Zack Martin recently retired from the NFL and is certain to wind up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as soon as he’s eligible. When all is said and done, the football masses will remember his time as a pro above all else.
But that doesn’t mean Martin has forgotten his days at Notre Dame. In fact, he devoted a large portion of his letter in the Players’ Tribune that officially bid farewell to football to his time with the Irish.
Specifically, Martin mentions several teammates from his Irish days as well as experiences he had with them at that time. The names you see are ones you likely will be familiar with if you have followed the program closely for a long time.
Here is a portion of what Martin said about playing at Notre Dame:
“Something like me and my best buddies from Notre Dame out on the lake at night with a cooler of beers and a Bluetooth speaker, singing along to ‘Colder Weather.’ Just getting increasingly louder and more confident until we think we are the Zac Brown Band and people are yelling to us from the shore to please shut it down, for the love of God.
Hey, if you get it, you get it. Not everybody can be a ramblin’ man who ain’t never gonna change.
To me, that’s football. Me, Tyler Eifert, Chris Watt, Dan Fox and Tommy Rees, out at the lake, talking about how the season is going to be, and everything we’re going to accomplish. I feel like God put those guys in my life for a reason. We all lived together in a house for four years at Notre Dame, and it was exactly what you probably imagine. Walls of protein tubs and dirty laundry, basically. It was shameful.”
Martin goes on to talk about how he met his wife Morgan, who also happens to be Eifert’s sister, while at Notre Dame. You can read that and the rest of the letter here:
Best of luck to Martin, and congratulations to him on a great football…
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Author : Fighting Irish Wire
Publish date : 2025-03-05 20:17:00
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