We’ve been pretty open about our appreciation for Chase Claypool all season at Fighting Irish Wire and he went out in a blaze of glory, scoring the games first touchdown, recovering a fumble on special teams and racking up 146 receiving yards on the afternoon.
Had it not been for a very-questionable overturned call he would have had a second touchdown as well when the issue was still a bit in doubt.
How Clark Lea was able to take Kolar away and Iowa State’s offense was a lost cause because of it, the Cyclones didn’t have an answer for Claypool all day.
Claypool scored his 13th touchdown of the year and went over 1000 yards receiving on the season, putting him in very-rare air by Notre Dame standards.
TD or no TD, that's 1,000 yards for @ChaseClaypool on the season.
Players in @NDFootball history with 60+ catches, 1,000+ rec yards and 13+ rec TDs in a season:
Golden Tate
Jeff Samardzija
Will Fuller
Chase Claypool— Za’Darius Claus (@FootballJEF) December 28, 2019
3: A Star is Born