Special Teams
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Backup Plan at Kicker: Freeman Defines Notre Dame’s Path Forward
In 2024, Notre Dame’s kicking game wobbled when grad transfer Mitch Jeter hurt his groin at Stanford in mid-October. Freeman confirmed the groin tightness postgame, and Jeter’s availability/consistency seesawed afterward.…
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’24 Position Breakdown: Special Teams
During the 2023 season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish special teams unit had its moments, including scoring on both a kickoff and punt return. However, the offseason has brought with…
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For Notre Dame, Consistency Key for Special Teams Trio
After this year’s NFL draft, Notre Dame took home third-place honors for having nine players selected. The Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes finished with just one more at 10. Although…
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Notre Dame Football Needs a Yoon Boom in 2017
A lot has to happen this fall for Notre Dame to rebound from last year’s 4-8 debacle. One player specifically can go a long way towards helping the Irish bounce…
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Notre Dame Special Teams Failures Require Kelly’s Focus
Notre Dame fans have had very little to cheer about this fall, a fact that finally began to change Saturday afternoon against Syracuse in New Jersey. Notre Dame’s defense surrendered…
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Justin Yoon Heating Up for Notre Dame?
Throughout the Notre Dame’s fall camp Justin Yoon has struggled with consistency to the point that Brian Kelly talked about it in depth at Media Day on Wednesday. On Friday…
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Brian Kelly Addresses Justin Yoon’s Camp Struggles
Lost in the shuffle of Brian Kelly’s decision that he will play both Malik Zaire and Deshone Kizer against Texas was Kelly’s comments regarding his reportedly struggling sophomore kicker, Justin…
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James Onwualu, Punt Returner?
From time to time Brian Kelly likes to give a player a chance to end practice early by making a play or nailing a pressure kick. Saturday he gave senior…
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Justin Yoon No Longer Secret Weapon for Notre Dame
Kickers. Conventional wisdom has it as the easiest gig in football. The position has staying power, with many of the NFL’s greatest playing for upward of 20 NFL seasons, all…
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Notre Dame Special Teams The Difference Over USC
Notre Dame special teams have lone been a major point of contention for Irish fans on forums and blogs across the internet for years, but on Saturday night, it was…
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Success of Notre Dame’s Special Teams Hinges on True Freshman’s Leg
If Notre Dame is to build upon the momentum created from the Music City Bowl victory against LSU, Notre Dame’s special teams play must get better. And much of that…
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Kyle Brindza’s Redemption Saves Notre Dame
Senior kick Kyle Brindza had a rough season in 2014. His field goal percentage plummeted to just 56.5 percent, nearly 20 points below his career average, while missing several crucial…
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How Important are Special Teams?
What role do special teams play in winning a championship?
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Tausch a Leg Up on Walker
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Brandon Walker has had a very rocky first couple of years as the Notre Dame place kicker. His career hit another bump in the road…
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How to Attack an Onside Kick
After rewatching the game tonight I have to wonder how many times Notre Dame has practice recovering onside kicks this year because the Irish looked completely lost on both Navy…
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So Hey, How About that Kicker? Notre Dame’s Brandon Walker Rebounds
Remember a couple weeks ago when Brandon Walker’s name was thrown around blogs and message boards left and right without much positivity? Of course you do. After missing two field…
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Walker Still Kicking For Irish
Charlie Weis held another kicking competition in practice this week and once again Brandon Walker won running away. According the South Bend Tribune… Walker will retain his job for Saturdays…
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Answers Coming Wednesday on Kicking Situation
Charlie Weis talked quite a bit Tuesday about the place kicking situation now that Brandon Walker is just 1 of 7 kicking field goals this year. It sounds like there…
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Sounds Like Changes Coming at Place Kicker
After Brandon Walker started the season just 1 for 7 on field goal attempts, it should come as no surprise that Charlie Weis and Brian Polian are considering using junior…
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Weis, Polian Talk Special Teams with Frank Beamer
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Charlie Weis had planned to visit with Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer between Signing Day and the start of spring practice. A scheduling conflict…
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These Guys are Returning Kicks for Us This Year
Meet the #1 listed kick returner… [youtube]q6s8cK-7RLs[/youtube] And his parter in crime… [youtube]8MXoUt61Qzk[/youtube] Makes me think we might be seeing more plays like this in 2007. [youtube]PxRepBi1Hiw[/youtube]
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Paging Armando Allen… We Need One of These
[youtube][/youtube] Since that kick return in 2000 by Julius Jones, Notre Dame has returned just two kickoff’s for touchdowns – both by Vontez Duff (96 yards vs. Purdue in 2001…
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Special Teams Could be the Difference
Los Angeles, CA (UHND.com) – Kickoff to today’s much anticipated Notre Dame-USC game is now just hours away and all week long Notre Dame’s defense versus the USC offense has…
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Special Teams Special at Times, Not So Much at Others
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – The special teams units for Notre Dame were quite busy on Saturday and found themselves in the highlights a couple times – not all of…
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