Rex Pflueger, Notre Dame’s all-time leader in games played for the basketball team, has inked a professional deal with the Newcastle Eagles of England. Newcastle plays in the BBC, the British Basketball League.
Pflueger chose Newcastle in part, due to his late mother who was English by birth.
Pflueger said in the team’s official release:
“It feels great knowing that I will be starting my professional career in a country that I am very much familiar with”, he said.
“My mother was born and raised in Andover before eventually meeting my father in the US and moving out here full time.”
Notre Dame fans remember Pflueger for being a leader, leaving his heart on the floor nightly and for battling back from a knee injury.
Pflueger’s tip-in with under two seconds remaining against Stephen F. Austin in the Second Round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament helped send Notre Dame to the Sweet 16 and eventually the Elite 8 for the second year in a row.