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Draft Scout College Football Player News: Notre Dame
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2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY FINALIST: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, LB, Notre Dame (6-1, 215, Sr., Hampton, Va.): A top linebacker and one of the country's best ball hawks, Owusu-Koramoah leads the unbeaten and second-ranked Irish in tackles (49 with 32 solos ) and tackles for loss (9.0) along with 1.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and an interception. Listed as a rover linebacker, Owusu-Koramoah earned the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Player of the Week (Nov. 7) following the Irish's win over No. 1 Clemson, posting nine tackles, two TFL's, a half-sack in overtime that helped stall Clemson's final possession, and the first touchdown of his career on a 23-yard scoop-and-score early in that game. Notre Dame has one previous winner, linebacker Manti Te'o in 2012, whil e cornerback Shane Walton was a finalist in 2002. An Owusu-Koramoah win would give the ACC two of the last four winners (N.C. State's Bradley Chubb in 2017) and five of the last 11. - Football Writers Association of America/Charlotte Touchdown Club
rJr/2021  OLB *Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame
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2020 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Brandon Joseph, Northwestern, R-First Year,...Joseph is just one of four underclassmen nominees to be considered for the award, with a total of 12 student athletes named to the list. He joins fellow Big Ten defe nsive back Shaun Wade of Ohio State in representing the conference. The Big Ten is one of four conferences to have at least two players in contention for the national award. The College Station, Texas native has enjoyed a breakout season as part of the W ildcats' nationally recognized defense. He has been named as the Big Ten's Freshman of the Week twice in just six games played and his five interceptions this season are tied for the most in the country. Joseph also ranks fourth on the 'Cats in total tac kles and is first among non-linebackers in that category. - Northwestern Football
rJr/2023  FS *Brandon Joseph, Notre Dame
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2020 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Rover, Notre Dame,...Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, a preseason All-ACC First Team selection, has totaled 49 tackles this season, which leads Notre Dame's defense, also leading the team with 9.0 ta ckles-for-loss. He has been responsible for forcing multiple turnovers, including an interception, two fumble recoveries (one returned for a touchdown) and three forced fumbles this season. He has added three pass breakups. - Notre Dame Football
rJr/2021 OLB *Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame
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2020 DOAK WALKER AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Kyren Williams (So.), Notre Dame,...Williams is the only redshirt or true freshman on the list, and has taken the college football scene by storm, totaling six 100-yard rushing performances. Through 10 games, Williams has totaled 1,011 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, adding 24 receptions for 268 yards and a touchdown in the air. He leads the Irish in rushing, and his total receptions rank third on the team.Williams leads all FBS freshmen in rushing touchdowns (12), total touchdowns (13), and total rushing yards (1,011). Among all FBS players, he is eighth in rushing TDs, ninth in total TDs and fifth in rushing yards. In the ACC, Williams ranks third in rushing yards per game (101.1), fourth in scoring – TD s (7.8 points/game) and fourth in all-purpose yards per game (127.9). - Notre Dame Football
rSo/2022 RB *Kyren Williams, Notre Dame
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2020 CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD SEMIFINALIST: LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame,...Owusu-Koramoah ranks tied for seventh among all FBS players with two fumble recoveries this season. He ranks fifth among all ACC players in forced fumbles (0.3 per game) an d his 9.0 TFL tie for 16th-most in the ACC. A Butkus Award semifinalist, he was named Nagurski Trophy and Bednarik Award Player of the Week, as well as ACC Linebacker of the Week, all for his performance against Clemson. - Notre Dame Football
rJr/2021 OLB *Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame
