Rather than starting a thread for every player, let's use this thread to keep track of Notre Dame and Oregon State players who won't play in the Sun Bowl due to transfer portal entries or NFL decisions.
We'll update the thread title so you know who the latest decision is from.
@Eric Hansen shared the updated list for us.
Here are the Sun Bowl opt-outs so far for Notre Dame and Oregon State, unrelated to injuries, as of late Thursday night:
OREGON STATE
QB DJ Uiagalelei (portal)
QB Aidan Chiles (portal)
WR Anthony Gould (NFL)
OT Taliese Fuaga (NFL)
DB Jermod McCoy (portal)
LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold (portal)
DB Akili Arnold (portal)
TE Jack Velling (portal)
K Atticus Sappington (portal)
OT Joshua Gray (injury/NFL)
RB Damien Martinez (won't play ... originally suspended, then reinstated, not with the team in El Paso)
NOTRE DAME
QB Sam Hartman (NFL)
OT Joe Alt (NFL)
RB Audric Estimé (NFL)
WR Tobias Merriweather (portal)
WR Rico Flores Jr. (portal)
WR Chris Tyree (portal)
WR Braylon James (portal)
TE Holden Staes (portal)
C Zeke Correll (portal)
OT Blake Fisher (NFL)
OL Michael Carmody (portal)
NG Aidan Keanaaina (portal)
DE Nana Osafo-Mensah (portal)
LB Marist Liufau (NFL)
CB Ryan Barnes (portal)
CB Cam Hart (NFL)
S Antonio Carter II (portal)
S Ramon Henderson (portal)
Nickel Thomas Harper (NFL)
LB Nolan Ziegler (not currently with the team)
PREVIOUSLY:
We told you last week that Marist Liufau's Senior Bowl commitment meant he intended to head to the NFL next season. Now he plans to sit out the Sun Bowl.
Story from @Eric Hansen:
We'll update the thread title so you know who the latest decision is from.
@Eric Hansen shared the updated list for us.
Here are the Sun Bowl opt-outs so far for Notre Dame and Oregon State, unrelated to injuries, as of late Thursday night:
OREGON STATE
QB DJ Uiagalelei (portal)
QB Aidan Chiles (portal)
WR Anthony Gould (NFL)
OT Taliese Fuaga (NFL)
DB Jermod McCoy (portal)
LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold (portal)
DB Akili Arnold (portal)
TE Jack Velling (portal)
K Atticus Sappington (portal)
OT Joshua Gray (injury/NFL)
RB Damien Martinez (won't play ... originally suspended, then reinstated, not with the team in El Paso)
NOTRE DAME
QB Sam Hartman (NFL)
OT Joe Alt (NFL)
RB Audric Estimé (NFL)
WR Tobias Merriweather (portal)
WR Rico Flores Jr. (portal)
WR Chris Tyree (portal)
WR Braylon James (portal)
TE Holden Staes (portal)
C Zeke Correll (portal)
OT Blake Fisher (NFL)
OL Michael Carmody (portal)
NG Aidan Keanaaina (portal)
DE Nana Osafo-Mensah (portal)
LB Marist Liufau (NFL)
CB Ryan Barnes (portal)
CB Cam Hart (NFL)
S Antonio Carter II (portal)
S Ramon Henderson (portal)
Nickel Thomas Harper (NFL)
LB Nolan Ziegler (not currently with the team)
PREVIOUSLY:
We told you last week that Marist Liufau's Senior Bowl commitment meant he intended to head to the NFL next season. Now he plans to sit out the Sun Bowl.
Story from @Eric Hansen:
Notre Dame LB Marist Liufau opts out of Sun Bowl to prep for NFL future
Grad senior from Hawaii was ND's eighth-leading tackler in 2023 with 44.
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