Depending on who you ask Notre Dame is known as being “Tight End U” or “Offensive Line U”. Some will even tell you that it’s in fact both as the Fighting Irish football program has turned out incredible talent at both positions for decades and decades.
If you weren’t aware, and I’m guessing you most likely weren’t, April 18 is known nationally as National Lineman Appreciation Day.
From LinemanAppreciationDay.com:
National Lineman Appreciation Day is a time to express our utmost appreciation to the great men and women that work so hard for us every day. It’s our honor to celebrate the hard work, innovation, and dedication of Electrical Lineworkers. #thankalineman
Although it isn’t intended for linemen on a football team, we’ve decided to take the opportunity to show some appreciation for a few of the best offensive lineman Notre Dame has ever had.
I would be lying if I said I could begin to fairly evaluate offensive linemen from before I was watching football so here is my list of top-five Notre Dame offensive linemen since 1992. When the list of those left off is as good as this one will be, that tells you just how much talent Notre Dame has had on the offensive front historically.