Newsstand: Notre Dame WR Jaden Greathouse joins great company with two TD performance
Notre Dame freshman wide receiver Jaden Greathouse did more than lead the Fighting Irish in receiving in a 42-3 victory over Navy on Saturday. The Austin (Texas) Westlake product also wrote his name in the Irish record books with his debut performance.
Greathouse joined former Notre Dame pass catchers Michael Floyd, DaVaris Daniels, Will Fuller and Equanimeous St. Brown as the only wide receiver to catch two touchdowns in the season opener since 1996. Floyd did it twice in 2009 and 2011, Daniels accomplished the feat in 2013, Fuller notched it in 2015 and St. Brown achieved the mark in 2016.
Greathouse is the only freshman to have caught two touchdowns in his first game since 1996.
The 6-foot-1, 204-pound Greathouse’s first career reception was a 35-yard touchdown strike from Sam Hartman with 10:00 remaining in the second quarter. That gave the Irish a 21-0 edge in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.
Greathouse grabbed a second touchdown catch on another Hartman toss with 9:36 left in the third quarter. That put the Irish ahead 35-0 and firmly in the driver’s seat to secure the first season-opening victory of Marcus Freeman’s head coaching career.
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Greathouse led all receivers in the game with 68 yards on three catches.
Notre Dame Tweets of the Weekend
Irish freshman defensive lineman Devan Houstan excited the team with his dance moves, including doing the splits.
Irish 2024 three-star wide receiver commit Logan Saldate from Salinas (Calif.) Palma will visit Notre Dame for the first time this weekend.
Irish junior running back Audric Estimé forced 12 missed tackles against Navy.
Notre Dame Quote of the Weekend
“Audric Estimé is a load. I’ve never seen someone run the ball like he runs the ball.”
— Hartman on Estimé’s Week 0 performance to NBC sideline reporter Zora Stephenson postgame.
Notre Dame Headlines of the Weekend
- Dublin Diary, day three: How five Notre Dame fans at The Brazen Head completed a life-changing trip
- The Mike Goolsby Show: Reacting to Notre Dame’s 42-3 beatdown of Navy
- Two top Midwestern Notre Dame football targets schedule game-day recruiting visits
- Notre Dame vs. Navy snap counts, participation chart: Defense
- Notre Dame vs. Navy snap counts, participation chart: Offense
- What they’re saying about Notre Dame’s 42-3 thrashing of Navy
- Breaking down PFF grades for the Notre Dame defense in win over Navy
- Breaking down PFF grades for the Notre Dame offense in win over Navy
- What Navy coach Brian Newberry said about Notre Dame after Irish win
- How powerful, punishing Notre Dame offensive line paved path to Week 0 win
- How in-state four-star EDGE Damien Shanklin surfaced on Notre Dame’s radar
