Tight End U

[IrishLax]

Question: how many straight starting TEs have we put in the NFL? Rudolph, Carlson, Fasano... who was before that?

 

[BroMontana]

Bleacher Report article on the ND's Legacy of big time TE's.

Notre Dame Football: Will Tyler Eifert Continue Irish Run Of Elite Tight Ends? | Bleacher Report

 

[Grahambo]

Gary Forest before Fasano I think. It really started with Fasano though because we went from C. Holiday/Pat Dillingham to Brady Quinn and things began to open up more offensively.

 

[buirish]

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Irish ‘draft'

Notre Dame has a storied history when it comes to producing great tight ends. The following are Fighting Irish tight ends that have been drafted into the NFL.

John Carlson (2008, 2nd round, Seattle)

Anthony Fasano (2006, 2nd, Dallas)

Jerome Collins (2005, 5th, St.Louis)

John Owens (2002, 5th, Detroit)

Jabari Holloway (2001, 4th, New England)

Pete Chryplewicz (1997, 5th, Detroit)

Irv Smith (1993, 1st, New Orleans)

Derek Brown (1992, 1st, New York Giants)

Joel Williams (1987, 8th, Miami)

Tony Hunter (1983, 1st, Buffalo)

Pete Holohan (1981, 7th, San Diego)

Ken MacAfee (1978, 1st, San Francisco)

Tom Fine (1975, 16th, Buffalo)

Dave Casper (1974, 2nd, Oakland)

Jim Winegardner (1969, 5th, Chicago)

 

[Grahambo]

Godsey..damn auto correct on my phone and I couldn't go back and edit.

 

[Irishman77]

3 of my favorites
Pete Chryplewicz (1997, 5th, Detroit)

Irv Smith (1993, 1st, New Orleans)

Derek Brown (1992, 1st, New York Giants)

 

[buirish]

Lax, Found this list (above) but noticed the guy left off, possibly the best of them all... Mark Bavaro!! Stud!!
Go Irish

 

[Grahambo]

Lax, Found this list (above) but noticed the guy left off, possibly the best of them all... Mark Bavaro!! Stud!!
Go Irish

4th round..100 overall in '85 to the Giants!!

 

[Irishman77]

Remember this? Pure Bada$$

Irv Smith versus the Hoosiers - YouTube

 

[IrishLax]

Thanks for the quick info! You guys rock!

 

[dre1919]

I was just telling this to a good friend of mine the other day when I was explaining how good Eifert is. Say what we all do about Weis and his inability to recruit certain player positions, but he could definitely recruit the **** out of TE's.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I was just telling this to a good friend of mine the other day when I was explaining how good Eifert is. Say what we all do about Weis and his inability to recruit certain player positions, but he could definitely recruit the **** out of TE's.

Errrrrr yes and no...Fasano was a Bob Davie recruit & Carlson was a Ty recruit. Obviously, Rudolph & Eiferet were Weis kids. But, Koyack is Brian Kelly.