The Arizona Cardinals now have only one former Notre Dame student-athlete at the tight end position (Troy Niklas) -- as it was announced today that John Carlson has retired after seven seasons in the NFL.
Carlson played for the Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings -- and this past year with the Cardinals.
John earned $14,667,750 over his seven year NFL career: NFL SALARY
Craig Counsell, a 1992 graduate of the University of Notre Dame has been named the manager of the Milwaukee Brewers!
Counsell, a second baseman for the Fighting Irish went on to have a sixteen year career in the Big Leagues -- earning two World Series rings, one in Miami (1997) and one in Arizona (2001).
He's been working in the Brewer's front office for the past three years -- now he's back on the field!
Notre Dame All-American Pat Feeney ran the anchor leg of the 4 x 400 for Team USA in the USA vs. The World Track Meet. Feeney's split was faster than the OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST'S -- think about that!
A Notre Dame tight end is drafted once again into the NFL...
Ben Koyack was the lone Fighting Irish player drafted in the 2015 NFL Draft -- because Stephon Tuitt, Troy Nicholas and Luis Nix opted to leave early for last year's Draft.
In addition -- these players announced they had agreed to free agent deals with the following NFL teams:
It won't be a banner year for Notre Dame student-athletes being drafted into the National Football League -- here's what we can expect to see over the next two days...
Former Notre Dame All-American Michael Floyd received word yesterday that the Arizona Cardinals "exercised their option" keeping Michael under contract for 2015 and 2016.
Floyd will make $1.75 million in salary this season and $7.3 million in salary in 2016.
You'll find this quite refreshing -- a ND starting linebacker thinking about "life after football" during his time off between Spring Semester and Summer Semester.