Notre Dame football head athletic trainer Rob Hunt on Jeremiyah Love
Rob Hunt, head athletic trainer for Notre Dame football, on how Jeremiyah Love was able to avoid knee surgery and perform in four postseason games.
Notre Dame football is sticking with a traditional spring game format for now, while other programs are making changes.The Irish have many players recovering from surgery or participating in individualized spring plans.Notre Dame is taking an individualized approach to player development this spring, considering factors like playoff workload and position changes.
SOUTH BEND — As college football bluebloods Texas, USC and Nebraska revamp the spring-game concept in favor of skills competitions and fan appreciation festivals, Notre Dame football holds the line for now.
The 94th edition of the Blue-Gold Game is set for April 12 at Notre Dame Stadium, but that doesn’t mean coach Marcus Freeman and the Irish will arrive there in the usual fashion. A 16-game season that ended on Jan. 20 in Atlanta with a loss to Ohio State in the national championship game still looms large in Notre Dame’s rearview mirror.
Spring practice opens on March 19 and nine scholarship players already know they won’t be participating as they recover from surgeries: Jordan Botelho, Ashton Craig, Davion Dixon, Cooper Flanagan, Kahanu Kia, Chris Terek, Boubacar Traore, Chance Tucker and Jalen Stroman.
Four others coming off surgery will be limited to modified activity, in the parlance of Notre Dame’s sports performance staff: Anthonie Knapp, Cole Mullins, Will Pauling and Billy Schauth.
Ten more projected 2025 regulars fall into the category of individualized…
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