'12 TX ATH Nick Baratti (Notre Dame Signed LOI)

[EuropeanDomer]

It's a shoulder problem again?

 

[eNDzone]

Injury?

 

[Redbar]

So sorry to hear this. Get well soon Nicky.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

So sorry to hear this. Get well Nicky!

 

[TerryTate]

Apparently re-injured the same shoulder

 

[IrishJayhawk]

IrishIllustrated.com - Baratti status in doubt

 

[BGIF]

Damn!

 

[ND NYC]

Ugh

 

[dublinirish]

sucks for him but luckily he has a RS to use. Felt the same way when Austin Collinsworth went down last year.

 

[EddytoNow]

I hope he returns healthy for next fall. He was one of my favorite players, a hard-hitting safety in the mold of Harrison Smith. Hopefully, our new-found depth at safety has someone else stepping up in a back-up role to Farley and Shumate. Collinsworth becomes even more important and Redfield may get a chance to see the field at safety sooner than thought.

 

[Emcee77]

I hope he returns healthy for next fall. He was one of my favorite players, a hard-hitting safety in the mold of Harrison Smith. Hopefully, our new-found depth at safety has someone else stepping up in a back-up role to Farley and Shumate. Collinsworth becomes even more important and Redfield may get a chance to see the field at safety sooner than thought.

I'll be interested to see what Kelly says about Hardy today re: replacing Baratti in the two-deep. In the past he's said that Hardy has all the physical ability you want a safety to have, but he just hasn't "popped" yet. I'm curious about where he is now in his development as a player.

 

[Luckylucci]

I'll be interested to see what Kelly says about Hardy today re: replacing Baratti in the two-deep. In the past he's said that Hardy has all the physical ability you want a safety to have, but he just hasn't "popped" yet. I'm curious about where he is now in his development as a player.

I will say that I think Hardy looks great physically from all the videos I've seen him in. Now he just has to put it all together.

 

[PANDFAN]

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[WakeUpEchoes]

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I have seen the same one for O$U.

Funny, but not sure that works so well with Michigan grads!

 

[Emcee77]

I have seen the same one for O$U.

Funny, but not sure that works so well with Michigan grads!

Ha yeah I agree. I would say close to a quarter of my law school class went to UM. I definitely don't think of UM grads as burger flippers.

 

[NDBoiler]

Bump.

Anybody heard any update on this kid? I forgot that he is there.

 

[NDhoosier]

He was injured the whole year and it is the off-season. Not much news to be had...

 

[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Getting back into football shape is a struggle, but I'm making progress. Determined to get it</p>— Nicky Baratti (@NickyBaratti) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickyBaratti/statuses/436504930807869440">February 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[TheChosen1]

@Sportsbeat960: @hansenNDInsider w/BrianKelly..#NotreDame safety Nicky Baratti dislocated his right shoulder in BlueGold Game. No surgery. Compete in fall

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Thank God. I want him to be 100% and ready to bring it this fall.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Thank God. I want him to be 100% and ready to bring it this fall.

Good news that he'll probably be healthy in time for Rice. Bad news that he keeps picking up shoulder injuries. The odds of Nicky's promising career becoming permanently derailed increase with each one.

 

[ndfi78]

Good news that he'll probably be healthy in time for Rice. Bad news that he keeps picking up shoulder injuries. The odds of Nicky's promising career becoming permanently derailed increase with each one.

It is a bit worrisome, I definitely had high hopes for him coming in.

 

[Cackalacky]

Not looking good. Hopefully they can stabilize that joint. Shoulders are notoriously difficult.

 

[Irish#1]

Not looking good. Hopefully they can stabilize that joint. Shoulders are notoriously difficult.

It depends on the severity of the separation. If it's bad enough, they will perform surgery and tighten up the ligaments. Longo will be busy with him building up the muscles in the area.

 

[Cackalacky]

Nicky dislocated his shoulder sometime throughout the game but continued to play with is popped out. As a PT, I hate to hear this due to the sequela of problems that can come from it. As a fan, I love it. The kid shows grit and didn't want to leave his teammates hanging. Hopefully he stays off the injury list through the week from this.

He had a torn labrum

from facebook: Well the news is in .... You won't be seeing this again in 2013..... Nicky is out for the season.

It's a shoulder problem again?

Apparently re-injured the same shoulder

@Sportsbeat960: @hansenNDInsider w/BrianKelly..#NotreDame safety Nicky Baratti dislocated his right shoulder in BlueGold Game. No surgery. Compete in fall

It depends on the severity of the separation. If it's bad enough, they will perform surgery and tighten up the ligaments. Longo will be busy with him building up the muscles in the area.

Hopefully whatever they do it stabilizes that shoulder.

 

[Old Man Mike]

.... as Harrison Ford said: "I've got a bad feeling about this."