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2020 CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD SEMIFINALIST: S Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame,...Sophomore Kyle Hamilton ranks second on the Irish defense with 46 total tackles in just nine games, averaging 5.1 tackles per game. Through 2020, he has collected four pass breakups, two quarterback hits and 3.5 tackles-for-loss. A preseason All-America second team selection (USA TODAY), Hamilton has started all nine games in which he has seen action this season. In the win over then-No. 1 Clemson, Hamilton posted eight solo tackles and a TFL. - Notre Dame Football
Jr/2022 FS *Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame
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2020 MAXWELL AWARD SEMIFINALIST: QB Ian Book, Notre Dame,...Book, a rare two-time team captain, capped the longest streak of passing attempts without an interception in program history at 266 (beginning mid-Game One vs. Duke and ending mid-Game 10 vs. Sy racuse), which was the longest-active streak in the FBS. With eight rushing TDs in 2020, he ranks third among all Power 5 quarterbacks in season rushing touchdowns. - Notre Dame Football
rSr/2021 QB Ian Book, Notre Dame
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2020 OUTLAND TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Liam Eichenberg, OT, Notre Dame (6-6, 302, Gr., Cleveland, Ohio): Eichenberg anchors a talented offensive front that currently leads the ACC in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.67, and 15 total) while also second in the ACC in rushing offense (229.7 ypg). Three different running backs have totaled seven 100-yard games this season and ball control has allowed the Irish to only trail for 38:10 minutes out of a total 540 minutes of regulation. Eichenberg's protection has g iven quarterback Ian Book the extra time to attempt 237 passes without an interception, tied for the longest stretch among FBS signal-callers. Notre Dame has had three Outland winners, the most recent being defensive end Ross Browner in 1976 (also guard Bill Fischer in 1948 and tackle George Connor in 1946). In 2017 guard Quenton Nelson was a finalist and offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey was a semifinalist. - Greater Omaha Sports Committee
rSr/2021 OT Liam Eichenberg, Notre Dame
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2020 DAVEY O'BRIEN AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Ian Book, Notre Dame, Sr.,...Book has led the Irish to a perfect 10-0 record in 2020, becoming the all-time winningest quarterback in Notre Dame history. He boasts a 30-3 (.909) record as a starter, and Book is one of just two FBS quarterbacks with a win rate above .900. He has completed 181 passes for 2,382 yards and 15 touchdowns, with just two interceptions, in 2020, and has rushed for 465 yards and eight touchdowns on the season. - Notre Dame Football
rSr/2021 QB Ian Book, Notre Dame
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DEC 7 ACC RECEIVER OF THE WEEK: Javon McKinley, Notre Dame, Gr., WR, Corona, Calif.,...Caught seven passes for 111 yards and three touchdowns in No. 2 Notre Dame's 45-21 win over Syracuse...The three touchdown receptions marked a career-high and were his first three touchdowns of this season...McKinley scored two of his three TDs in the first half, marking the first time he has scored multiple touchdowns in a single half...Joined Ben Skowronek (versus Pitt) as the second Irish player to post a three-tou chdown receiving game this season...McKinley and Skowronek are the only two players in Notre Dame history to record three touchdown catches versus a Power 5 opponent. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football
rJr/2021 WR *Javon McKinley, Notre Dame
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DEC 7 ACC CO-RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK: Kyren Williams, Notre Dame, R-Fr., RB, St. Louis, Mo.,...Eclipsed the 1,000-yards rushing mark for the season with 110 in the No. 2 Fighting Irish's 45-21 win over Syracuse...First Notre Dame player since Josh Adams in 2017 to reach 1,000 yards rushing for a season...Leads all FBS freshmen in rushing touchdowns (12), total touchdowns (13) and total rushing yards (1,011)...Ranks eighth among all FBS players nationally in rushing TDs, ninth in total TDs and fifth in rushing yards. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football
rSo/2022 RB *Kyren Williams, Notre Dame
