John McNulty has been selected as the TE coach. He has coached both college and the Pros. His last job was as an analyst at Penn State. Prior to that he was OC at Rutgers. He apparently coached with Rees when he was at the Chargers. CB coach Mike Mickens joins ND from Cinncy. He
Notre Dame’s Junior Day provided Safety Commit Justin Walters as a commit. He’s a hard hitting 6’2″ 170 lbs Safety from Illinois. He had offers from Michigan and Wisconsin to name a few. Good pickup for ND as they head into the Spring Season. Here is his highlight video:
Tommy Rees has been named as ND’s new Offensive Coordinator. A whole slew of former players strongly support his promotion. In addition, RB Coach Lance Taylor has been promoted to Run Game Co-ordinator. In transfer news, Phil Jurkovic signs with Boston College.
The only way this makes sense is if he was told he’s currently listed behind the 3rd QB Brendon Clark. Clark apparently spends a lot of time working out at QB schools and reportedly has a rocket arm and is quite accurate. He’s 6’2″ 217 lbs and can also run the ball. Here is an
Cole Kmet has decided to pass up his senior year and go to the Pros. He is joined by Tony Jones and Alohi Gilman. Ian Book will return for his 5th year. In the transfer portal ND picked up Ben Skowronek. He is an experienced WR from Northwestern. DB coach Todd Lyght will be leaving
Two early fumbles doomed ISU and gave ND 10 quick points. The ND defense smothered the Cyclones holding them to 3 FG’s and only 68 2nd half yards. Tommy Rees called the plays and Ian Book passed to Claypool 7/146 yards and one TD. ND totaled 455 yards on offense. As usual it was the
All commits sent in the LOI and then Ramon Henderson CB from Calif as commit number 18. In addition, ND landed Ohio State transfer Isaiah Pryor. For the complete 2020 Commit List with player info Click Here. Here is the Brian Kelly Press Conference regarding the commits:
ND parted ways with OC Chip Long. No permanent successor has been named. Kelly won’t call plays in the Bowl Game. Here is his press conference on the situation:
Notre Dame has been paired with Iowa State in the Camping World Bowl. This game will played in Orlando Florida. Iowa State ended 7-5 with a prolific passing attack led by Soph. QB Brock Purdy. Don’t let their record fool you. They are a very good team emphasizing the pass game. They won’t be easy