2019 Spring Practice Thread

Irish YJ · Mar 23, 2019

Veritate Duce Progredi said:
It's great to hear Simon is doing well, Bilal might still be growing as a player and JOK might be turning the corner. Jack Lamb has received a lot of praise. We need everyone surging into fall then let's see who the coaches roll out.

Just watching practice video and Lawrence Keys looks different than many others. He looks shifty AF. I really hope he earns meaningful minutes this season.

Also happy to hear Bracy and Griffith look good.

Also great to hear the TEs are looking good.

Between NFL FA and the draft coming up, and all the ND spring stuff, I'M READY FOR SOME F'ING FOOTBALL DAMN IT!!!

I know it's a lot of sunshine pumping from the services during the spring, but I'm pumped.

Riddickulous · Mar 23, 2019

IMO Cole Kmet is going to have a huge year. Coaches have been raving about him since he got here.

BabyIrish · Mar 23, 2019

Riddickulous said:
IMO Cole Kmet is going to have a huge year. Coaches have been raving about him since he got here.

If he isn’t a finalist for the Mackey then something went wrong.

fightingirish26 · Mar 23, 2019

ResLife Hero said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sitting at Buffalo Wild Wings writing my practice reports for today. <br><br>* Impressed w/OL & RBs<br>* Sophomore LB's made a lot of plays<br>* LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah had an impactful practice<br>* CB TaRiq Bracy was outstanding<br>* Backup QB had some dimes<br><br>More to come in practice reports</p>— Bryan Driskell (@BGI_CoachD) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGI_CoachD/status/1109505829823221761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Listened to the II podcast yesterday. They were asked to pick a player who disappointed in practice, and predictably, most said it was too soon to determine such a thing. However the only player singled out as struggling by anybody was Bracy. Glad he apparently turned it around and had a good practice today.

Luckylucci · Mar 23, 2019

Kelly had high praise for Ovie. They think he takes over for Julian once Julian is gone next year. Starting Drop, quite the move. With Ovie’s move to Drop we essentially added 2 Drop’s to last years class. Really bolsters that position for a long time. I also wonder if it changes the recruiting need. Probably only add a Drop in this class if they think he’s really good. Don’t need bodies

Luckylucci · Mar 23, 2019

Lamb’s name is coming up a fair amount, looks like he’s healthy and fully in the mix. Some solid praise for DJ Brown at S.

Veritate Duce Progredi · Mar 23, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Kelly had high praise for Ovie. They think he takes over for Julian once Julian is gone next year. Starting Drop, quite the move.

Heard that as well. That is incredible news for the 2020 season. It'll be tough replacing 3 DEs but Ovie's emergence could help.

T-Boone · Mar 23, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Kelly had high praise for Ovie. They think he takes over for Julian once Julian is gone next year. Starting Drop, quite the move. With Ovie’s move to Drop we essentially added 2 Drop’s to last years class. Really bolsters that position for a long time. I also wonder if it changes the recruiting need. Probably only add a Drop in this class if they think he’s really good. Don’t need bodies

Kelly always praises players who make a position switch for the benefit of the squad.

NDVirginia19 · Mar 23, 2019

Duffy is a really cool dude, definitely scrappy. He's apart of the STA-21 program so he'll be commissioning as an officer once he graduates. He was the only reason the Navy ROTC flag football team beat Army ROTC this year. Also he made the semifinals of Bengal Bouts this year and would have definitely won the fight to get into finals, but walk-on tryouts were the next day so I think he chose to stay rested up for that. Super pumped for him to get to be on the team though

NDCrusader said:
He's a Jr at ND this year originally Class of 2005 out of high school/

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fightingirish26 · Mar 23, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Kelly had high praise for Ovie. They think he takes over for Julian once Julian is gone next year. Starting Drop, quite the move. With Ovie’s move to Drop we essentially added 2 Drop’s to last years class. Really bolsters that position for a long time. I also wonder if it changes the recruiting need. Probably only add a Drop in this class if they think he’s really good. Don’t need bodies

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kalon gervin sighting in the comments too

Luckylucci · Mar 26, 2019

The 1’s at LB for the last two open practices (Saturday/Tuesday) have been Bilal at Mike, Lamb at Buck, and JOK at Rover.

Now my personal opinion is some of this has to do with JOK and Lamb not getting as many reps over the last year, due to injury, so now is a good time to get them some film. However, it’s fairly unanimous these guys are playing pretty well with the reps they are getting. I also think it just further solidifies that outside of Bilal at Mike, we’re going to be playing a lot of guys at LB.

Luckylucci · Mar 26, 2019

Also, Avery Davis is the starting Nickel and II said they are hearing the staff thinks he’ll win that job.

Irish YJ · Mar 26, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Also, Avery Davis is the starting Nickel and II said they are hearing the staff thinks he’ll win that job.

