'23 WY S Luke Talich (Notre Dame Signee)

[Irishnuke]

He's 6'4 already 212 kinda heavy for a safety. You don't see many safetys that are 6'4

We just had a pretty good one

 

[Dale]

He's 6'4 already 212 kinda heavy for a safety. You don't see many safetys that are 6'4

You don’t see many linebackers that are 212

 

[Giddyup]

I could see him filling out pretty easy. Part of it depends on the kids demeanor too. Does he have the nastiness of an LB??

 

[TorontoGold]

He's 6'4 already 212 kinda heavy for a safety. You don't see many safetys that are 6'4

Let's start with an easy one - Kyle Hamilton, you've heard of him right? Have you heard of Nick Emmanwori? Check him out. How about Caleb Downs, he's 205. The NFL data is public information, and you can see that there are plenty of safetys who carry around ~210.

Why would he or anyone with access to the football facility change his position after being at safety for two years, and having two safeties leave the program after the 2024 season. It would be an absolute failure to Luke Talich to develop him at safety only to have him sit behind kids in his class and stud freshman pass him.

 

[CanadalovesND]

With how ND has recruited and developed LBers under Freeman, you don't need to make that move.

 

[IAIrish]

Especially not when you need safety help and dude can run like he does. Showing out on specials often leads to starting as an upperclassmen.

 

[SeekNDestroy]

Especially not when you need safety help and dude can run like he does. Showing out on specials often leads to starting as an upperclassmen.

I thought he looked slow as shit on his int return for a td against FSU. Thought it was a walk on.

 

[IAIrish]

I thought he looked slow as shit on his int return for a td against FSU. Thought it was a walk on.

Long strider confirmed.

 

[stpeteirish]

Not sure if he’s a starter at safety but he’s going to be on every coverage team. Probably what Kizer is now as far as special teams go, the main man.

 

[Calabrese's People]

100% starting opposite Shuler next year right?

Shuler and Stroman will start.
First off the bench. But with Stroman's injury history...

 

[GATTACA!]

First offered by Montana Tech, freshman Luke Talich turns Notre Dame walk-on into scholarship

This small Wyoming town stakes claim to its share of popular attractions. The Buffalo Bill Museum, the Cody Stampede and a proud high school sports tradition of its Cody Broncs and Fillies.

www.montanasports.com

Pretty cool watch. Freeman is a real one.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Yeah… Stroman will start with Schuler. Stroman needs to stay healthy though.

 

[Irish#1]

First offered by Montana Tech, freshman Luke Talich turns Notre Dame walk-on into scholarship

This small Wyoming town stakes claim to its share of popular attractions. The Buffalo Bill Museum, the Cody Stampede and a proud high school sports tradition of its Cody Broncs and Fillies.

www.montanasports.com

Pretty cool watch. Freeman is a real one.

Classic underdog story of which ND originally built its identity.

 

[IAIrish]

Still think Talich will start and Stroman will be in the Rod Heard role.

Will circle back to this thread in September.

 

[irishu]

Sleep on urlacher

 

[Dale]

Still think Talich will start and Stroman will be in the Rod Heard role.

Will circle back to this thread in September.

I agree there’s a chance. Stroman vs the Field (Talich, Blair, Logan, Johnson, Urlacher) isn’t set in stone IMO

Does help Stroman to be here for Spring though

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Still think Talich will start and Stroman will be in the Rod Heard role.

Will circle back to this thread in September.

I don't think that'll be the case but I hope he proves me wrong. Talich lacks the speed needed to hold down a safety spot. I think he could be a special team ace but I expect Stroman, Smith, Shuler and Urlacher to be fighting for reps. The hard thing for all of us to determine is how rangy Urlacher, Stroman and Shuler are. I know Smith, Shuler and Urlacher will absolutely come downhill with bad intentions.

Stroman and Smith have a lot of experience. Can Tae emerge as a sophomore like Shuler did this year? It's such a luxury to have healthy competition while remembering the days where anyone on the roster was auto 2-deep.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Yeah… Stroman will start with Schuler. Stroman needs to stay healthy though.

I'm glad we are bringing in Stroman and Smith, but we are going to have a ton of young DB's hungry for snaps. Hobbs, Tae Johnson, Talich, Urlacher and then the 6 Freshman this might be the deepest the C/S room has been in a while.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Still think Talich will start and Stroman will be in the Rod Heard role.

Will circle back to this thread in September.

Nah. Stroman is NfL caliber safety.

 

[Dale]

Nah. Stroman is NfL caliber safety.

I had this thought but then also considered Mickens probably will churn out a couple NFL safeties from the group Stroman is competing against

 

[Irish#1]

Talich reminds me a lot of the guys we used to have starting on D. Very good in all facets, except lacking the next level speed as VDP mentioned.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I had this thought but then also considered Mickens probably will churn out a couple NFL safeties from the group Stroman is competing against

You are not wrong here at all. Mickens has been great at not only identifying talent but developing them quickly.

 

[GoIrish41]

I don't think that'll be the case but I hope he proves me wrong. Talich lacks the speed needed to hold down a safety spot. I think he could be a special team ace but I expect Stroman, Smith, Shuler and Urlacher to be fighting for reps. The hard thing for all of us to determine is how rangy Urlacher, Stroman and Shuler are. I know Smith, Shuler and Urlacher will absolutely come downhill with bad intentions.

Stroman and Smith have a lot of experience. Can Tae emerge as a sophomore like Shuler did this year? It's such a luxury to have healthy competition while remembering the days where anyone on the roster was auto 2-deep.

Johnson should be in the 2 deep if he isn’t starting next season.

 

[benneboy]

Talich reminds me a lot of the guys we used to have starting on D. Very good in all facets, except lacking the next level speed as VDP mentioned.

That is definitely not a problem for Talich. He's a blazer and one of the fastest guys on the team.

 

[SeekNDestroy]

That is definitely not a problem for Talich. He's a blazer and one of the fastest guys on the team.

Not with pads on. Watch his int return vs FSU. I initially thought it was walk-on. He was almost caught by their QB, Brock Glenn, who runs a 4.78 40. Glenn was significantly faster than Talich.

 

[irishu]

Yeah facts, he looks slow as hell in that video lol

*I cannot touch my toes*

 

[Junkhead]

I agree he doesn't look like a burner, but he did run a respectable 10.72 100m in HS.

 

[Rocketman84]

I thought he looked slow as shit on his int return for a td against FSU. Thought it was a walk on.

Yea, it was odd and definitely slowest moving 10.7 guy I've seen on the field.

 

[rtrn2glory]

If the speed is there it's up to the strength and conditioning staff to get it to translate to the field. He's still young there's time

 

[indianamouse]

I thought he looked slow as shit on his int return for a td against FSU. Thought it was a walk on.

The guy housed like an 80yd interception, not that slow to me.