The latest Notre Dame Minute is up and features one of the best Notre Dame players to put on an NFL uniform the last few decades, former Fighting Irish safety and current Minnesota Viking, Harrison Smith.
Smith joins recruiting and special teams coordinator Brian Polian for 2:14 to discuss choosing Notre Dame despite being from the heart of SEC Country.
On this episode of the Notre Dame Minute, @BrianPolian interviews former Fighting Irish Safety @HarriSmith22 who shares why he chose Notre Dame when being from SEC country. #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/gAlocYKiki
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) April 9, 2020
It’s a creative way to try and use in recruiting nationally is what the “Notre Dame Minute” is being used for. I have no problems with that, especially if you’re trying to win commitments from teenagers who can’t travel to college campuses right now because of a pandemic.
“Hey, you’re 16 or 17 and from the southeast and want to play in the NFL one day? Well, the SEC is cool and all but here’s a guy from a town home to an actual SEC school that went to Notre Dame and has earned over $44 million playing in the NFL!”
Seems easy enough for me, although I would have liked to know more about Smith’s dogs.
Also, speaking of the man, Smith went to each of the last five Pro Bowls and was a 2017 All-NFL first team selection. I thought he was deserving of NFL All-Decade team consideration last week but that wasn’t meant to be.