'18 FL WR Kevin Austin (Notre Dame Signee)

[Irish YJ]

"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent."

one of my favorite movies.

 

[KizerWilhelm]

Mini-scoop here is that Austin will "most likely" sit out two games, but it could end up up being four https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/Counting-Down-The-Irish-Kevin-Austin-132992253/

Obviously if he's back for the Georgia game that'd be quite the boon.

 

[Irish YJ]

Mini-scoop here is that Austin will "most likely" sit out two games, but it could end up up being four https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/Counting-Down-The-Irish-Kevin-Austin-132992253/

Obviously if he's back for the Georgia game that'd be quite the boon.

I just hope when he's back, he's really back, and not suited up but still in the doghouse.

This makes me optimistic.

Said Long of Austin in a late-Spring interview (Apr. 11):


“He’s working on it. He’s figuring it out. He will. He’ll get it done. I don’t want any game day tryouts. You’re going to do it in practice and do it consistently. If you do that, you’ll play a lot. He knows that and he’s working toward that.”

 

[stlnd01]

Hopefully the two games he sat last year count as some sort of “time served.”

 

[Old Man Mike]

"I don’t want any game day tryouts. You’re going to do it in practice and do it consistently.".... I hate hearing quotes like that from coaches more than anything. Points to a serious attitude problem about doing what is necessary to compete at this level, to say nothing about doing what the coach wants done. Every time I hear something like that, I lower my expectations about a player to near zero.

Hope that gut feeling is 100% wrong.

 

[Irish#1]

"I don’t want any game day tryouts. You’re going to do it in practice and do it consistently.".... I hate hearing quotes like that from coaches more than anything. Points to a serious attitude problem about doing what is necessary to compete at this level, to say nothing about doing what the coach wants done. Every time I hear something like that, I lower my expectations about a player to near zero.

Hope that gut feeling is 100% wrong.

I wonder how much his HS coaches let him slide simply because of his talent?

 

[arrowryan]

I wonder how much his HS coaches let him slide simply because of his talent?

I'd say at least 90% of high school coaches turn their cheek if their "star" player does something wrong. I'd say a majority of college coaches do as well.

If this were 2010 or 2011, I think BK would probably be one of those coaches. But he's finally found a formula that works at Notre Dame and acting foolish isn't part of it.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Let's not assume anything. Kevin has to fix some things before we get to see his talent on the field.

Hope it happens soon because I love his upside.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Let's hope he pulls a Chasepool and cleans it up (although I'm not sure if Chase was in the doghouse, this severely)

 

[Irish#1]

Let's hope he pulls a Chasepool and cleans it up (although I'm not sure if Chase was in the doghouse, this severely)

I think they just had Chase on a leash. lol

 

[arrowryan]

Progress.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm told <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NotreDame</a> WR Kevin Austin Jr. has worked himself into the "Starving" category in Matt Balis' offseason workout program, which is the category players want to be in (Starving, Hungry, Satisfied). <a href="https://t.co/b0rpawksfB">https://t.co/b0rpawksfB</a> <a href="https://t.co/noBjrs2lQO">pic.twitter.com/noBjrs2lQO</a></p>— Matt Freeman (@mattfreemanISD) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattfreemanISD/status/1146769658453925889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Every time I see this bumped, I expect the worst...

Glad to see another good sign.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Any positive vibe is a good sign &#55357;&#56397;&#55357;&#56397;

 

[texbender]

Any positive vibe is a good sign ����

Agree. Having Kevin active and part of the offense will be huge for the season.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Please let this trend continue. #FreeKevinAustin

I really want to see him in in a timeshare with the other starters.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

2020 Austin/Johnson and Young outside with Keys in the slot. Backed up Lenzy, Wilkins and others. Oh yeah!


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[IrishLion]

There it is... the unspoken four-game “absence”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look for his contribution in October. <a href="https://t.co/0CA0nqUvyU">https://t.co/0CA0nqUvyU</a></p>— Irish Illustrated (@timprister) <a href="https://twitter.com/timprister/status/1150932055213191169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[NDinMI]

There it is... the unspoken four-game “absence”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look for his contribution in October. <a href="https://t.co/0CA0nqUvyU">https://t.co/0CA0nqUvyU</a></p>— Irish Illustrated (@timprister) <a href="https://twitter.com/timprister/status/1150932055213191169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ouch! Seems sort of strange since he sat 2 last year. So is this a 6 game thing overall?

