Newsstand: Former Notre Dame S Kyle Hamilton makes big play in Baltimore Ravens debut
Well, it didn’t take long for Kyle Hamilton to cause some chaos at the next level. That’s not particularly surprising.
On Thursday, the NFL formally opened its preseason competition with a pair of games, including a contest between the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans at M&T Bank Stadium. Hamilton, a former Notre Dame safety who was taken No. 14 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft by the Ravens, recovered a fumble and notched a tackle in his debut.
Where Hamilton falls on the depth chart once the season begins remains undetermined, but he will surely get playing time as a rookie.
Baltimore ultimately topped Tennessee 23-10.
A couple of other former Irish stars were in action on Thursday as well. After signing with the New England Patriots on Aug. 2, Jalen Elliott had a productive night against the New York Giants. The safety posted eight tackles, a tackle for loss, and was flying around the secondary throughout the broadcast. He led New England in total stops.
On the other sideline, fourth-year defensive back Julian Love made one tackle for New York. The presumptive starter understandably didn’t play much. The Giants topped the Patriots 23-21 on a 24-yard field goal by veteran Graham Gano as time expired.
Tweets of the day
Former Notre Dame fullback Jerome Bettis inadvertently gave Blue & Gold a little shoutout on Thursday.
The Phoenix Mercury will play the remainder of the year without guard and former Irish standout Skylar Diggins-Smith. She was averaging 19.7 points, four rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
The Joyce Center got a nice makeover ahead of the 2022-23 season.
Quote of the day
“He’s competitive, he’s strong, he’s tough. He’s here every day. He’s a warrior. He’s built for the center position – very good leverage, strong as heck. He just got the job done.”
— Notre Dame OL coach Harry Hiestand on center Zeke Correll
Headlines of the day
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Notre Dame football fall camp practice No. 6 observations: defense and special teams (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame makes top five for four-star guard Parker Friedrichsen (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
How Notre Dame’s senior linebackers have turned constant defensive coordinator change into a positive (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
Why Notre Dame offensive line shuffling has been received positively (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame football fall camp practice No. 6 observations: offense (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame OL coach Harry Hiestand gives update on early enrollee linemen (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
ESPN names Notre Dame QB second most important player in 2022 College Football Playoff race (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
Sean McVay provides camp updates on former Notre Dame players Kyren Williams, Ben Skowronek (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame leads for these 10 2024 recruits according to On3 RPM (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
On3 coach survey: 25 assistants deserving strong head coach consideration (Matt Zenitz, On3)
