Good afternoon! At 8 tonight, the first round of the NFL Draft will commence. In recent years, Irish fans have waited nervously to see where elite talent like Zack Martin, Tyler Eifert, Manti Te’o, Michael Floyd and Harrison Smith would land.
It’ll be quite different this year as the Irish’s first selection – tight end Ben Koyack – won’t likely be grabbed until, at earliest, the fourth round (maybe to the 49ers?). So while we settle in for the long wait, let’s check some headlines (ordered from oldest to newest):
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IRISH IN THE NFL
- One Foot Down: Let’s talk about Notre Dame’s first round NFL draft picks
- Irish247 (F): Decade’s best Notre Dame draftees, by position
- Irish Illustrated (F): Koyack lone ND certainty in NFL draft
- ND Insider (F): Chargers LB Manti Te’o reflects on career at Notre Dame
- ND Insider (F): In an ND draft class heavy on long shots, Brindza climbs back into relevance
- One Foot Down: Irish in the draft: 2015 preview
- One Foot Down: Opinions: The 2015 NFL draft
- Irish247 (F): Notre Dame 2015 NFL Draft preview
- Irish Illustrated (F): Notre Dame and the NFL Draft
RECRUITING – OFFERED
- Irish247 ($): B2G Sports bringing some top talent to Notre Dame (California: ✰✰✰✰ WR Javon McKinley, ✰✰✰✰ CB Troy Warner, ✰✰✰ S D.J. Morgan, ✰✰✰ S Chacho Ulloa, ✰✰✰ QB Patrick O’Brien (interest, but no offer), ✰✰✰✰✰ Osiris St. Brown, ✰✰✰✰✰ WR Joseph Lewis, ✰✰✰✰ ATH Greg Johnson (interest, but no offer), ✰✰✰✰ WR Taariq Johnson (interest, but no offer), ✰✰✰✰ TE Jimmy Jaggers (interest, but no offer), WR Jalen Hall (class of 2018, no rating yet))
- Scout (F): Insider Report: Cali invasion (Warner, Morgan, McKinley, O’Brien, Ulloa, Lewis, Johnson, St. Brown, Jaggers, WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, Hall; ✰✰✰ MO CB Roderick Campbell, ✰✰✰✰ IN QB Hunter Johnson, ✰✰✰✰ IN DE Auston Robertson, ✰✰✰✰ GA QB Jawon Pass, ✰✰✰ FL OG Parker Boudreaux, ✰✰✰✰ PA TE Cary Angeline, ✰✰✰✰ TX TE Brock Wright)
- ND Insider (F): Two California prospects report Notre Dame offers (Ulloa, Hall)
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame firmly in top group for St. Brown (Osiris)
- Irish Sports Daily (F): ND makes moves with B2G (Ulloa, McKinley, Osiris St. Brown, Lewis, Hall)
- Irish Illustrated (F): Irish offer Ulloa on visit
- Irish Illustrated (F): Hall lands Irish offer (CA WR Jalen Hall, class of 2018, no rating yet)
- Scout (F): FSU will make cut for four-star Yulee (VA LB Jaquan Yulee)
- Sun Devil Source.com: ASU coaches ‘keep it real’ with White (✰✰✰✰ LA LB/RB Devin White)
- Inside Tennessee ($): Bituli says Tennessee is No. 1 (✰✰✰✰ TN OLB Daniel Bituli)
- Irish247 ($): Three-star LB/DE Cameron Brown starting to narrow choices (MD)
- Scout (F): Breakdown: MSU commitment Justin Layne (✰✰✰✰ OH WR)
- Go Blue Wolverine ($): Jordan Fuller looking to narrow list soon (✰✰✰✰ NJ CB)
- Cardinal Authority ($): Cards offer interests Arizona star (✰✰✰✰ AZ OG Kayden Lyles)
- Cuse Nation (F): Robert Washington commitment rewind (✰✰✰✰ NC RB)
- Irish247 (F): Video interview and film review: Chacho Ulloa
- Irish Illustrated (F): Ulloa blown away by ND
- Irish Illustrated (F): Video: B2G Elite 7-on-7 targets in action (✰✰✰ IL CB Julian Love (committed), Ulloa, Warner, Osiris St. Brown)
- Scout (F): Spring photo gallery: Anthony Hines (✰✰✰✰ TX OLB)
- Scout (F): UF was the childhood favorite of Stepherson (✰✰✰ FL WR Kevin Stepherson)
- ND Insider (F): WR recruit Donovan Peoples-Jones reports Notre Dame offer (✰✰✰✰✰ MI)
- Irish247 ($): Recap: Irish coaches hit the trail: April 28
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame coaches on the road: April 29
- Scout (F): Decorated DE Johnson planning list trim (✰✰✰ NJ Ron Johnson)
- Irish Sports Daily (F): In the film room: Josh King (✰✰✰✰ IL DE)
- Cuse Nation ($): Syracuse in pursuit of elite wide receiver (✰✰✰✰ TX Devin Duvernay)
- Irish Illustrated (F): Big board: Quarterback (✰✰✰✰ MD Dwayne Haskins, Johnson, Martell, HI Tua Tagovailoa, ✰✰✰✰ FL Woody Barrett, ✰✰✰✰ CA Matt Fink, ✰✰✰✰ FL Xavier Gaines, TN Tylin Oden (not yet offered))
- Scout (F): Despite offer parade, Hines still hungry
- Irish247 ($): Recap: Irish coaches hit the trail: April 29
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame coaches on the road (April 30)
RECRUITING – ND INTERESTED, BUT NO OFFER
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame in top five for elite 2017 QB (✰✰✰✰✰ NV Tate Martell)
- Badger Nation ($): Tino Ellis to get inside scoop on Wisconsin (✰✰✰✰ MD RB)
- Scout (F): Frank adds Eagles (✰✰✰ IL QB Steven Frank)
- Fightin’ Gators (F): Gators have work to do with Becker (✰✰✰ FL S Carlos Becker)
- Spartan Digest (F): MSU makes Lyke’s cut (✰✰✰✰ IL DB)
- USC Football.com ($): Imatorbhebhe talks recent USC offer (✰✰✰✰ GA WR Josh Imatorbhebhe)
CURRENT TEAM
- ND Insider: Notre Dame QB Malik Zaire addresses quarterback competition
- Subway Domer: Notre Dame football top five: Robbing & stealing
- Irish Illustrated (F): ND A-to-Z: Hunter Bivin
- UHND: No end in sight to Everett Golson transfer speculation
- Irish247 (F): Zaire: Quarterback competition has family feel
- Inside the Irish: Post-spring stock report: Tight ends
- Irish247 (F): Brindza: Notre Dame kicking game won’t skip a beat
- Irish Illustrated (F): ND A-to-Z: Grant Blankenship
SCHEDULE
- Irish247 (F): Three swing games for Notre Dame football (Georgia Tech, Clemson & USC)
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