There aren’t many defensive lines Notre Dame fans can recall being a whole lot better than the 2012 defensive line was as it was key in the Irish going 12-0 in the regular season.
The two biggest stars on that unit were Louis Nix and Stephon Tuitt as the two made life incredibly hard on opposing offenses.
Nix was found dead on Saturday night at just 29 years of age.
Tuitt, now seven years into his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, remembered his teammate on Saturday night:
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Nix was just 29 years old.
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