Notre Dame Defensive Line
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’24 Position Breakdown: Defensive Line
In the past five years, Notre Dame’s defense has averaged 35 sacks per season, with a healthy portion of those stops coming from the defensive line. The 2024 edition has…
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2023 Notre Dame Newcomers: The Spotlight’s Finally on Javontae Jean-Baptiste
The infusion of transfers for Notre Dame may have been highlighted by quarterback Sam Hartman, but defensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste arrives after spending four seasons at Ohio State. As the…
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2023 Notre Dame Now or Never: Will Move Inside Unlock Rylie Mills?
With the 2023 season looming ever closer, the collegiate career of Notre Dame defensive lineman Rylie Mills appears to be at a pivotal point. His size (6-foot-5, 295 pounds), coupled…
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Notre Dame D Line Will Wreak Havoc on Opposing Quarterbacks
Marcus Freeman will return the top six pass rushers from an 11-2 Notre Dame Football team last season. Unquestionably the biggest strength for the Irish this fall will be in…
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Notre Dame DE Isaiah Foskey Primed for Massive 2022 Season
The Notre Dame defense returns most of their production from an 11-2 team in 2021. The most significant piece returning is star defensive lineman Isaiah Foskey. Marcus Freeman was able…
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Notre Dame’s Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa Returns
The last week has been an emotional roller coaster for Notre Dame’s Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa. Brian Kelly informed the media early last week that Tagovailoa-Amosa had suddenly and expectedly lost his…
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’21 Outlook: Notre Dame Football Looks to Reload, Find Depth at Defensive End
Notre Dame is about to send a pair of defensive ends to the NFL Draft for the second year in a row – something that seemed almost unthinkable in years…
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Despite Departures, Notre Dame D-Line Could be Better in 2020
Notre Dame is replacing two multi-year starters along the defensive line in 2020 with Julian Okwara and Khalid Kareem chasing NFL quarterbacks this summer. Despite losing the pair, who also…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Notre Dame Football 2017 Better Or Worse: Defensive Line
In the latest installment of the Better or Worse series, we get into the nitty gritty: the defensive line. This is where titles are won. Up the middle, in the…
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Will Andrew Trumbetti’s Emergence Reshuffle Notre Dame DL?
One of the early surprises of the first week of fall camp is the emergence – or reemergence – of senior defensive end Andrew Trumbetti. Â Strong gains in the weight…
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Notre Dame’s Strong Side DEs Living Up to Their Name
Notre Dame has a depth problem along the defensive line in 2017. Â Shocking, I know. Â One position where Notre Dame has some solid depth though is at the strong side…
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Daelin Hayes: 2017 Notre Dame Football Breakout Stars
For Notre Dame to rebound from last year’s 4-8 campaign this fall, the Fighting Irish are going to need a lot of players to step up and become breakout stars…
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Debunking Notre Dame’s Lack of Defensive Talent
Amid the fury of posts over the last few weeks voicing angst over now former Notre Dame defensive coordinator, one of the common tunes heard on Notre Dame message boards…
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Frosh DE Daelin Hayes In Line for Prominent Role?
Notre Dame is in desperate need of a pass rusher along its rebuilt defensive line. Â It sounds like the Irish might be ready to look to true freshman Daelin Hayes…
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Notre Dame’s Defensive Line A Strength in ’16?
Notre Dame is replacing a pair of two year starters along a defensive line that wasn’t exactly a strength in 2015. Â Despite that attrition the Notre Dame defensive line could…
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Notre Dame Spring Preview: Where’s the Pass Rush?
February is the hardest month of the football calendar. College football fans suffering the effects of withdrawal after the end of bowl season are given a brief reprieve until early…
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Sophomores Set to Impact ’16 Notre Dame Defense
In part one we zeroed in on the offensive recruits of 2015 and how they looked to impact the team in 2016, now in part two we focus on the…
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Can Romeo Okwara Challenge Justin Tuck’s Record?
Notre Dame has been able to withstand a myriad of injuries in 2015 because of the depth the Irish have built up over the last few years on the recruiting…
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Sheldon Day Emerging as Notre Dame’s Defensive Leader
Sheldon Day has been a captain for Notre Dame for the past two seasons now, but it hasn’t been until the last few weeks that Notre Dame’s stout defensive end…
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