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Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen Still Throws a Pretty Pass
Raise your hand if you knew what the American Flag Football was. OK you, you go outside and go for a walk. Yesterday highlights from the AFFL’s inaugural game circulated…
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Deshone Kizer NFL Draft Update: Out of 1st Round; 2nd Round Options
After months of speculation, Deshone Kizer’s fall from potential top 5 pick to out of the 1st round all together became official last night. Three different NFL teams gave up…
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Deshone Kizer NFL Draft: How Kizer Fits All 32 NFL Teams
Today is the day – hopefully – for Deshone Kizer. Notre Dame’s starter the last two seasons left school early to hear his name called tonight on the first night…
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Notre Dame Football And The NFL Draft In The Brian Kelly Era
With the upcoming NFL draft in Philadelphia on the doorstep, and a number of Irish players eagerly awaiting their name to be called, the subject of player development inevitably arises.…
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Are Pittsburgh Steelers Perfect Fit for Notre Dame’s Deshone Kizer?
Where former Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer goes in the NFL Draft later this month is still anyone’s guess. Some have him ranked as the top QB in the draft…
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Notre Dame’s James Onwualu Could Have Surprisingly Long NFL Career
All eyes were on Deshone Kizer yesterday when representatives from 27 NFL teams descended upon Notre Dame for the annual Pro Day – and he did well enough according to…
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Notre Dame’s Deshone Kizer Talks Improvements, Brandon Wimbush
Deshone Kizer thanked former teammates for coming out to catch passes from him, but he still had a group that didn’t really help him display his skills. Accuracy was one…
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Deshone Kizer Flashes Improvement at Notre Dame Pro Day. Was it Enough?
Deshone Kizer is jockeying for draft positioning with Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina and Deshaun Watson of Clemson right now. On Thursday he did himself some good by flashing some…
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Notre Dame Pro Day Looms for Deshone Kizer, 7 Others
Following a disappointing performance at last month’s NFL Combine where he didn’t do much to help his draft stock, former Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer will have one more chance…
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Deshone Kizer Had A Disappointing NFL Combine, Will Stock Drop?
Deshone Kizer started his performance that the NFL Combine by nailing the interview portion as pretty much everyone expected the poised and polished speaking former Notre Dame QB would. Once…
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George Atkinson Making Impact for Raiders
George Atkinson III has spent the last two seasons on and off the Oakland Raiders practice squad after leaving Notre Dame following his junior season. The former Notre Dame running…
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Notre Dame’s 2016 NFL Rookies Impresing Early
While the 2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are just three days into their fall camp, many of their former teammates who are now pursuing their NFL dreams have been working…
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Looking Ahead to Notre Dame’s 2017 NFL Draft Prospects
When it comes to the NFL Draft, Notre Dame football has been on a hot streak. Two years ago head coach Brian Kelly had eight player players drafted, good enough…
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NFL Draft Proves Kelly, Hiestand Have Rebuilt the Irish Line
From 2004-2013, Notre Dame football produced just one offensive lineman drafted high than the 6th round in the NFL Draft. That’s 10 NFL Drafts and just one lineman selected higher than…
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Notre Dame’s Early Departures Decisions Validated in ’16 NFL Draft
After years of avoiding a max exodus and early departures, Notre Dame lost four players this off-season who had eligibility remaining – Will Fuller, Keivarae Russell, CJ Prosise, and Jaylon Smith.…
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Notre Dame Now Producing NFL Draft Picks with Star Power
When Brian Kelly took over as head coach of Notre Dame’s football program in December of 2009, he had his work cut out for him. In addition to inheriting a…
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Everett Golson’s Strange Journey Brings Him Back to Notre Dame
Everett Golson is returning to Notre Dame. Again. Two years after Golson returned to Notre Dame following his academic exile for the 2013 season, Golson will again be returning to…
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Notre Dame Great Justin Tuck Retires
Notre Dame’s all-time sack leader (and UHND’s official favorite follower on Twitter) is officially hanging up his cleats after a brilliant 11 year NFL career that saw the Irish great…
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Notre Dame Once Again A Pathway to the NFL
Watching the NFL Draft became a painful endeavor for Irish fans after the departure of Notre Dame coaching legend, Lou Holtz. Notre Dame devolved into something of a run-on joke…
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Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame!
Back in September I wrote that it has been long over due that Notre Dame legends Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.…
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Injuries, Martin’s Rise Highlight 2014 Notre Dame Rookies
Despite a disappointing 2013 season, Notre Dame saw its roster from a season ago produce 8 NFL Draft picks in the 2014 NFL Draft including five picks within the first…
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It’s Time for Tim Brown, Jerome Bettis to Head to Canton
The preliminary ballot for the 2015 NFL Hall of Fame was announced on earlier this week and five Notre Dame greats are on the among the 100+ candidates vying for…
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What We Learned from the 2014 NFL Draft
The NFL draft serves as the ultimate fact checker to months of pundit conjecture, floated rumors and disinformation campaigns. Would the Houston Texans select South Carolina standout Jadevon Clowney or…
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Chris Watt Selected #89 Overall by San Diego Chargers
Everyone knew that Louis Nix, Stephon Tuitt, and Zack Martin would be off the board in the first three rounds of the 2014 NFL Draft. Notre Dame got another somewhat…
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Louis Nix’s Fall Ends at 83 Overall
Louis Nix was once considered to be the highest rated Notre Dame player in the 2014 NFL Draft. He ended up being the 4th Notre Dame player selected after falling…
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