Notre Dame has had some greats when it comes to receivers and tight ends and never was that more present than of at all times, the end of the Charlie Weis era when Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, and Kyle Rudolph were all tearing up the track for the Fighting Irish.
Unfortunately, that didn’t result in the number of wins anyone near South Bend would have wanted, even if the offenses were fun to watch at times.
Michael Mayer is the latest to join this list, which includes every Notre Dame player to ever haul in 1,000 or more receiving yards. For a tight end it’s almost scary to think how high he could have ended up had he not opted for the NFL draft, it makes all the sense in the world for him to declare.
In the history of Notre Dame football 38 different players have reached the 1,000 career receiving yards mark. Here are those 38 players to have accomplished the feat since 1956: