Newsstand: Jack Coan, Kevin Austin Jr. to work out at NFL Combine Thursday
The time has come to showcase skills for two of the most important players from the 2021 Notre Dame roster.
Former Fighting Irish quarterback Jack Coan and wide receiver Kevin Austin Jr. will take part in drills during NFL Combine workouts Thursday. Coan and Austin connected 48 times for 888 yards and seven touchdowns last season. Austin led the team in receiving yards and tied for a team lead in touchdown receptions. Coan passed for 3,150 yards with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Both are considered fringe Day 3 draft picks as April’s big weekend draws near. The combine is a chance to enhance the way they are seen by team scouts, coaches and other front office personnel. Come back to BlueandGold.com for live updates on Coan and Austin’s performances Thursday as well as those of running back Kyren Williams on Friday, defensive lineman Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa on Sunday and safety Kyle Hamilton on Sunday.
Click here for more on Coan’s mindset heading into his combine workout.
Notre Dame tweets of the day
Class of 2023 four-star wide receiver Braylon James of Del Valle (Texas) High School tweeted a hint that he will be visiting the campus in South Bend later this month. Irish wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey retweeted him.
What Notre Dame fan isn’t pumped up by a video narrated by strength and conditioning coach Matt Balis? The Irish players certainly are.
Former Notre Dame defensive lineman and current Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Khalid Kareem joined the Inside The Garage podcast in part to discuss new Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden, who coached the Bengals’ linebackers the last two seasons. For more on what Kareem said about Golden, click here.
Quote of the day
“It’s a little bit like, ‘We have nothing to lose. We’re just going to fire. You could feel it coming when they made the first two. ‘Here we go, we’re going to have to absorb this.’”
— Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Mike Brey after Florida State made four of its first seven three-point attempts and 12 total in a 74-70 victory over the Irish in Tallahassee on Thursday night. For more on the Notre Dame loss, click here for coverage from BlueandGold.com’s Patrick Engel.
Headlines of the day
Former Notre Dame quarterback Phil Jurkovec discusses John McNulty’s new offense at Boston College (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame football expected to hire senior analyst Ronnie Regula from Miami (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
How did the Irish fare against The Athletic’s 2021 NFL prospects Freaks List? (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
Report: Notre Dame set to add former Northwestern RB Jeremy Larkin as an analyst (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
Cover 3: Who is the most important non-QB target for the Irish? (Blue & Gold staff)
Peyton Bowen update: Where he stands with Notre Dame commitment, visits, more (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
Another update to the On3 Consensus: Where Notre Dame’s commits now rank (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
Analyzing two recent Notre Dame women’s basketball recruiting visitors (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
