John Montelus Archives - Her Loyal Sons https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog A Notre Dame Football Blog Wed, 20 Jul 2016 02:04:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/HLS-Avatar-Option-2-150x150.png John Montelus Archives - Her Loyal Sons https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog 32 32 Four Irish Footballers Turning 21 During Fall Camp https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/07/20/four-irish-footballers-turning-21-fall-camp/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:00:32 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=34939 Perhaps you’ve heard of the “beer mile,” where participants drink a full-sized beer and then run a quarter mile four times over. It’s a competitive event, sure, but not one I’d suggest doing during the hot August heat in South Bend, Ind. Fall camp under Brian Kelly usually opens in the first week of August,...

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Perhaps you’ve heard of the “beer mile,” where participants drink a full-sized beer and then run a quarter mile four times over. It’s a competitive event, sure, but not one I’d suggest doing during the hot August heat in South Bend, Ind.

Fall camp under Brian Kelly usually opens in the first week of August, which is great if you’re not happening to reach legal drinking age soon thereafter. So let’s pour one out for senior TE Durham Smythe, junior RB Justin Brent, junior S Drue Tranquill and junior DE Jay Hayes who will be turning 21 between Aug. 9 and Aug. 16 this year. (Incidentally, Smythe was born on the day Jerry Garcia died.)

Birthday cakeHere are some other facts about the Notre Dame football team, some stranger than others:

  • The most popular day to be born among scholarship players is Wednesday. The least popular day is Sunday.
  • The most popular month to be born was October – 11 players. The least popular was February, May and November – three each.
  • Four of the players born in October were born on a Wednesday – junior OL Jimmy Byrne, sophomore NG Brandon Tiassum, sophomore S Nicco Fertitta and freshman WR Kevin Stepherson.
  • Six players will have game this year on their birthdays: OL Hunter Bivin & LB James Onwualu (vs. Texas); Stepherson (vs. Syracuse); OL Colin McGovern & RB Josh Adams (vs. Miami); and TE Jacob Matuska (vs. Navy).
  • The Notre Dame football team went 5-0 on days their players were born, beating Washington twice and Vanderbilt, Navy and Michigan once apiece.
  • There’s a whopping 2,025 days difference between the team’s oldest player (OL Mark Harrell, 23) and its youngest (LB Jonathan Jones, 17).
  • Harrell is the team’s lone 23 year old. There are three 22-year-olds, 16 21-year-olds, 17 20-year-olds, 21 19-year-olds, 21 18-year-olds and 2 17-year-olds.
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    Freshman DE Ade Ogundeji is likely the only player on the team whose shoe size (18) is higher than his age (17).

  • Harrell, a fifth year senior, is older than 6th year safety Avery Sebastian.
  • DL John Montelus is the youngest senior on the team. He won’t be 21 until September. Sophomore K Justin Yoon is 29 days younger than Montelus.
  • WR Corey Holmes is the oldest junior on the team. He’s already 21. TE Tyler Luatua is the youngest junior; there are nine sophomores older than him.
  • DT Micah Dew-Treadway is the youngest sophomore. He’s 18 and there are six freshman older than him.
  • S Spencer Perry is the oldest freshman. He’s 19.
  • Players who share the same exact birthdate (day, month & year): Bivin & Onwualu; junior OL Alex Bars & Montelus; junior OL Quenton Nelson & NG Peter Mokwuah; Luatua and sophomore CB Nick Coleman; sophomore QB Brandon Wimbush & long snapper John Shannon; freshmen WR Chase Claypool & S Jalen Elliott.
  • Yoon was born four days after O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of double murder.
  • Freshman S Donte Vaughn was born on the same day that musician John Denver died.
  • Wimbush and Shannon lived on the same Earth as comedian Chris Farley for just one day.
  • The Drudge Report gains national notoriety after breaking news of President Bill Clinton’s affair with intern Monica Lewinsky. The Eichenberg family welcomes their son Liam the following day.
  • Freshman S Devin Studstill and J.K. Rowling’s second Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets” emerged on the same day.

Thanks to Blue & Gold Illustrated’s fall preview for the birthdates of most Notre Dame players.