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On the team's Senior Day, this was Book's day. It was a culmination of five years of work and three years of staggering success. The fifth-year captain from El Dorado Hills, Calif., walked into Notre Dame Stadium a relative recruiting unknown from the We st Coast. Saturday night, the one-time Washington State commit walked out of Notre Dame Stadium the winningest quarterback in program history. "It really just means a lot," Book said in a university statement about his place in school history. "It's a dr eam come true just to be able to attend Notre Dame and have a good career." Good? Now at 30-3 and counting, including the past 16 in a row overall and 15 straight at home, Book has won more than anyone who's played the position at Notre Dame. He's won mo re than Heisman Trophy winners. He's won more than first-round NFL draft picks. He's won more than future NFL Hall-of-Famers. He's won. "He," said Irish coach Brian Kelly, "continues to get better."Book didn't do the standard Zoom call with the me dia after this one. If he did, he'd have downplayed being the center of any attention, let alone a record holder. The spotlight's not his style. Never has been. For him, it's about having the privilege to play the position. It's about being a piece to th e puzzle that's been properly put together to push the Irish to undefeated seasons two of the past three years. It's about being part of a program that has won at least 10 games now four years running, a first in program history. - South Bend Tribune
rSr/2021 QB Ian Book, Notre Dame
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Ian Book threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores in his final home game at Notre Dame, leading the second-ranked Fighting Irish to a 45-21 victory against Syracuse on Saturday. The fifth-year senior led the Irish to a victory as a starter for the 30th time, the most ever for a Notre Dame quarterback. The Irish (10-0, 9-0 ACC, CFP No. 2) ran their winning streak to 16 games, best on the country, and their home winning streak to 24.Next up for the Irish, who are playing this season in a pandemic as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, is the Dec. 19 league championship game in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be a rematch against No. 4 Clemson if the Tigers beat Virginia Tech later Saturday. Book was 24 for 37 for 285 yards, wi th touchdown passes of 21, 28 and 26 to Javon McKinley, who had seven receptions for 111 yards. Book scored on runs of 28 and 17 yards and rushed for 53 yards while improving to 30-3 as a starter and passing Notre Dame greats Tom Clements, Ron Powlus and Brady Quinn for most victories as a starting quarterback. - Notre Dame/AP College
rSr/2021 QB Ian Book, Notre Dame
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Javon McKinley already had a Senior Day, but it wasn't really his. The wide receiver was recognized with his family and fellow seniors before Notre Dame's 40-7 win over Boston College last season. He didn't play in the game, though. McKinley missed the l ast four games of the season with a foot injury. It could have been a sadly fitting end to a career that never quite lived up to expectations. When McKinley joined the Irish in the 2016 recruiting class, he became the highest-ranked wide receiver, per Ri vals, to sign under head coach Brian Kelly at that point. But the No. 11 wide receiver and No. 59 overall prospect in the 2016 class didn't record his first college catch until his senior season in 2019. Nine of his 11 catches that season came in blowout wins over bad New Mexico and Bowling Green teams and a blowout loss to Michigan.McKinley's future wasn't certain at the end of the last year. Would he be asked to return to Notre Dame? Would he pursue a transfer following his graduation in May fr om the Mendoza College of Business? Would he opt to end his football career completely? "He thought of it as if he didn't come back, that it was the best that he had all his friends with him," said his mother, Estrilla McKinley. "He was happy just to see his brothers win. It was a good game, but I was just like, 'You have to come back. You have to play your senior game." The way Javon told it earlier this year, he had already made his mind up in October of last season. He wanted to come back to give him self a chance to build a better résumé for a final shot at proving NFL worthy. - South Bend Tribune
rJr/2021 WR *Javon McKinley, Notre Dame
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Irish head coach Brian Kelly said Lenzy will "just let it go" this week. So for the first time since reinjuring his hamstring against Pittsburgh on Oct. 24, Lenzy is expected to be unleashed in Notre Dame's offense. The junior should add another dimensio n to the Irish attack with his elite speed. Lenzy could use a solid performance to establish himself before Notre Dame competes against tougher opponents in the ACC Championship Game on Dec. 19 and beyond. He has six catches for 63 yards and a touchdown across five games. - South Bend Tribune
rSr/2023  WR Braden Lenzy, Notre Dame
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