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Giving Jaylen Sneed credit for creating the first turnover in Saturday’s Blue-Gold Game might be a bit of a stretch, but the graduate senior

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Notre Dame LB Jaylen Sneed ends spring of growth with interception in Blue-Gold Game

Jaylen Sneed didn’t have to return to Notre Dame for a fifth season.  The former top 50 recruit could have found a new college home via the transfer

Why LB Jaylen Sneed returned to Notre Dame for fifth season

The Notre Dame linebacker contingent is doing the same as Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman — running it back.  Freeman sent out a social

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Notre Dame linebacker Jaylen Sneed announces he's returning for fifth season

During the first bye week, AY took a look at opposing players who had stood out in their losses to Texas A&M. Now that we're at the second bye,

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After opening last season with a win over Texas A&M in College Station, Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame are set to welcome former Irish defensive

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When Jaylen Sneed first arrived at Notre Dame, he didn't know what a pulling guard was.  The former five-star recruit didn't really need to in high

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Why Jaylen Sneed might finally be ready to start at Notre Dame

The 2025 college football season is just a few weeks away. For many elite players around the country, this will be the start of the last year they

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Phil Steele ranks Top 25 Outside Linebackers for 2026 NFL Draft ahead of 2025 college football season

BlueandGold.com will release a countdown article highlighting a significant Notre Dame football statistic every day until the 2025 season opener at

51 days until Notre Dame football: What are fair expectations for Jaylen Sneed?

Jadarian Price had no chance. The play was dead in the water, and Jaylen Sneed killed it.  The senior running back caught a swing pass from junior

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‘Transformed his ceiling’: Notre Dame LB Jaylen Sneed’s offseason progress looks very real

On Monday night in the heart of Atlanta, Ohio State and Notre Dame will face off for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in the

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National Championship: Over 100 former blue-chip recruits between Ohio State, Notre Dame

Welcome to the second edition of a new weekly Blue & Gold in-season staple — the “Give Him His Flowers” Notre Dame Football Player (Or Coach) of

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‘Give Him His Flowers’ Notre Dame football Player of the Week: Jaylen Sneed

On a toss play to the left, the blocking scheme doesn't account for the outside linebacker on the right. Why would it?  Typically, the outside

How Jaylen Sneed, young Notre Dame defenders are playing fast, making impact

Max Bullough doesn't heap praise lightly. Notre Dame's linebackers coach says what he means and means what he says.   So when he said this, everyone

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Why Jaylen Sneed is on the verge of a breakout for Notre Dame football

If you didn't see junior Notre Dame linebacker Jaylen Sneed’s first rep at practice this past Wednesday, you could hear it.  After Irish head coach

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Why Jaylen Sneed may be Notre Dame’s most improved player in spring ball

The Notre Dame defense was on the field for 809 plays in 2023. JD Bertrand played 80 percent of them. Marist Liufau was present for almost

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What Notre Dame linebackers coach Max Bullough sees in Drayk Bowen, Jaylen Sneed

Notre Dame returned multiple pieces to their linebacker room this offseason. Adding a couple of transfers and now seeing production from younger

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Marcus Freeman breaks down versatility of linebacker position

Sophomore Notre Dame linebackers Jaylen Sneed and Nolan Ziegler have been “dinged up a little bit” as of late, in Sneed’s case forcing him to miss

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How Notre Dame plans to use Jaylen Sneed in 2023

BlueandGold.com will release a countdown article highlighting a significant Fighting Irish football statistic every day until the 2023 Notre Dame

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35 days until Notre Dame football: Examining Jaylen Sneed's path to playing time

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish wrapped up their spring practice with their spring Blue-Gold game on Saturday. This gave head coach Marcus Freeman the

Jaylen Sneed says spring game performance 'helps a lot'

Notre Dame entered their last game versus Navy with four guaranteed games left in the season, since they captured bowl eligibility in their upset

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Marcus Freeman reveals plan for redshirting players

Six of Notre Dame’s 22 scholarship freshmen and one walk-on have seen the field in the first four games this year. Four of them will pass the

How 2022 Notre Dame freshman class has fared through four games

In what was a highly touted 2022 recruiting class, Hilton Head (S.C.) High linebacker Jaylen Sneed was the highest-touted. The king of his home state

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Armed with five-star talent, linebacker Jaylen Sneed is learning from the best at Notre Dame

Notre Dame has signed 21 players in its 2022 recruiting class, not including three scholarship transfers (S Brandon Joseph, K Blake Grupe and DT

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Ranking the class of 2022 Notre Dame football recruits

The gang’s all here.   Notre Dame took four linebackers in its 2022 class, and all four are already on campus. Jaylen Sneed, Niuafe “Junior”

Notre Dame freshmen linebackers stand out — for many reasons — to upperclassmen, Marcus Freeman

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Jaylen Sneed is a multi-sport star in high school, excelling in football, track and basketball. As a junior, he threw the shotput 51 feet, 10 inches to place third in South Carolina’s Class 4A. He also had a long jump of 20 feet, 2.75 inches, and a javelin throw of 79 feet. In basketball, he averaged 6.5 points and 3.6 rebounds a game in 2021. Sneed lists cooking and playing video games as his hobby. His mother, Chanta Ellison, went to school at Texas A&M. His sister is Chynna Sneed.

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Not only is Jaylen Sneed expected to assume the role in Notre Dame’s defense that made Owusu-Koramoah a star, but the two share many similarities as high school prospects. Owusu-Koramoah was 6-foot-1.5, 188 pounds as a high school prospect. Sneed is slightly heavier, checking in at 6-foot-1, and 205-210 pounds. Both were do-it-all players for their high schools. Owusu-Koramoah played receiver, quarterback, corner, safety and linebacker for Hampton (Va.) Bethel. Sneed lined up at quarterback, linebacker, safety and defensive end for Hilton Head Island (S.C.) Hilton Head. Both are twitchy athletes who play with a hair-on-fire effort level, running down plays from sideline-to-sideline. Owusu-Koramoah was known for his physicality at the college level. We saw Sneed similarly seek out and embrace contact at the Under Armour All-America Game. Both were also multi-sport stars. Owusu-Koramoah was an all-state basketball player. Sneed is an above-the-rim dunker on the hardwood and also a top shot put thrower.

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