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]]> Morning Roundup: March 18, 2015 https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2015/03/18/morning-roundup-march-18-2015/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:00:31 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=28529 Good morning! Here are your headlines: FROM OUR SITE Step one: Northeastern VIDEO WatchND: Brian Kelly press conference – March 17, 2015 (42:18) Blue & Gold Illustrated: Video: Kelly previews spring ball (3:03) Irish247: Video: Kelly previews spring practice (3:08) Irish Illustrated: Video: Kelly welcomes QB battle (3:03) Irish Sports Daily: ISD video: Brian Kelly...

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CURRENT TEAM

COACHING

SCHEDULE

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FROM OUR SITE

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PODCAST

RECRUITING

CURRENT TEAM

IRISH IN THE NFL

COACHING

SCHEDULING

MISC.

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]]> National Signing Day 2013 Recap https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/02/07/national-singing-day-2013-recap/ https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/02/07/national-singing-day-2013-recap/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:00:55 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=18043 After all the insanity that was January, we deserved a National Signing Day like this. All 18 unsigned verbal commits sent their national letters of intent to South Bend. There were no surprise defections; in fact, the only surprise of the day was a positive one as Eddie Vanderdoes became the 24th and final member...

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]]> After all the insanity that was January, we deserved a National Signing Day like this.

All 18 unsigned verbal commits sent their national letters of intent to South Bend. There were no surprise defections; in fact, the only surprise of the day was a positive one as Eddie Vanderdoes became the 24th and final member of the recruiting class dubbed as the Irish Mob.

Just how great was this recruiting class? Let’s take a look:

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And below is the full roster for the recruiting class of 2013 complete with links to their bios here at HLS:

Name Position Rating Status
Colin McGovern T 4 Stars Signed
Corey Robinson WR 3 Stars,4 Stars Signed
Devin Butler CB 3 Stars Signed
Doug Randolph DE, LB,WR 3 Stars,4 Stars Signed
Durham Smythe TE 3 Stars,4 Stars Signed
Eddie Vanderdoes DT 5 Stars Signed
Greg Bryant RB 5 Stars Signed
Hunter Bivin T 4 Stars Signed
Isaac Rochell DE 4 Stars Signed
Jacob Matuska DE, LB,TE 3 Stars Signed
James Onwualu WR 3 Stars,4 Stars Signed
Jaylon Smith LB 5 Stars Signed
John Montelus G, T 4 Stars Signed
Luke Cole CB 4 Stars Signed
Malik Zaire QB 4 Stars Signed
Max Redfield S 4 Stars,5 Stars Signed
Michael Deeb LB 3 Stars,4 Stars Signed
Mike Heuerman TE 4 Stars Signed
Mike McGlinchey T 4 Stars Signed
Rashad Kinlaw ATH, CB 3 Stars,4 Stars Signed
Steve Elmer T 4 Stars Signed
Tarean Folston RB 4 Stars Signed
Torii Hunter Jr. WR 4 Stars Signed
Will Fuller WR 4 Stars Signed

Personally, I’m thrilled with this class. The only thing that would’ve possibly made this class better would have been if Alex Anzalone had stayed in the fold to bring the class to a full 25, but, honestly, at that point, I’m just being greedy.

With this class the Irish could almost field an entire team of just freshmen on both sides of the ball save for one linebacker. The Irish managed to snag four five-star players (according to Rivals) which is the most I can ever remember the Irish having in a single class.

Notre Dame also only trailed a single school in the Rivals average star ranking. That school is Southern Cal, who bested the Irish’s 3.92 average stars with 4.42 average stars — of course, USC only managed to sign 12 players, so that skews that average ever so slightly.

Oh, and right below the Irish in the same ranking: Alabama with 3.84 average stars.

I could go on and continuously gush about this class, but the bottom line is that Notre Dame finished yesterday with an elite recruiting class. It is incredibly well balanced, addresses areas of need, and stocks the depth chart in crucial areas like both the offensive and defensive line (and Brian Kelly said he still considers those areas of need for 2014 — this is a man after my own heart).

Be excited, be very excited about what Brian Kelly and his staff just pulled off. This future is beyond bright for this team.

Finally, the folks at IBN Sports have reached out to us to share their ND signing day segment, featuring Mike Frank of Irish Sports Daily. They have loads of other signing day segments over at their site as well so be sure to check them out if you are interested.

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