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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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Did Jaylon Smith’s Injury Lead to Early NFL Departures for Notre Dame?
Star Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith’s career had been going exactly according to plan. The one-time five-star prospect arrived in South Bend as the highest rated linebacker recruit Notre Dame…
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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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Will Fuller Leaving Notre Dame for NFL Draft
And another domino in the Notre Dame off-season has fallen. Star wide receiver Will Fuller has announced that he intends on forgoing his senior season and has declare himself eligible…
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Jaylon Smith’s Injury Clouds NFL Future
The most unfortunate storyline from Notre Dame’s disappointing performance in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl was the nasty knee injury suffered by Jaylon Smith in the first quarter – an injury that…
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Will Fuller Leaves Open Door to NFL
Notre Dame celebrated Team 127 last annual with the annual Echoes gala and while the night was highlighted by the myriad of awards Notre Dame hands out each year, the…
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Jaylon Smith: NFL Decision ’16
Notre Dame still has one very important game left in the 2015 season with their Fiesta Bowl showdown with Ohio State, but that hasn’t stopped the speculation on the NFL…
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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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