In fact, the speedy corner is…
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Jaylon Smith Gets PAID: Notre Dame Great Earned Massive Deal
Good things happen for good people. Yesterday the Dallas Cowboys rewarded former Notre Dame great Jaylon Smith with a massive extension. In an offseason that has been tumultuous for their organization,…
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Notre Dame’s Miles Boykin Turning Heads in Ravens Training Camp
Miles Boykin surprised many within the Notre Dame fan base, myself included, at the beginning of the year when he decided to leave Notre Dame with a year of eligibility…
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Looking Ahead to Notre Dame’s 2020 NFL Draft Prospects
The 2019 NFL Draft wrapped up over the weekend with five Notre Dame players getting selected in the seven rounds of the draft. Next year’s NFL Draft though might have…
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Notre Dame’s Julian Okwara And Khalid Kareem Among Winners Of The NFL Draft
Can you win the draft by not being in the draft? If you can, then the winners were Notre Dame’s star defensive ends who spurned their NFL futures for one…
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Julian Love Finally Off the Board in 4th Round by Giants
Julian Love had to sit through two long days of the NFL Draft without hearing his name called. Luckily he didn’t have to wait too long on Saturday to finally…
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Julian Love Still Waiting as NFL Draft Enters Day 3
When Julian Love announced that he was leaving early for the NFL Draft in January, most projected the Jim Thorpe Award finalist as a 2nd round pick. Some even thought…
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Ravens Draft Notre Dame WR Miles Boykin Drafted in 3rd Round
The second Notre Dame player to hear his name called during the 2019 NFL Draft was not Julian Love as many expected it would be. It was wide receiver Miles…
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Chargers Make Jerry Tillery 1st Notre Dame DL 1st Rounder in 22 Years
Before Thursday night it had been 22 years since a Notre Dame defensive lineman heard his name called during the first round of the NFL Draft. The San Diego Chargers,…
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