This is very interesting. Great for AD if true.

Luckylucci said:
The 1’s at LB for the last two open practices (Saturday/Tuesday) have been Bilal at Mike, Lamb at Buck, and JOK at Rover.

Now my personal opinion is some of this has to do with JOK and Lamb not getting as many reps over the last year, due to injury, so now is a good time to get them some film. However, it’s fairly unanimous these guys are playing pretty well with the reps they are getting. I also think it just further solidifies that outside of Bilal at Mike, we’re going to be playing a lot of guys at LB.

Not sure how I feel about this. I like that there's competition, but dislike that a few are killing it enough to lock things down. Hoping it's more of the competition being high, than the alternative.

Big23Head · Mar 26, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Also, Avery Davis is the starting Nickel and II said they are hearing the staff thinks he’ll win that job.

Specific quote was “Davis is the guy they would like to win the job”

Hamilton might have some say come fall too.

PANDFAN · Mar 26, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Also, Avery Davis is the starting Nickel and II said they are hearing the staff thinks he’ll win that job.

IF not just coach speak, really happy to hear for him and hope it works out for everyone!

fightingirish26 · Mar 26, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Also, Avery Davis is the starting Nickel and II said they are hearing the staff thinks he’ll win that job.

Crawford?

Luckylucci · Mar 26, 2019

Irish YJ said:
This is very interesting. Great for AD if true.

Not sure how I feel about this. I like that there's competition, but dislike that a few are killing it enough to lock things down. Hoping it's more of the competition being high, than the alternative.

As of today, I wouldn't look too much into this. Other than, I think it means that Lamb and JOK are showing enough that they deserve more film. But I don't think it means they've locked it down, by any means. As I mentioned, because JOK and Lamb were out last year, they have very little film even from practice squad for the staff to evaluate.

Luckylucci · Mar 26, 2019

fightingirish26 said:
Crawford?

They did mention that he'll have something to say about it but as you can see with the above quote, seems like for now it's Davis then everyone else.

fightingirish26 · Mar 26, 2019

Luckylucci said:
They did mention that he'll have something to say about it but as you can see with the above quote, seems like for now it's Davis then everyone else.

Is he back in practice yet? Love me some 20, I'm rooting for him.

Luckylucci · Mar 26, 2019

fightingirish26 said:
Is he back in practice yet? Love me some 20, I'm rooting for him.

Sorry about that, I assumed that was already known. No he's not practicing at this time.

Some Irish Bloke · Mar 26, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Also, Avery Davis is the starting Nickel and II said they are hearing the staff thinks he’ll win that job.

Soooo that clip we saw last week on Lenzy's twitter had to have been an anomaly lol

ResLife Hero · Mar 26, 2019

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quote of today’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NotreDame</a> practice: DL coach Mike Elston calls <a href="https://twitter.com/OvieOghoufo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OvieOghoufo</a> “Ovie-Wan Kenobi.”</p>— Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarterKarels/status/1110547328933552131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NotreDame</a> cornerback <a href="https://twitter.com/TroyPride18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TroyPride18</a> on the motto of the Pride/Houston Griffith CB duo: “If you want to stay alive, stay away from 3 and 5.”</p>— Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarterKarels/status/1110553982022361089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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ResLife Hero · Mar 26, 2019

Luckylucci · Mar 26, 2019

It should be noted that some of this could just be situational football as well. They were working Nickel the last two days quite a bit so maybe Lamb is at Buck and Bilal at Mike in the Nickel. While the base is a different.

IrishLax · Mar 26, 2019

Some Irish Bloke said:
Soooo that clip we saw last week on Lenzy's twitter had to have been an anomaly lol

Or we're really fucked when we play someone with a decent slot receiver.

ResLife Hero · Mar 26, 2019

PANDFAN · Mar 26, 2019

IrishLax said:
Or we're really fucked when we play someone with a decent slot receiver.

it sounds like he just happens to be a body to plug in....the remarks from prister/omalley basically sounded like he wasn't very good today

BabyIrish · Mar 26, 2019

I'm discouraged that we have not heard anything about Derrick Allen to this point

stlnd01 · Mar 26, 2019

BabyIrish said:
I'm discouraged that we have not heard anything about Derrick Allen to this point

I read somewhere - Pete Sampson Q&A maybe? - that he’s getting a lot of reps, just not really making a splash. I guess that’s better than not getting the reps. Either way, we seem pretty locked in at safety with Elliott and Gilman. But would be bode well for the future if he and Hamilton can emerge as solid second-stringers by fall.

Among others from that class, what’s going on with JGH?

FightingIrishLover7 · Mar 26, 2019

Any word on how Nana looks?

Very curious how his career developments..."super recruit" turned "three star" tells me he might be hungry to show that he was worth the early high ranking

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