Saturday, September 4, 2021
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Notre Dame Players Still Earning NFL Paycheck
Here's a team-by-team look at all of the former Notre Dame football players still getting paid by a NFL team -- after rosters were cut down to 53 -- and players were signed to practice squads. As of 6 PM ET on September 1st:
Atlanta Falcons
- Ade Ogundeji
Baltimore Ravens
- Miles Boykin
- Daelin Hayes
- Ronnie Stanley
Carolina Panthers
- J.J. Jansen
- Tommy Tremble
- Troy Pride, Jr -- Injured / Reserve
Chicago Bears
- Alex Bars
- Cole Kmet
- Sam Mustipher
Cincinnati Bengals
- Khalid Kareem
Cleveland Browns
- Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
- Sheldon Day -- Practice Squad
Dallas Cowboys
- Zack Martin
- Jaylon Smith
Detroit Lions
- Scott Daly
- Julian Okwara
- Romeo Okwara
- Jalen Elliott -- Practice Squad
- Tommy Kramer -- Practice Squad
- Alize Mack -- Practice Squad
- Javon McKinley -- Practice Squad
- Brock Wright -- Practice Squad
Green Bay Packers
- Equanimeous St. Brown -- Practice Squad
Indianapolis Colts
- Quenton Nelson
- Isaac Rochell
Las Vegas Raiders
- Nick Martin
Los Angeles Chargers
- Alohi Gilman
- Jerry Tillery
- Drue Tranquill
Los Angeles Rams
- Ben Skowronek
Miami Dolphins
- Liam Eichenberg
- William Fuller V.
- Durham Smythe
Minnesota Vikings
- Harrison Smith
New Orleans Saints
- Ian Book
- Tony Jones, Jr.
New York Giants
- Julian Love
- Kyle Rudolph
New York Jets
- Josh Adams -- Practice Squad
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Chase Claypool
- Jamir Jones
- Stephon Tuitt -- Reserve / Injured
San Francisco 49ers
- Aaron Banks
- Mike McGlinchey
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Robert Hainsey
Tennessee Titans
- Matthias Farley
Most notable former Notre Dame players that are free agents as of 6 PM ET on September 1st:
- Manti Te'o
- Dexter Williams
- Golden Tate
- Donte Vaughn
- Asmar Bilal
- C.J. Prosise
- DeShone Kizer
- Bennett Jackson
- Jarron Jones
- Cole Luke
- Tyler Eifert
- KeiVarae Russell
- Nick McCloud
Former Notre Dame players who have announced their retirement:
- Theo Riddick
- James Onwualu
- Sam Young
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Harrison Smith Moves to #2 With New Contract
The Minnesota Vikings just agreed to a $64,000,000 four-year contract extension with former Notre Dame Football team captain -- Harrison Smith! Over the next eight months Harrison will be paid $22.5 million, the most ever for a safety in NFL history.
Harrison is now the 2nd highest paid former Notre Dame student-athlete of all-time!
Congrats Harrison!
Here's a look at the TOP 30 current and former Notre Dame athletes (football, basketball, baseball and hockey) who have been (and will be) paid the most as a professional athlete:
- Ronnie Stanley: $136,145,183 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
- Harrison Smith: $127,666,546 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
- Jeff Samardzija: $116,341,666
- Zack Martin: $100,285,531 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
- Jaylon Smith: $75,095,997 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
- AJ Pollock: $68,841,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2023
- Anders Lee: $66,044,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
- Troy Murphy: $66,000,000
- Stephon Tuitt: $64,760,551 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
- Kyle Rudolph: $62,936,853 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
- Golden Tate: $56,337,672 -- current free agent
- Brad Lidge: $55,335,000
- Romeo Okwara: $47,258,474 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
- Bryant Young: $44,000,000
- Justin Tuck: $43,248,463
- Quenton Nelson: $38,010,393 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
- John Sullivan: $35,800,027
- Jerome Bettis: $35,122,500
- Jeff Faine: $34,456,892
- Will Fuller: $34,243,347 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
- Kyle Palmieri: $30,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
- Matt Carroll: $29,537,032
- Mike McGlinchey: $29,481,766 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2023
- Tim Brown: $28,432,686
- Laphonso Ellis: $27,939,000
- Rocket Ismail: $27,885,021
- Tyler Eifert: $26,310,317
- Joe Montana: $26,000,000
- Ian Cole: $25,949,694 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
- John Axford: $25,306,209
LINK: VIKINGS EXTEND CONTRACT WITH HARRISON SMITH!
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Friday, August 27, 2021
Cubs Announce "Notre Dame Day" at Wrigley
It's the Friday (September 24th) before the Fighting Irish take on Wisconsin at Soldier Field.
The first 2,000 fans who purchase a ticket to the game will receive a coupon that will give them the Notre Dame / Cubs hat for free.
The Cubs will be playing the St. Louis Cardinals that day.