Mayer has an interesting new teammate. Not sure what the Raiders are doing.

Chargers

Probably not. But a CB who came to ND in the same class with Clarence Lewis and played VERY sparingly at ND is back in the transfer portal.

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Notre Dame is expected to see two of their top remaining targets in the 2025 class today.

Notre Dame's travels for the spring contact period begin today.

Here's where members of the Irish staff members are expected with a big focus on Illinois.

Let's use this thread to keep track of the movement in the Notre Dame football program from the football and recruiting staffs with graduate assistants, analysts and other positions along those lines.

INCOMING
Senior offensive analyst Trent Miles from LSU
Senior offensive analyst Harris Bivin from LSU
Defensive analyst Casey McHugh from Oklahoma State
Defensive graduate assistant Zack May from Buffalo/Miami (Ohio)
Defensive graduate assistant Bryce Dempsey from Mercyhurst
Recruiting associate Becca Sites
Recruiting analyst Deland McCullough II
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OUTGOING
Senior offensive analyst Caleb Carbine to Troy as interior offensive line coach
Senior offensive analyst Kevin Reihner to Troy as tackles/tight ends coach
Senior defensive analyst Ronnie Regula to New Mexico State as tight ends coach/special teams coordinator
Defensive line graduate assistant Ashton Derico to Western Illinois as defensive line coach
Recruiting associate Caleb Davis to Troy as director of player personnel
Director of recruiting Dre Brown to Illinois as director of player personnel
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@Eric Hansen covered the new strength and conditioning staff under Loren Landow here:

I gathered six big boards and six mock drafts, including four seven-rounders, to get a sense for when Notre Dame's players may get drafted. Eight players appeared in more than one mock draft.

I know we're talking punter here, but a bad punter can cost you valuable field position and directly impact the outcome of close games. Thanks.

Former Notre Dame offensive lineman Jeff Faine (1999-2003) began his two-year term as Monogram Club president this month. He spent the last two years as vice president under former women's soccer player Kate Markgraf.

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More on ND's Monogram Club board:

Jack Lange, a four-star offensive tackle from Eureka (Mo.) HIgh, plans to announce his commitment decision on Wednesday at 8 p.m. EDT. I've put in a Rivals FutureCast prediction for the 2025 target to pick Missouri.

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As previously covered in The Heat Index, Lange was downgraded to a Mild heat rating. He fell off the track he needed to follow in recent months in order for Lange and Notre Dame to be a match.

Notre Dame's turned its focus at offensive tackle to Josh Petty.

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UPDATE (4/23): KK Bransford has exited the transfer portal and will stay at Notre Dame. Head coach Niele Ivey told reporters this tonight following the team's awards ceremony.



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PREVIOUSLY (4/7):

Not a huge surprise here, given all the guard depth Notre Dame will have if everyone's healthy next season. Again, I've been expecting good news eventually on forward Maddy Westbeld's decision on whether to come back for a fifth year, and that hasn't changed. The portal opened for WBB on March 18 and will remain so until May 1.

Story from Tyler James:


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Courtesy of our Indiana University site. ... It'll take place tomorrow.

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How many ND players does everyone think will get drafted?

I think Alt, Hart, Estime and Fisher are obvious choices but Liufau, Hartman, Jean-Baptiste and Bertrand could also get drafted.

Do coaches call players into their office who they don't see as contributors now or in the future and "strongly" encourage them to enter the portal? Or do the coaches wait for the player to visit their office because the player isn't sure how he's viewed and then give the player a brutally honest answer of where they stand and let the player figure out what they want to do? Or is it a little of both? I assume there are some uncomfortable discussions between players and coaches going on this week in this regard.

Shoes required ... please include you name and hometown with your questions ... here's a shortcut to the question queue:

They played this on the video board during the Blue-Gold Game. Good stuff.

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... working out together at Notre Dame. Good luck to opposing guards.

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I attended the Notre Dame women's basketball ceremony at Purcell Pavilion tonight. The big news was KK Bransford's decision to exit the transfer portal right where she entered it -- returning to ND. There were also some awards given out, and I'll share them now. In the morning, I'll have a notebook getting Maddy Westbeld's insight into her decision to return next season, Hannah Hidalgo's experience in playing with Olivia Miles and more. For now, the award winners:

Co-MVPs: Sonia Citron and Hannah Hidalgo
Woody Miller Award: Hannah Hidalgo
Defensive Player of the Year: Hannah Hidalgo
Most Improved Player: Maddy Westbeld
Student-Athlete of the Year: Sarah Cernugel
Most Spirited Award: Cass Prosper and Sarah Cernugel

I know Jenna Brown didn't play much, but she gave a helluva senior speech. I was impressed.

Both Kylee Watson (ACL surgery) and KK Bransford (lingering soreness) attended the event on crutches. Bransford's left foot was in a protective boot.

Jermaine Santana-Diaz said his campus tour at Notre Dame set the standard for other schools.

“I went to A&M and the guy that gave me the tour on campus was like, ‘We carry a pretty big tradition,’” Santana-Diaz said. “But I look at how their tradition is, and I look at Notre Dame, and Notre Dame is the tradition.

“I look at A&M and they’re rebuilding stuff and making it look new. At Notre Dame, obviously they’re making stuff look better, but they’re making it look the same. Small stuff like that stands out to me.

Nate Tice, who does some NFL Draft analysis for Yahoo Sports, seems to be looking into 2025 draft prospects, because he just tweeted a couple of Riley Leonard highlights.

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