Good morning! I hope you’ve been following the progress of Elli Thatcher, the girlfriend of ND quarterback DeShone Kizer, who has been recovering from a 17-hour procedure to remove a baseball-sized tumor from her neck. Elli has blessed us with an update on her 271 Miles blog, which you can read here. If you want to start at the beginning, our story is a great primer.
Now here’s some recent headlines regarding Notre Dame football:
PODCAST
- ND Insider: Recruiting update 5-21 (15:34)
RECRUITING
COMMITTED
- Irish Illustrated (F): Kraemer will recruit at Invasion (✰✰✰✰✰ OH OG Tommy Kraemer)
OFFERED
- Big Red Report (F): Huskers offer CA DB Chacho Ulloa (✰✰✰)
- Bruin Report Online ($): Video: Jordan Fuller at The Opening regional (✰✰✰✰ NJ CB)
- Irish247 ($): Denson visits elite running back (✰✰✰✰ GA RB Elijah Holyfield)
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame coaches on the road
- Irish247 ($): Analysis: Devin Studstill (✰✰✰ FLA S)
- Irish Illustrated (F): Irish got in early on top lineman (✰✰✰✰ AZ OG Kayden Lyles)
- ND Insider (F): Notre Dame offer reported by 2017 OT Jake Moretti (✰✰✰✰ CO)
- One Foot Down: 2016 Notre Dame recruiting big board: Defensive line
- Scout (F): The Opening Oakland interview: Kayden Lyles (✰✰✰✰ AZ OG)
- Scout (F): The Opening Oakland interview: Bryce Youngquist (✰✰✰✰ CA OLB)
- USC Football.com ($): Video: Murphy makes a statement (✰✰✰✰ AZ ATH Byron Murphy)
ND INTERESTED, BUT NO OFFER
- All Cyclones ($): Frank’s recruitment heating up (✰✰✰ IL QB Steven Frank)
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame to watch new safety target tonight (✰✰✰ FL Deon Edwards)
- Irish Illustrated ($): Irish track 4-star rush end (TX DE Levi Onwuzurike)
- Irish Sports Daily (F): Irish check on Ewell (✰✰✰✰ VA DT Darnell Ewell)
- Irish Sports Daily (F): ’16 MN ATH gets visit from Notre Dame (✰✰✰ Tyler Johnson)
- Scout (F): The Opening Oakland interview: Simi Fehoko (✰✰✰✰ UT WR)
- Scout ($): Rugamba adds Hawkeyes (✰✰✰ IN WR Emmanuel Rugamba)
- Scout (F): Plenty interested in 4-star quarterback (VA Lindell Stone)
- Scout (F): Watson’s stock moving up (✰✰✰ CA DL Jabari Watson)
- USC Football.com ($): Behind the verbal: Josh Imatorbhebhe (✰✰✰✰ GA WR)
CURRENT TEAM
- Irish247 (F): Three key questions: Coaching staff
- Irish Illustrated (F): Of cats, dogs, Sams and rush ends
- Irish Illustrated (F): ND A-to-Z: Jay Hayes
IRISH IN THE NFL
- Scout NFL Network (F): Part 3: What conferences ruled the NFL Draft? “Notre Dame had only one player drafted this time around. That number will change significantly (for the better) in 2016 for the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame is loaded for a killer run this fall on both sides of the ball.”
- Viking Network: 10 points decide if Vikings tease or please (Kyle Rudolph)
MISC.
- ESPN Radio: Championship Drive football – Trading places
- In Kelly-Harbaugh Recruit Fight, It’s Tied - January 19, 2017
- Catching Up With Matt Fortuna (Part 2) - January 6, 2017
- Catching Up With Matt Fortuna - January 5, 2017