 

[T-Boone]

well hopefully Lenzy, Young etc take the opportunity.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

It sounds like something we don't need to worry about at this point. He's working hard to earn the coaches trust. He has to pay for past transgressions. We all expected this.

The good news is we'll have a top level WR fresh for the 5th game+

Hope we see Kevin burst onto the scene after that.

 

[Irish#1]

Would have been nice to have him for UGA.

 

[IrishLion]

Ouch! Seems sort of strange since he sat 2 last year. So is this a 6 game thing overall?

Would have been nice to have him for UGA.

I had a suspicion it was only going to be two games since he sat two last year.

We don't know ND's rules on carrying punishment over between seasons, so it could be that his count resets, or maybe that Prister is wrong?

We'll see based on where he's at on the depth chart prior to the UGA game I guess lol.

 

[NDIrish88]

Would have been nice to have him for UGA.

I agree. ND gonna need all the help they can get for that one.

 

[Irish#1]

I had a suspicion it was only going to be two games since he sat two last year.

We don't know ND's rules on carrying punishment over between seasons, so it could be that his count resets, or maybe that Prister is wrong?

We'll see based on where he's at on the depth chart prior to the UGA game I guess lol.

I can't see his punishment being reset. He had to have received a six game suspension.

I agree. ND gonna need all the help they can get for that one.

While down in FL, I had on an ND t-shirt when we went to Chik Fil A. A UGA fan asked me how good I thought ND would be and if they could beat UGA. I told him I thought they would have a legitimate chance. He laughed. I hope we wn. I'll be tempted to go back down and remind the guy of our conversation. lol

 

[NorthDakota]

I can't see his punishment being reset. He had to have received a six game suspension.



While down in FL, I had on an ND t-shirt when we went to Chik Fil A. A UGA fan asked me how good I thought ND would be and if they could beat UGA. I told him I thought they would have a legitimate chance. He laughed. I hope we wn. I'll be tempted to go back down and remind the guy of our conversation. lol

SEC fans are a weird bunch. Not Alabama fans. I understand their deal. But the rest? Not at all.

Riding Alabama's coattails to get some sense of achievement must be exhausting.

 

[NDinMI]

I can't see his punishment being reset. He had to have received a six game suspension.

Does it only apply to regular season? I’m pretty sure he received some tick vs Clemson. Kind of weird, but yeah maybe Prister doesn't know 100%. Good news is he is coming back and he has been working his butt off this offseason. Both positives for him and for ND...and for us fans lol!

 

[IrishFaninTX]

Does it only apply to regular season? I’m pretty sure he received some tick vs Clemson. Kind of weird, but yeah maybe Prister doesn't know 100%. Good news is he is coming back and he has been working his butt off this offseason. Both positives for him and for ND...and for us fans lol!

That is very good news. IIRC, Williams worked really hard and was engaged with the team last summer and during his suspension and he turned out a very good season. Not expecting a sophomore to have that kind of production at a fairly loaded position group, but it would be great if he came back and could get 500-600 yards and set him up well to take over for Finke next year.

 

[Irish#1]

Does it only apply to regular season? I’m pretty sure he received some tick vs Clemson. Kind of weird, but yeah maybe Prister doesn't know 100%. Good news is he is coming back and he has been working his butt off this offseason. Both positives for him and for ND...and for us fans lol!

Good question and I don’t know. Having said that, I would think any game counts against the suspension. If he won’t be back until game 5 it would mean he had a seven game suspension. Three last year and four this year.

 

[DONTH8]

So... What did Kevin do?

 

[NDIrish88]

Out the entire year. WTF happened?

https://247sports.com/college/notre...e-Sidelined-Throughout-2019-Season-134794272/