Collinsworth gets even more significant [unless Riggs goes back on his statement that he DOESN'T want to continue to play safety, and is coming to ND to play corner.]

 

[ResLife Hero]

Kelly honors piece of his past, defines part of Notre Dame future - South Bend Tribune: Football

Baratti on the mend
A frustrated Nicky Baratti pounded his fists as trainers worked over his right shoulder on the sidelines during the Blue-Gold Game April 12 at Notre Dame Stadium.
A first surgery on the junior safety’s left shoulder already cost him spring practice in 2013 and a second surgery for a dislocation wiped out his entire 2013 season.
Kelly said the right-shoulder injury last month was also a dislocation, but that Baratti will not undergo surgery and is expected to compete for playing time this fall.
“This one was not as severe,” Kelly said. “This MRI did not show some of the collateral damage the other dislocations did. So we feel like with a (support) harness that he can play. We’re going to have to see how far that takes us.
“But we’ve had a number of guys play — Bennett Jackson played a whole season with a harness. (Dan) Fox played a year with a harness. So we’re going to have to see how it plays out, but surgery would have disqualified him from playing this year.”

 

[Whiskeyjack]

“But we’ve had a number of guys play — Bennett Jackson played a whole season with a harness. (Dan) Fox played a year with a harness. So we’re going to have to see how it plays out, but surgery would have disqualified him from playing this year.”

But how well did Fox and Jackson perform with the harness, Coach?

 

[irishog77]

But how well did Fox and Jackson perform with the harness, Coach?

Crist and Hendrix must've played with a harness too.

 

[ResLife Hero]

Irish A-to-Z: Nicky Baratti | Inside the Irish

Entering last spring, Nicky Baratti looked like a candidate to win a starting job at safety. But his career trajectory was thrown into doubt when a shoulder injury cost him his sophomore season. Healthy after returning to action this spring, Baratti enters a depth chart that doesn’t even resemble the one he entered in 2012. But he’ll be back in the thick of a secondary that’s talented but still needs to sort things out.

Let’s take a closer look at the rising junior from Texas.

NICKY BARATTI
6’1″, 206 lbs.
Junior, No. 29

RECRUITING PROFILE

In the height of the RKG craze, Baratti looked like a custom fit. The Spring, Texas native was an “athlete” that projected to be a safety at the next level. Baratti’s offer list was good, but didn’t contain many elite options, though schools like Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Ole Miss, Northwestern and Texas Tech chased him, even though he committed early to Notre Dame.

Baratti played five positions during his senior season, working as a quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end and safety. He also punted. He was named to the first-team 5A All-State team by the Texas Sportswriters Association.

Like most recruits, Baratti “shrunk” when he actually got on campus, not quite the 6-foot-2, 215-pound safety that Rivals advertised. But he saw the field quickly, contributing a key interception as a freshman and working his way up the safety depth chart immediately.



PLAYING CAREER

Freshman Season (2012): Played in all 13 games both on special teams and as a back-up safety. Made eight tackles and a key interception against Michigan in the end zone, the first by a freshman since 2008.

Sophomore Season (2013): Missed the season with an injury.



FUTURE POTENTIAL

There’s no question Baratti’s career is at a crossroad. Since his injury, Max Redfield has emerged as a starting safety and Austin Collinsworth has returned to action. Classmate Elijah Shumate is also battling for playing time at safety along with Eilar Hardy, who had a nice 2013 season in Baratti’s absence.

But there’s still reason to believe that Baratti can be a productive player. Brian VanGorder’s system has shifted “safeties” like John Turner and James Onwualu into a different mold, likely pushing them closer to the line of scrimmage. That leaves Baratti, Hardy, and Shumate as the depth at the position, now that Matthias Farley has turned into a cornerback.

One place Baratti will likely stand out is on special teams. He showed a knack as a true freshman on coverage units and will likely add some speed and athleticism to those teams this fall. But that likely won’t be enough to satisfy Baratti, who managed to play his way onto the field early as a freshman, giving you an idea that his football IQ is above-average. With the Irish rebooting their system this year, Baratti has a chance to make up some lost ground with a strong knowledge base.



CRYSTAL BALL

I tend to think Baratti is too good of a football player to not see the field. If not for his shoulder injury, some expected Baratti to be one of the winners of last spring’s wide-open safety battle, and if he’s fully healthy and can play at full speed, there’s no reason why he can’t be a contributor.

It might not happen in 2014, but the depth chart starts to clear up once Collinsworth departs, as it’ll be interesting to see if Eilar Hardy sticks around for a fifth year.

Without having seen Brian VanGorder’s defense in action, it’s hard to know how often he’ll utilize the safety position in nickel and dime packages. Bob Diaco loved using a safety as the next defender in, though it sounds like VanGorder will put an extra corner on the field first, especially with the talent Notre Dame has at the position.

But Baratti was known for his speed coming into South Bend. So if he’s able to cover, he’ll have a chance to play.