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Shembo, Rees, Jackson Look to Shine at Shrine Bowl
Notre Dame will have a trio of departing seniors looking to improve their NFL resumes on Saturday afternoon Saturday afternoon at the East West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Florida.…
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Concussions Could Force John Carlson To Retire
Former Notre Dame great tight end John Carlson may have to call it a career just a little over a year after signing a $25 million/5 year contract with the…
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Stephon Tuitt Receives 2nd Round Grade
Notre Dame junior defensive end Stephon Tuitt didn’t receive the gift he may have been hoping for from the NFL advisory committee this Christmas. Tuitt, regarded by many draft prognosticators…
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Michael Floyd’s NFL Star Rising Fast
Over the last three weekends of action in the NFL, Notre Dame great Michael Floyd has gone from a second year player struggling to live up to the hype of…
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TJ Jones to go Undrafted? Is Mel Kiper Crazy?
Mel Kiper held a conference call with a number of Notre Dame media folks yesterday and in reading the stories from Blue & Gold and Comcast Sports Chicago, one thing…
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Manti Te’o Jersey Top Seller Among NFL Rookies
So much for Manti Te’o’s off the field issues affecting his marketability. The former Notre Dame linebacker and college football’s most decorated defensive player of all-time has the top selling…
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Michael Floyd Using Rookie Season as Launching Point
Saturday, October 20th, 2007, was one of the darker moments in Notre Dame football history. The USC Trojans had run wild on the Fighting Irish, embarrassing Notre Dame 38-0 and…
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Notre Dame and Alabama NFL Draft Comparisons
If you’re a Notre Dame fan, there are certain numbers you hope to never see again.
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Riddick, Lewis-Moore Go in Round 6 Too
Another pair of Notre Dame players were selected in the 6th round of Saturday’s NFL Draft when Theo Riddick and Kapron Lewis-Moore both heard their names called before the final…
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Cleveland Browns Draft Jamoris Slaughter in 6th
Notre Dame had two former players selected within the first 38 picks of the 2013 NFL Draft this weekend but didn’t have a 3rd player selected until the 174th pick…
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Manti Te’o Drafted #38 Overall by San Diego
Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s draft slide ended very early on Friday night when the San Diego Chargers traded up to the 38th spot to select Notre Dame’s most…
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Kyle Rudolph, Elite NFL Tight End
It wasn’t long ago Kyle Rudolph was carving up defenses for the Irish, now he’s making his mark as one of the best tight-ends at the NFL level. Rudolph is…
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Manti Te’o Fails to Impress On Field at NFL Combine
By all accounts, Manti Te’o did a great job off the field at the NFL Combine clearing up any character questions that remained after the bizarre girlfriend hoax story from…
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Cierre Wood Solid, Theo Riddick Injured at NFL Combine
Former Notre Dame running back Cierre Wood didn’t wow scouts at the NFL Combine on Sunday with an eye popping 40 or any other individual drill, but he did turn…
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Tyler Eifert, The ’13 NFL Draft’s Top Tight End
Yesterday former Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert tore it up at the NFL Combine. Today he has people around the league talking about him as the unquestioned top tight…
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Tyler Eifert Impressing at the NFL Combine
It’s officially day one of drills at the NFL Combine, but former Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert is already impressing scouts around the league with an impressive all around…
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Notre Dame 2013 NFL Combine Preview
With the yearly NFL Combine coming up this weekend in Indianpolis, a handful of former Notre Dame players will be taking their first steps towards their professional football careers while…
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Kyle Rudolph Named to 1st Pro Bowl
Former Notre Dame tight end Kyle Rudolph was named to the first Pro Bowl of his professional career on Tuesday in just his second season playing on Sundays. Rudolph, a…
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Harrison Smith’s Journey Continues
From a man without a position to a first round draft pick. The collegiate portion of Harrison Smith’s collegiate career closed on Thursday night when the Minnesota Vikings selected Notre…
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Quinn, Zbikowski Headline NFL Irish Free Agents
During Brady Quinn’s senior season at Notre Dame, Charlie Weis would tell anyone who would listen that he felt Brady Quinn would be one of the best quarterbacks in the…
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Floyd Impresses in the 40
The off the field questions for Michael Floyd will linger until Draft Day after his alcohol related incidents at Notre Dame, but the only on the field issue surrounding Floyd…
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Brian Smith Signing with Cleveland
Ian Williams was the first Notre Dame draft snub to be signed to a rookie free agent deal Monday night, but it didn’t take long for the next, Brian Smith,…
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Ian Williams Headed to 49ers
With the NFL Lockout officially over as of Monday afternoon, NFL teams were allowed to begin negotiating with undrafted rookie free agents Monday night already and Notre Dame’s most notable…
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Quinn’s Pro Career at a Crossroads
The last Notre Dame team to appear in a BCS Bowl game was the 2006 squad that suffered a defeat at the hands of the LSU Tigers in the Sugar…
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Brown, Bettis Miss Hall of Fame
Two Notre Dame legends who were finalists for this year’s NFL Hall of Fame class will have to wait a least another year to be fit for their gold jacket…
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