'14 NJ DE Andrew Trumbetti (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

[Irishnuke]

I really expected him to have a break out year this season.

 

[ulukinatme]

Considering how we struggled to get pressure in passing situations this year, I'm also surprised Trumbetti didn't see the field more. He did pretty damn well last season before the concussion.

 

[ThePiombino]

Anyone know why he didn't play more this year?

My guess would be that Okwara was more productive than anticipated, this cutting into AT's PT.

 

[texbender]

He struggles dropping into pass coverage.

Damn, hadn't thought about that. Hope he works on it through BG game, I'd like to see him on the field more net year.

 

[stlnd01]

Damn, hadn't thought about that. Hope he works on it through BG game, I'd like to see him on the field more net year.

He probably will with Okwara gone. Would've liked to see more of him on the field this year, too.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

No he struggled to get the multiple concepts of BVG's defense. You know the ones that got blasted by Stanford, Clemson, OSU, and even the great BC moved the ball against it.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Okwara started to look better and don't forget, Trumbetti missed the vast majority of spring.

 

[Wild Bill]

Trumbetti Working To Be The Best - Irish Sports Daily

Defensive end Andrew Trumbetti will be counted on to give Notre Dame as pass rush in 2016 and it will be defensive line coach Keith Gilmore’s job to get him ready. That relationship has improved in Gilmore’s second year at Notre Dame and this spring is big for the New Jersey native.
“Coach Gilmore is just great all around,” said Trumbetti. “He is a great guy on the field and great guy off the field. I feel like our relationship this offseason has really got a lot better. He’s helped me a lot by being able to talk about anything really. That’s what I like about our relationship right now.”
The 6-foot-3, 260-pounder is still a sophomore, but in a few short months, Trumbetti will be an upperclassman in his position room. It will be his job to mentor young guys like Daelin Hayes and Julian Okwara this summer, but the fact he will be one of the older guys hasn’t totally hit him yet.
“I still feel like I haven’t got to where I am recognized as an upperclassman yet,” explained Trumbetti. “I feel I will eventually. I feel like I have to prove myself and once I do, I will be recognized as that. For now, I just have to keep doing my job.
“I feel like I just got here yesterday. I feel like I was in Daelin’s shoes two weeks ago. It’s crazy that I am going to be a junior in college. I have two more years to play. It’s crazy.”
The Notre Dame defensive line is a deeper group than in 2015, but it’s now about developing that depth into playmakers this spring. Trumbetti feels his unit has had a good spring and the added depth with pay off in the fall.
“I feel the defensive line is looking really good right now,” Trumbetti stated. “We have a bunch of good players and we have lot more depth this year. Last year, a lot of players had to play a lot of downs, which took its toll at the end of the year. This year, its good a lot of us can play and have a good rotation.”
Trumbetti has registered two sacks in his first two season at Notre dame, but he is looking forward to setting and reaching his goals in 2016.
“I want to be the best,” said Trumbetti. “Right now, I want 10 sacks. I want to be an All-American. That’s really what I am shooting for. I just have to go out there and prove myself. This spring I have got better and I know I can do better. I am really shooting for the best, honestly. If I think I can do it, I can do it. It doesn’t matter if anyone else thinks it.
“There is just a lot of areas I need to improve on. I am just working on it all. The team needs me to be the best, so I am focusing on that right now.”

 

[BobbyMac]

Ok, I admit it... I thought it was a shoulder first and an ankle second.

 

[longliveautrydenson]

Ok, I admit it... I thought it was a shoulder first and an ankle second.

I went straight to ACL.

 

[koonja]

10 sacks? 20 PBUs is more realistic.

 

[Irishman77]

absolutely love Trumbetti, but he has no business being in our 2 deep. Got destroyed and man handled all night. Looked like joe schmidt out there. Gotta go with Jay Hayes!

 

[ND Fan Vancouver]

absolutely love Trumbetti, but he has no business being in our 2 deep. Got destroyed and man handled all night. Looked like joe schmidt out there. Gotta go with Jay Hayes!

Yep. Did Hayes play last night?

 

[ND Fan Vancouver]

Just rewatched the game. I'm sorry but Trumbetti got the crap knocked out of him on EVERY play. Didn't get off one single block. I made a point of watching him. Not good enough.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Just rewatched the game. I'm sorry but Trumbetti got the crap knocked out of him on EVERY play. Didn't get off one single block. I made a point of watching him. Not good enough.

And he lined up offside at least two times.
Time to play the Hayes boys.


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[NDBoiler]

And he lined up offside at least two times.
Time to play the Hayes boys.


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Are we sure they know the defense well enough to be effective? You know, the defense that takes every damn player 3.5 years to learn.

Only half-kidding...OK, I'm not really kidding at all.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Are we sure they know the defense well enough to be effective? You know, the defense that takes every damn player 3.5 years to learn.

Only half-kidding...OK, I'm not really kidding at all.

Lol Dealin no, but just let him put his head down and rush the passer.

The Jay Hayes has been in the program 3.5 years, I think he was an EE, so he should be good lol.


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[stlnd01]

Hayes or no, we need more out of Trumbetti. Guy's a pretty decent pass rusher but he was invisible last night.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

What is so frustrating is he showed so much promise his freshman year. But now he seems to have plateaued.


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[OlympiaIrishFan]

So true, looks slower with no pass rush moves. Everything is a weak bull rush or tries to get his arm around. Same every time. Sad, but is a player development issue or just the player?

One more thing I have issues with BVG with.

 

[North Buffalo Irish]

Look at this kid's rankings and offer list. He is so average it hurts. Literally offers nothing to the defense. Disappointing.

 

[dang227]

Why is he starting over Jay Hayes? Is it still the ankle?

 

[LoveThee]

Look at this kid's rankings and offer list. He is so average it hurts. Literally offers nothing to the defense. Disappointing.

Being top 10 at his position and having offers from:

Florida
Florida State
Miami
Penn State

makes you average? News to me. He had/(s) potential. Not his fault he isn't getting what he needs to develop...

 

[dang227]

'14 NJ DE Andrew Trumbetti (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

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[Redbar]

He looked ok in coverage

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

In an alternate reality this kid is flying all over the field for Stanford.

 

[GBdomer]

I don't want to pile on the kid and no disrespect because he's just not that good of a football player but didn't even register a tackle for loss ALL SEASON! Gilmore please just go so we can coach Andrew up

 

[BobbyMac]

I don't want to pile on the kid and no disrespect because he's just not that good of a football player but didn't even register a tackle for loss ALL SEASON! Gilmore please just go so we can coach Andrew up

Agreed on Gilmore and anyone on the staff who has come in contact with him since his freshman year. When I saw this kid win the obstacle course at the UA AA Game I thought he would be a lot closer to the next Joey Bosa than another Ishaq Williams. Right now Rivals look like the smartest guys in the room for bucking the trend and giving him 3 stars.

Hope that switch gets flipped somehow, some way.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I don't want to pile on the kid and no disrespect because he's just not that good of a football player but didn't even register a tackle for loss ALL SEASON! Gilmore please just go so we can coach Andrew up

Complete disappointment. When I saw this kid coming out of high school I thought to myself he reminds me of a better Garret Sickles. And I loved Garret Sickles, never understood why he went to that dump of a school the year the sanctions came down. I don't know what's wrong with Trumbetti though.

What I don't understand is Gilmore has been successful developing defensive linemen throughout his career. He killed it at UNC. I just don't understand what happened here. It's like Acamp always says...Notre Dame is cursed.


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[GBdomer]

Sherm I get that part but I also understand Gilmore doesn't really have anything to work with. But he also hasn't made anyone better. Failed experiment