Saturday, May 10, 2014

NFL Draft: Eight Notre Dame Players Selected!


After three long days -- the Fighting Irish ended up with eight former student-athletes drafted in the first six rounds of the 2014 NFL Draft -- the most since 1994!

The top photo is of the "luxury bus" that picked up Zack Martin at the Dallas airport to take him to the Cowboy's facility -- you're going to want to click on the "SLIDE SHOW" below...

Today -- Prince Shembo, Bennett Jackson and T.J. Jones joined their five teammates as NFL drafted players -- pretty awesome!  Here's the detail on all eight players:


ZACK MARTIN -- Drafted 16th overall (1st Round) by the Dallas Cowboys
  • Signing bonus:  $5.3 million
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $9.6 million
  • Introductory Press Conference:  ZACK
  • Zach's arrival to Dallas:  SLIDE SHOW

STEPHON TUITT -- Drafted 46th overall (2nd Round) by the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Signing bonus:  $1.8 million
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $4.8 million
  • Pittsburgh Steelers Press Conference:  LINK 

TROY NIKLAS -- Drafted 52nd overall (2nd Round) by the Arizona Cardinals
  • Signing bonus:  $1.4 million
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $4.2 million
  • Arizona Cardinals Press Conference:  LINK

LOUIS NIX III -- Drafted 83rd overall (3rd Round) by the Houston Texans
  • Signing bonus:  $630,000
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $2.9 million
  • Houston Texans Press Conference:  LINK
  • Interview: IRISH CHOCOLATE

CHRIS WATT -- Drafted 89th overall (3rd Round) by the San Diego Chargers
  • Signing bonus:  $600,000
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $2.9 million
  • San Diego Chargers Press Conference:  LINK

PRINCE SHEMBO -- Drafted 139th overall (4th Round) by the Atlanta Falcons
  • Signing bonus:  $330,000
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $2.5 million 
  • Interview:  PRINCE 

BENNETT JACKSON -- Drafted 187th overall (6th Round) by the New York Giants
  • Signing bonus:  $121,000
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $2.3 million 
  • New York Giants Press Conference:  LINK

T.J. JONES -- Drafted 189th overall (6th Round) by the Detroit Lions
  • Signing bonus:  $116,000
  • Projected value of first NFL contract:  $2.3 million 
  • Detroit Lions Press Conference:  LINK

LINK:  NOTRE DAME -- 2014 NFL DRAFT PICKS