'16 NC OLB/DE Julian Okwara (Notre Dame Signed NLI)

[irishff1014]

Hell yea

 

[Greenore]

Awesome news! Christmas came early... or late... I'm not sure.

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[T-Boone]

very good

 

[IrishFaninTX]

This made my day

 

[BGIF]

Unfinished Business. #LoveThee ☘️

 

[koonja]

IDK if well be able to stop the run that well in 2019, but our past rush being great is guaranteed. You can work with that.

 

[sportallyr]

He is going to be a BEAST next year. The improvement from last year to this year was immense and I expect him to continue that growth next season!

 

[arrowryan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Glad to see the hype for Notre Dame edge Julian Okwara starting to build. More than deserving <br><br>✅61 pressures in 2018 (7th most in CFB)<br>✅Top-10 on <a href="https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BruceFeldmanCFB</a>'s freaks list <br>✅1st round grade from NFS (soon from PFF too) <a href="https://t.co/5PJNVos58t">pic.twitter.com/5PJNVos58t</a></p>— Mike Renner (@PFF_Mike) <a href="https://twitter.com/PFF_Mike/status/1149689647271960576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Sherm Sticky]

If he stays healthy and doesn’t get double digit sacks this year I will be disappointed.


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[Crazy Balki]

If he stays healthy and doesn’t get double digit sacks this year I will be disappointed.


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Dude was robbed of so many sacks last year. He and Kareem were held constantly all year.

 

[Riddickulous]

So what's up with him this year? I've barely noticed him at all.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

So what's up with him this year? I've barely noticed him at all.

That is because he hasn’t done much, hasn’t been very disruptive. Not sure what is going on. But, Hayes is playing like a first round draft pick this year so far.


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[BeatSC]

I say start Hayes and Ode over Okwara and Kareem

 

[T-Boone]

All the captains seem to be struggling to live up to expectation.

 

[NDVirginia19]

All the captains seem to be struggling to live up to expectation.

I think the safeties have both been excellent. And I wouldn't blame it on Finke, he's been playing outside of his normal role in the slot

 

[Irishize]

All the captains seem to be struggling to live up to expectation.

I’d argue that Alohi has not struggled as a captain.

 

[IrishFanJMercy]

I’d argue that Alohi has not struggled as a captain.

He has done well but twice last night he tried stripping Swift instead of just tackling and it cost us 10 extra yards

 

[NDinMI]

I’m starting to think a decent amount of the success of the two DE’s last year may have been due to Jerry Tillery’s play more than I had originally thought.

 

[Old Man Mike]

... and lockdown Julian, and Drue, and Tavon ...etc.

Having said that, I imagine that every OC worth anything has our two DEs as priority ONE during practices this year.

 

[BabyIrish]

I listened to half the game on the radio and Ryan Harris in the 3rd quarter was pretty emphatic sayin Khalid was having a fantastic game. Interesting to hear IE day otherwise

 

[Old Man Mike]

According to the tackle chart, Kareem DID have a good game.

 

[NDdomer2]

I think the safeties have both been excellent. And I wouldn't blame it on Finke, he's been playing outside of his normal role in the slot

Catching a football is catching a football

 

[SoDakDomer]

I’m starting to think a decent amount of the success of the two DE’s last year may have been due to Jerry Tillery’s play more than I had originally thought.

I was thinking the same thing as I watched the game. We got no pressure up the middle and Fromm could just step up in the pocket when our ends got pressure.

 

[Riddickulous]

Walter Camp defensive player of the week. Well deserved.

 

[Irishize]

From Pete Sampson via Twitter:

Based on some early feedback, I believe that the ankle injury may be very serious.

 

[stlnd01]

Sucks. Looked pretty bad at first, though he was able to walk off under his own power, so it’s probably not broken.

 

[Irishize]

Sucks. Looked pretty bad at first, though he was able to walk off under his own power, so it’s probably not broken.

They should perform the “Tua” procedure. It’s amazing what they can do now.

 

[irishff1014]

https://www.si.com/college/notredame/football/notre-dame-football-latest-julian-okwara-injury/

 

[Henges24]

The Okwara era has ended. It sure was fun.

 

[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly said DE Julian Okwara is out for the year with an fibula fracture. LB Jack Lamb is also out for the year with a torn muscle in the hip area.</p>— Eric Hansen (@EHansenNDI) <a href="https://twitter.com/EHansenNDI/status/1193606738123120640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>