Cole Kmet Headed to NFL Draft

Do I wish he was back at Notre Dame? Yes, the Irish would be a better football team with him being there. But what else does Kmet have to prove in college?

Way back in October we shared a conversation with you here at Fighting Irish Wire with Eric Edholm, the lead NFL Draft analyst at Yahoo! Sports.

It was an interview in regards to Cole Kmet and how quickly he might be soaring up draft boards even though he missed the first couple of games in 2019 and had limited tape.

Eric pointed out the lack of tape isn’t a bad thing if a ton of it is good. Well, that was the case for Notre Dame tight end Cole Kmet who he gave a first round grade to even then.

Despite Kmet saying late in the fall that he intended on coming back to Notre Dame for his senior season, the tight end declared for the draft today.

I get people will be upset that he said one thing and then did another. He’s not the first and certainly won’t be the last.

Do I wish he was back at Notre Dame? Yes, the Irish would be a better football team with him being there. But what else does Kmet have to prove in college?

But football is an incredibly violent game that physically humbles even the greatest of players eventually.

I don’t blame Kmet one bit for going to the NFL – he’s got a limited window to make money for his insane talents and he’s good enough that another year in college wasn’t going to do much to improve his stock, but instead would most likely only hurt it if change it at all.

Thanks for the tremendous season, Cole.

Now go knock them dead in the NFL like so many Notre Dame tight ends before you have.