Notre Dame’s First Round Draft Picks Since 2000

Since the year 2000 Notre Dame has had 11 players taken in the first round of the NFL Draft and they weren’t all recruited to Notre Dame by him but all but two of those players played under Brian Kelly. 

It’s insane to see the talent-level improve as this list goes on.  It makes you wonder yet again what the heck was actually happening during the Davie, Willingham and some of the Weis years.

Will Fuller, Wide Receiver – 21st Overall to Houston Texans, 2016

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Will Fuller will go down in the territory of Rocket Ismail, Braden Lenzy and very few others in terms of fastest players to ever wear the blue and gold.  The Houston Texans saw that and bet on it in the 2016 NFL Draft.

Fuller has been hit or miss during his first four NFL seasons.  He’s not always available, having missed 22 games in his four seasons and he has unsure hands but that speed is clearly still there even if it’s not as differing at the highest level.

Fuller has an interesting year playing without DeAndre Hopkins for the first time in his professional career.

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