Zack Martin News & Notes
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Notre Dame Alum Zack Martin Named to NFL’s All-Decade Team
The NFL announced their 2010’s All-Decade team on Monday and Notre Dame alum Zack Martin made the team. Martin, one of the best offensive linemen in the NFL since his…
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Former Notre Dame LB Jaylon Smith Named to NFL’s Top 100
Former Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith made his debut in the NFL’s Top 100 this year coming in at #61 overall. The list is voted on by the actual players,…
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Notre Dame Football: Top 10 Players Of The Last 30 Years
Recently, Athlon Sports put out a Top 50 players of the last 50 years list and Notre Dame was shut out. I’m not going to spend a ton of time…
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Top 10 Notre Dame Football Players of the Brian Kelly Era
This top ten countdown is based on the players who were the most valuable and talented to come out of Notre Dame during the Brian Kelly era. 10. DeShone Kizer…
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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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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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NFL Draft a Turning Point for Notre Dame Football
With Notre Dame’s spring practice schedule in the books, and with summer’s football malaise approaching, the focus of all Fighting Irish fans should be on an event that is critical…
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Zack Martin, Notre Dame’s Non-Early Exit Case Study
When Brian Kelly introduced the Notre Dame recruiting class of 2014, he did not mince words when it came to recruiting players whose only priority is making it to the…
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Zack Martin Skyrocketing Up NFL Draft Boards at Senior Bowl
If there is one player greatly improving his draft stock down in Mobile, Alabama this week at the Senior Bowl, is Notre Dame offensive tackle and two time captain Zack…
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Shamrock Stickers – Notre Dame vs. Rutgers
Notre Dame finished off it 2013 season with a 29-16 win over Rutgers in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. The Irish looked sluggish in the first half but found their…
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Run Defense, Offense Critical for Notre Dame vs. Stanford
Notre Dame sent its seniors off with a quality victory versus a solid BYU team at Notre Dame Stadium. The Irish did so by getting back to their identity with…
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#3 Zack Martin – 2013 Top 25 Notre Dame Football Players
At this point, we are racing to the top of our top 25 player poll faster and more furious than Vin Diesel on a quarter mile track. Our 4th ranked…
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TJ Jones, Zack Martin, Bennett Jackson 2013 Notre Dame Captains
At the end of last week, Brian Kelly named the captains for the 2013 Fighting Irish and the trio he and the coaching staff selected shouldn’t come as a surprise…
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Notre Dame Fall Camp 2013 – Day 2 Videos
Notre Dame completed day two of fall camp 2013 at Shiloh Park on Tuesday – a day of practice and team building. Videos from today feature some drills, team building…
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Replacing Notre Dame’s Offensive Leadership
Notre Dame’s offense didn’t gain the national attention its defense did during last season’s 12-1 campaign but was instrumental in returning the Irish to relevance in the national championship picture. …
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6 Reasons Notre Dame Can Make Another Run in ’13
Notre Dame’s improbable ride to the national championship game ended abruptly on Monday night in Miami. Alabama left no doubt as to who was the better team and sent Notre…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Purdue ’12
Earlier this week I took a look at some things I liked from the win over Purdue last weekend. Today I examine some of the things I didn’t like. Missed…
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The Indispensables – 2012 Edition
For the third year in a row, I am rolling out my yearly list of the 10 most indispensable players on the Notre Dame roster for the upcoming season – a list…
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Te’o, Eifert Headline 2012 Notre Dame Captains
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly announced the captains for the 2012 season on Monday night and senior All Americans Manti Te’o and Tyler Efiert headline the quartet of captains with Kapron…
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The Indispensables – 2011 Edition
With just over two days remaining until the 2011 season kicks off for Notre Dame, we take a look at our yearly pre-season list of the most indispensable players on…
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An Early Look at Notre Dame’s Top 10 for ’11
Last year UHND and several other Notre Dame bloggers ranked the top 25 players on the Irish roster and there are plans for such an exercise again this year, but…
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Notre Dame Passes Out Some Hardware
The first annual football banquet of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame featured a different format than years past. Notre Dame handed out its traditional awards, but a few…
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Ranking the Irish – #20-16
Last night I posted the first in a series of posts outlining the top 25 players on the Notre Dame roster for 2010. The series is being compiled by Inside…
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Trevor Robinson Working at Tackle
Before spring practice started, one of the position changes that seemed likely under the new coaching regime was rising junior Trevor Robinson moving from guard to tackle. As of last…
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Irish Pick Up Zach Martin, Stick it to Michigan Again
For the second Sunday in a row, Notre Dame picked up an offensive linemen commitment from a prospect very much on Michigan’s radar in Zach Martin. Martin (6;5″, 260) is…
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