Newsstand: Is Notre Dame TE Michael Mayer a top 10 non-QB in college football?
Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer lands on all kinds of national lists. He ended up on another one Wednesday.
Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde ranked the top 25 most intriguing non-quarterbacks in college football. Mayer, a junior preseason All-American, checked in at No. 8. He was the only tight end to make the cut. Georgia tight end Brock Bowers was the No. 2 player who “just missed the list.”
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Mayer could leave the program at the end of this season as the most decorated tight end in Notre Dame history. He needs 28 catches, 550 yards and seven touchdowns to hold all-time records in those categories. As a sophomore, Mayer ad 71 catches, 840 yards and seven touchdowns.
The Irish play four of the players who also made the list. Two of them are Ohio State Buckeyes.
Here’s Forde’s entire list.
- Alabama LB Will Anderson
- Ohio State WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba
- USC WR Jordan Addison
- Georgia DL Jalen Carter
- Jackson State CB Travis Hunter
- Oregon LB Noah Sewell
- Texas RB Bijan Robinson
- Notre Dame TE Michael Mayer
- Michigan WR Ronnie Bell
- Georgia CB Kelee Ringo
- Ohio State RB TreVeyon Henderson
- Army DE Andre Carter II
- Clemson DE Myles Murphy
- Northwestern OT Peter Skoronski
- Penn State CB Joey Porter Jr.
- Michigan DL Mazi Smith
- Baylor DT Siaki Ika
- Michigan State WR Jayden Reed
- Kansas State RB Deuce Vaughn
- Alabama WR Jermaine Burton
- Arkansas LB Bumper Pool
- Minnesota RB Mohamed Ibrahim
- Iowa P Tory Taylor
- Missouri K Harrison Mevis
- South Florida RB Brian Battie
- Nebraska WR Decoldest Crawford (Bonus)
Notre Dame tweets of the day
Lou Holtz‘s newspaper magic trick never gets old.
Marcus Freeman pulled his best Knute Rockne for the Manning brothers. And it was glorious.
That’s a scary thought, Audric Estime.
Quote of the day
“For his sake, and for all of our peace of mind, I wouldn’t want the first contact he takes to be against the Ohio State Buckeyes. That’s not fair to him or fair to us. We need to see that at some point here at our house.”
— Running backs coach Deland McCullough on Logan Diggs returning from offseason shoulder surgery
Headlines of the day
‘#CatchRequired’: Inside Chansi Stuckey’s Notre Dame wide receivers motto (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
Why Avery Davis’ ACL injury has added ‘fuel to the fire’ for Notre Dame wide receivers (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame football fall camp practice No. 11 observations: offense (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame football fall camp practice No. 11 observations: defense (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
Quick-hitters: Notre Dame RB coach Deland McCullough on Chris Tyree, Gi’Bran Payne, OL observations (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
Four-star ATH Josiah Brown raves about Notre Dame visit, staff (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
Five-star EDGE Keon Keeley decommits from Notre Dame (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
What’s next for Notre Dame following Keon Keeley’s decommitment? (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
