The latest on the injury to Notre Dame running back Logan Diggs
Notre Dame junior running back Logan Diggs has been held out of practices for nearly two weeks now. But the wait for him to get back onto the field shouldn’t take much longer.
Diggs, who ran a team-high 165 times for 822 yards and 4 touchdowns with 10 catches for 211 yards and 2 more scores as a sophomore in 2022, told reporters Thursday that he has a minor lower-body injury.
“It’s nothing major,” Diggs said. “I’ll be back probably next week. I ran today. I felt really good. I’ll be back to practicing and in drills next week.”
Diggs said he will most likely play in the Blue-Gold Game on April 22. If he doesn’t, Notre Dame will still have a worthy 1-2 punch at the running back position. Fellow junior Audric Estimé is looking as solid as ever, and sophomore Gi’Bran Payne has filled in nicely for Diggs in the No. 2 role.
“Gi’Bran is balling,” Estimé said. “He’s been getting better every day, every week, every year. Gi’Bran is a guy who’s going to come in and push you. We all got ballers in the room. Iron sharpens iron. Gi’Bran is iron. He’s definitely making me better, and I’m definitely making him better.”
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Still, the running back room has been a little light in the spring so far. Senior Chris Tyree, a running back his first three years at Notre Dame, has been working exclusively with the wide receivers. Sophomore Jadarian Price is still rehabbing his way back from an Achilles injury suffered last summer. Class of 2023 signee Jeremiyah Love did not enroll early. He’ll arrive in South Bend in June.
So for as long as Diggs remains sidelined, the Irish only have two scholarship running backs with which to work in spring practices. It definitely helps that one of those is Estimé, who ran 156 times for 920 yards and 11 touchdowns last season. A dedication to nutrition and enhanced weight-room training in combination with tough coaching from Deland McCullough has Estimé in position to be Notre Dame’s next 1,000-yard tailback.
“Coach Deland is still detailing the details,” Estimé said. “I feel like he’s never satisfied. If I think I had a good day, coach Deland might think something different. So he’s always pushing us to always find a way to get better. With coach Deland, we’re never going to get worse. I feel like I’m getting a lot better than I was last year already.”
